Books by J.M. Goodwin

When Maryland’s Chief of Staff is nearly killed inside the State House, Chief of Security Griff Martin uncovers a trail that leads far beyond a single attack. Access logs don’t match. Surveillance vanishes. 

A Senate staffer disappears. 

A witness turns up dead in Baltimore.

The deeper Griff digs, the clearer it becomes: Maryland is being used as a test case a controlled environment where influence is refined, weaponized, and scaled.

As political pressure mounts and the threat moves closer to home, Griff must expose a system designed to stay invisible or become the next name crossed off the list.

Because in Annapolis, the most dangerous weapon isn’t a gun. It’s access.

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When a union dockworker is executed at the Port of Baltimore after asking the wrong questions, the killing is quickly dismissed as another act of violence in a hard city. But FBI agent Hardy notices the silence that follows. No witnesses. No outrage. Just fear.

Former intelligence officer Griff Martin sees something more dangerous—a system already in motion.

As Griff investigates, the murder at the Port begins to connect to quiet political maneuvering in Annapolis, where coordinated legislation suggests powerful people are preparing to reshape control of the Port before anyone realizes what is happening. With help from Samantha Wilson, the Governor’s sharp and politically savvy chief of staff, Griff and Hardy uncover a network of influence reaching from the docks of Baltimore into the highest levels of government.

Jimmy Carver’s death was not the end of something.

It was the beginning.

The Baltimore Protocol is a gripping political thriller about hidden power—and the cost of asking the wrong questions.

IN DEVELOPMENT

Expected Fall 2026

The corruption trail for Griff leads into the bowels of Washington, D.C. as members of the U.S. Senate believe they are untouchable.