Mystery / Suspense

Dark Mirror: A Zee & Rico Mystery Book Two

Zee Morani’s gut tells her it’s murder when her new friend dies, but since Zee’s still recovering from a battle with a deranged killer, the last thing she wants is to get involved in another homicide.

She’s relieved when the police arrest a stalker who confesses to accidental death, until she gets a text pointing her toward Believers Anonymous, a group sworn to combat the crippling effects of religious indoctrination.

When Things Fall Apart

Newly minted homicide detective Kit Hanover is paired with a crusty veteran who makes no bones about his feelings for Native Americans. Their prickly partnership becomes more antagonistic when her first murder case proves devastating and she is reassigned. Determined to work the case in her own time despite the emotional consequences she finds herself and her family the target of an unknown madman. She withstands the inexplicable attacks as she continues her investigation until she finds herself face to face with the murderer. Only one of them can survive.

The Summit House Murder

This is book 14 in my Judge series, each book crafted around a significant social problem I think people should know more about. The Summit House Murder is a bit like the Great Gatsby. Another time and place, but all the drama of a love lost, a young woman who trades love for the sparkling life of a Cartel Leader, jeopardizing herself and her young daughter for fools' gold, bright shiny trinkets and toys that never last. The man she left behind, bewildered, angry, striking at the very heart of the Baja Cartel to get her back.

Rock a Bye Bye Baby: Cobble Cove Mystery #6

When a newborn baby is left on Alicia and John’s doorstep, Sheriff Ramsay sets out to find the parents, but his investigation is put on hold when John’s father Mac’s elderly buddy, Bert, is found murdered in his home. The top suspects are Bert’s poker pals who served with him in Vietnam, his ex-wife, and a woman who cleans his house. Alicia and Gilly team up again to locate the baby’s parents and Bert’s killer while Sneaky the Siamese conducts a private investigation with Gilly’s calico cat, Kittykai. Who will find answers to these double mysteries, and are they connected in some way?

FETAL ATTRACTION

The brutal murder of an 18-year-old Hispanic girl shocks her community, but the case takes an even darker turn when it's discovered that her baby boy has been stolen. Los Angeles Homicide Detectives Reggie Hough and Anne Collier are thrust into a chilling race against time to track down the killer—and find the baby, who may still be alive. The trail leads them across state lines to Texas where they uncover a possible connection to another stolen child.

Murder By Symbols

What does America’s first traitor have to do with a present-day killer? Stoughton detective, Colton Baker, finds himself wrapped up in a murder investigation his first week on the job. As more bodies turn up, all marked with strange symbols, both the State Police and FBI become involved. Quickly, the investigation turns political. Baker and Agent Diaz, a young, beautiful FBI academy graduate, put agency grievances and politics aside to begin their hunt for the killer together. Stoughton, Massachusetts is a town deep rooted in history.

Reservations: A Samantha Wright Crime Series

Young Native American boys are being abducted and sexually assaulted, then murdered across multiple states and the trail leads deep into the heart of the American West. Special Agent Samantha Wright is no ordinary profiler, gifted with an uncanny psychological insight and a darkly self-deprecating sense of humor, she sees patterns others miss. As the case grows more complex- and culturally sensitive - she'll need more than sharp instincts to bring the killer to justice.

Windswept: A Digger Doyle Mystery

When State Representative Carmen Lawlor is found dead beneath a wind turbine, journalist Elizabeth “Digger” Doyle is thrust into a storm of political intrigue, buried secrets, and personal risk. As Digger investigates the mysterious death—one that threatens her wife’s career and safety—she uncovers a web of corruption linking clean energy, old betrayals, and a decades-old disappearance.