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Providence is flooded. An agoraphobic artist watches from his window as the sea takes the streets. But the ocean has brought more than storms, as the presence of something alien prods and grasps his mind. Can he find the courage to flee, or will his mind and body be taken by the storm and the creatures within? Even as the skies open and the streets fill, an international art thief takes one last job to steal from the legendary Miskatonic Library. His mission is the Incendium Malificarum, powerful enough to end the world, or to save it. But is he simply a pawn of powers greater than he knows?

Ryker joins his unit in a puzzling police investigation after a weeklong profiling course in Dallas. To add to their workload, dead bodies begin piling up around them. Something about these murders feels off to Ryker. The unit investigates two major cases which leave the four detectives stressed and tired. Once they solve their first case, they turn their attention to the murders and the mystery behind them. But nothing makes sense until they find Ryker’s badge number tattooed on a victim’s forehead. Then, the realization hit Ryker full force. He knew who was involved in these killings....

A brilliant detective faces off against an intelligent killer. This killer murders his victims on certain days and dates of the year. Detective Ryker Bartley, with his newly acquired smarts, spots the pattern. Then the chase across Texas begins. Murders continue as Ryker and his team follow leads, trying to beat the killer at his own game. When the police get close, the killer goes after those who are on his trail. Ryker suffered one death during the investigation. Can he survive losing another?

Commander Huxley asked Ryker for his take on a troubling case. He questions her motive for the request, but she claims she has none. Until she does. Ryker and his unit are tasked with finding a serial killer. Someone so elusive the FBI hasn’t been able to capture him. While Ryker is at a crime scene, he spots someone in the crowd that he wants to question. As Ryker walks over to the guy, the guy sprints away. Ryker gives chase but loses the guy. Then it begins. As the victims pile up, Ryker feels like he should know this killer, but he can’t place him. Chances come and go to capture ...

A boy and girl die back-to-back. Literally. A fisherman discovered the boy’s body floating in the lake with his hands tied behind his back. When Sheriff Steele and her troops hoisted the body into their boat, they discovered something unsettling. The boy still held onto a girl’s hand, but only a hand. With a promise to find the girl and identify the victims, the Sheriff’s Office began their investigation, but when more bodies turn up in the same cove, things turn dicey, not only for the Sheriff’s Office but the county too. They chase leads only to find out the killer is closer than ...

A detective by chance, not by choice. A quiet Florida town until… They beat the town’s business owners within an inch of their lives. No one speaks of the crime. This time, they beat the wrong man. Clint Rugbee, ex-Marine, lay in the room next door. He rescues Ralph by shooting the two guys holding him hostage. The investigation begins with Clint accepting a detective’s badge from the lady interim chief without having an ounce of police experience. Then, the fun begins. Can Detective Rugbee and Interim Police Chief Maisie Bray solve the town’s problems before losing the town they love?

Mac agrees to investigate the murder of an Atlanta Police Officer’s daughter, but little did she know it would lead her to hunt for a serial killer. During the investigation, a tornado outbreak occurs across the southeastern United States, leaving bodies in its wake, but not from the weather. A serial killer targets females with red hair. But those with green eyes are shot in the forehead, while the killer treats those with blue eyes special. This book is a pulse-pounding ride as all the evidence leads back to one place.

Murdered senior citizens, a missing girl, and a hurricane. Ralph and Etta’s friends die one by one as Detective Clint Rugbee investigates their murders. He works to keep Ralph and Etta safe during this siege, but it becomes increasingly more difficult with a hurricane aiming for the hotel. Clint blames the hurricane for taking him away from the hunt, but when the storm moved on, it left a trail of death, helping him solve his case of the missing and murdered. Does Ralph and Etta survive the murderous rampage?

A student’s plea for help on a school paper late one night had Digger arriving at his lab to help. But he was too late to save the boy because he lay dead on the lab floor. As Digger knelt beside him, checking his pulse, an armed security guard arrived, pointing a gun at his head and arresting him for murder. He was transported to jail without regard to his plea of innocence, where Digger phoned a friend. Then he waited in a cold cell for FBI agent Watson to show. Once Watson arrived, he had Digger released from his cell, but the judge ordered him to remain under house arrest while the ...

Sheriff Steele’s world shattered as US Marshall Maddox Creel entered her office with a swagger. After he recovered from finding a woman in the Sheriff’s chair, he described the days-old escape of a prisoner, Augustus Sims. She couldn’t believe her ears. How did this happen? Augustus is not someone you want walking around your neighborhood. A jury sentenced him to life in prison for murder two years ago, and that’s where he belonged. Steele promised she would capture this guy again since the US Marshalls couldn’t. So, they started with their two-year-old evidence box. As the ...

While walking with its owner, a dog unearthed a skull on a popular walking trail in Montana, and that was just the beginning. Just like always, FBI Agent Watson summoned Digger Collins, a forensic anthropologist, to Montana for the bone recovery because Digger is the best. And this case required the best. Digger and FBI Agent Watson have a past, but neither realized the magnitude of their crime scene, yet.

Digger drives by the car accident scene of a friend. He knows in his heart that this was no accident. So, when he couldn’t let the scene go, he asked FBI Agent Watson for help. Once they joined forces, Watson found a series of murdered scientists who died in a similar manner to Digger’s friend. This spurred Digger to find the truth. While searching for the reason for the killings, Digger finds a file, and everything makes sense until a photo falls free. Who is the girl in the photo? The deeper they dig into the deaths, the more they become a target. With Watson lying close to death in a...

Home invasions, unexplained murders, and an unstable 911 operator. Detective Rugbee had never seen life so busy as everything bad descended on him at once. He and Bonner worked to solve the murder of a young girl, but without leads, that proved impossible. Then the home invasions began, starting slow but then they grew in intensity. When a homeowner died during the attack, Rugbee and Bonner dropped everything to concentrate on the attacks. The citizens of Beachside deserved to be safe in their homes. During this investigation, Rugbee put Bonner’s life on the line inadvertently when he ...

Gun stores torched, and the store owners burned alive. Who would do something this horrible? What do they have to gain? Flames from a torched gun store bounce across the rooftop, consuming everything in its wake. With the heat from the fire, bullets fly through the night air as the firestarter watches the scene. This is his first. FBI Agents Mac and Spencer join a task force with ATF and an Atlanta PD fire investigator to stop the gun store torcher.

Who tossed three dead young girls into a ditch on the side of a one lane dirt road in south Georgia? And Why? It’s after midnight when a teenager peers into the ditch. He couldn’t believe his eyes. Sheriff Jada Steele arrives at the scene of the gruesome discovery. She jumped into the ditch, needing a closer look. Then she regretted it.

The deed is done when flower petals land on the body. To this serial killer, it’s all about the flowers. It always has been and always will be. A young female slides onto a stool at a hotel bar, hoping to escape life for a few minutes. She promises herself one drink will make it all better, even though she doesn’t drink alcohol. Halfway through her drink, she chats with a nice-looking guy. Then things turn for the worse. The following day, Sheriff Steele responds to a report of a deceased body at the park. The victim was later identified, and her death shocked even the hardened agents ...

A brutal killer terrorizes a city as they carve odd shapes into their victim’s torso. Ellie meets Detective Harkins, an old friend of FBI Agent Watkins, at a crime scene involving blood spatter, Ellie’s specialty. While Digger visits with Ellie, they put their weekend plans on hold as another bloody scene waits for Ellie’s observation. Digger tags along as a courtesy, but finds himself in the middle of his own investigation involving bone recovery and identification.

Savannah is lovely this time of year...until...an attempted hit-and-run forces Emma Clair and Colton to meet on the side of a Savannah street. Colton and Emma Clair harbor secrets, but they need each other. After a little persuasion, she relents and shares her harrowing tale about a stalker.

Celeste escapes to the Colorado mountains after the brutal death of her police detective husband, Casper. She thought she’d find solace there, but instead, she found murder. After she witnesses a murder, she flees for her life with the killers on her trail. Days pass before she finds a truck stop and someone willing to help. Detective Blaine Crosby rescues her from the killers, only to be thrown into the chase himself as they face attacks from the ground and the air. Blaine’s unit members guard Celeste while they work to uncover the killers. Things come together for the group when word ...

Severed hands, five victims, one crime family, and an extra body. Detective Rugbee’s day started out like any other until the call came into dispatch about hands on the beach. He wasted no time in responding to the distress call. Upon his arrival, he found two men, one on the ground, unresponsive, lying next to fingers poking up from the sand. The men are friends and have been for decades. Since retirement, they search for treasures on the beach. This morning, they found severed hands on a dune, and the finder had a heart attack. After Rugbee secured a ride to the hospital for the men, he...