A January 2023 Once Upon a Book Club Pick"You'll get nothing done until you've reached the end of this excellent book." —Lisa Regan, USA Today and WSJ bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series"[A] riveting tale . . ." — Library JournalShe wanted the truth. She should have known better.When her sister is found dead in a Baltimore hotel room, reporter Va...

When five couples escape to a mountain mansion for a winter getaway, what could go wrong?Sister social media influencers Tess Hunt and Marnie Betts have their vacation all planned. Along with their husbands and friends, they'll spend a few days on Hampstead Mountain in style. Catered dinners. Wineries and shopping. Hiking and snow. It's exactly what they'd hoped, but when one of their husbands turns up dead, their dream trip soon turns into a nightmare.Arri...

Accused of murdering his psychiatrist, a broken man must face his horrific past in order to protect his futureGeorge Vandenberg is a drunk with a volatile temper, haunted by the memory of the young woman he once loved and tragically lost. Wrestling with his guilt and pushed by his psychiatrist to confess his role in her death, he teeters on the edge of a nervous breakdown, blacking out drunk more often than not.But when his doctor turns up dead, brutally stabbed to...

“[A] riveting tale . . .” —Library Journal, on Her Sister’s DeathOne War. Two Loves. A Lifetime to Remember.July 4, 1918, Nashville, Tennessee. Even as the war in Germany drones on, patriotism swells at home. There are celebrations, music, and dancing. But for five men—one train engineer, one porter, one salesman, one farmer, and one thief—the world will s...

Perfect for fans of Making a Murderer, a novel about a man exonerated of heinous crimes returning to a town that can't let go of his bloody legacyLittle Springs was just a small college town, the kind of place where everyone knew everyone and crime was virtually nonexistent—until a series of rapes and murders at the college shook the community to its core. Only the arrest and conviction of Leo Spradlin, the "Coed Killer," could end the terror.Years later, Spradlin ...

Forgive me father, for I have sinned . . .Detective Mike Cancini has seen dark days as a homicide detective in Washington, D.C. But even he is shocked when a charismatic young priest is found shot through the eye on the altar of his own church. As Cancini investigates, he uncovers long-buried secrets from the man's past, and it becomes clear that the church was not as holy as it seemed.When another priest is attacked, Cancini refuses to believe it's a coincidence, ...

She wanted to avenge her father. She needed to save herself.When Detective Callie Forde is called to the home of a missing teenaged girl, she doesn't initially suspect foul play. Hampstead is a quiet college town. It's safe-if you don't count the other girl. But as the hours wear on with no sign of Natalie, the police are forced to consider the teenager might have been abducted.No one is more surprised than Callie when all their leads are eerily similar to ...

Overflowing with history and charm, Virginia may be for lovers but in this collection of stories, it's home to mayhem, mishap, and murder. From the city streets to small towns to the coast and everywhere in between, these short mysteries will take you on a criminally fun tour of the Old Dominion.Contributors, all from the Central Virginia Chapter of Sisters in Crime, are Mary Dutta, May G. Kennedy, Kristin Kisska, Maggie King, Cindy Martin, Adam Meyer, K.L. Murphy, Josh Pachter, Ka...

In the tiny town of Hampstead, a killer hides...Fifteen years ago, the double murder of two local women rocked a small Virginia town. Justice was served when Harry Lawson was arrested and found guilty in the brutal slaying of his wife and friend--or so the town believed.When new evidence surfaces proving Harry's innocence, the town and police are thrust into the national spotlight. After the initial media flurry fades, only one true crime podcaster remains-...

A January 2023 Once Upon a Book Club Pick"This is an enjoyable locked-room whodunit with a supernatural twist." — AudioFile Magazine". . . all three narrators provide marvelous portrayals of each character." — Library JournalShe wanted the truth. She should have known better.When her sister is found dead in a Baltimore hotel room, reporter Val Ritter's world is turned upside down. An empty ...

A January 2023 Once Upon a Book Club Pick "You'll get nothing done until you've reached the end of this excellent book." ―Lisa Regan, USA Today and WSJ bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series "[A] riveting tale . . ." ―Library Journal She wanted the truth. She should have known better. When her sister is found dead in a Baltimore hotel room, reporter Val Ritter's world is turned upside down. An empty pill bottle at the scene leads ...

“[A] riveting tale.” —Library Journal on Her Sister’s DeathOne War. Two Loves. A Lifetime to Remember.July 4, 1918, Nashville, Tennessee. Even as the war in Germany drones on, patriotism swells at home. There are celebrations, music, and dancing. But for five men—one train engineer, one porter, one salesman, one farmer, and one thief—the world will soon take a terrible and tragic turn....