Detectives Byrne and Balzano return to the streets of Philadelphia to put an end to a macabre succession of murdered children.A quiet Philadelphia suburb. A woman cycles past a train depot with her young daughter. There she finds a murdered girl posed on a newly painted bench. Beside her is a formal invitation to a tea dance in a week's time. Seven days later, two more young victims are discovered in an abandoned house, posed on painted swings. At the scene is an identical invitation. This time, though, there is something extra waiting for Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano: a delicate porcelain doll. It's a message. And a threat. With the killers at large, Detectives Byrne and Balzano have just seven more days to find the link between the murders before another innocent child is snatched from the streets.

Three murder mysteries -- but the theme always comes down to sex and money…From a USA TODAY Bestselling Author-- David Chill’s colorful and well-crafted mystery series captures both Raymond Chandler’s gritty vision and Robert B. Parker’s biting humor. Set in Los Angeles, the critically acclaimed and award-winning Burnside Series delivers clever plots, crackling dialogue, and fascinating characters. A great choice that subscribers of Kindle Unlimited mysteries will appreciate!The First 3 Novels In The Burnside Mystery Series (Boxed Set # 1) Includes:POST PATTERNFADE ROUTEBUBBLE SCREENPOST PATTERN (Book 1):On a dark Los Angeles freeway, someone fires a gunshot at a local football star.His family turns to Private Investigator Burnside, a former football star himself, who has recently left the LAPD. As he battles his way through the investigation, Burnside's own life is repeatedly placed in jeopardy, and the body count starts to pile up.Burnside encounters beautiful girls, wayward athletes, and overworked cops on his way toward finding a killer who knows he's looking for them. And as he navigates this perilous path, Burnside also comes to grips with a betrayal from his past, one that keeps returning to him, no matter how hard he tries to avoid it.Set against the sun-drenched backdrop of a hot Los Angeles summer, Post Pattern provides readers with an engaging, action-packed story. The novel delivers a smart, sexy plot with crackling dialogue and fascinating characters.FADE ROUTE (Book 2):A candidate for mayor has been murdered and there's one obvious suspect.But Burnside, the former football star turned private investigator, pushes forward into a harrowing investigation that reveals more and more possible culprits, all with their own motives. As the action intensifies, Burnside himself becomes embroiled in a case that goes beyond just one murder. And when the police suspect he's a person of interest, Burnside must race against time to find the killer.With little more to go on than his gut feeling, Burnside pokes at everything around him. Desperately trying to untangle a web of deceit that threatens to destroy him personally, he is also faced with a scenario that could take down an entire community.BUBBLE SCREEN (Book 3):It starts with some missing warehouse inventory, but the case quickly moves beyond simple larceny. And when theft turns to murder, the stakes rise dramatically, and the action intensifies.The story leads Private Investigator Burnside onto the trail of some people who will do anything to acquire money -- and they will use any means necessary to keep it. And as he plunges into the investigation, Burnside also has to make a life-altering decision about his own future.Interweaving the world of business with the world of football, Bubble Screen is set in the heart of Los Angeles. It is a captivating thrill ride that combines fascinating characters, wry humor, and an explosive ending that is both stunning and unexpected.Read the entire Burnside Mystery Series: Book 1: POST PATTERNBook 2: FADE ROUTEBook 3: BUBBLE SCREENBook 4: SAFETY VALVEBook 5: CORNER BLITZBook 6: NICKEL PACKAGEBook 7: DOUBLE PASSBook 8: TAMPA TWOBook 9: FLEA FLICKERBook 10: SWIM MOVEBook 11: HARD COUNTBook 12: JET SWEEPBook 13: BULL RUSH

Now You See Me is the first in the Lacey Flint series, followed by Dead Scared and Lost. "Bolton is changing the face of crime fiction—if you only read one crime novel this year, make it this." —Tess Gerritsen on Now You See Me"Really special: multi-layered and sophisticated, but tough too." —Lee Child on Now You See MeOne night after interviewing a reluctant witness at a London apartment complex, Lacey Flint, a young detective constable, stumbles onto a woman brutally stabbed just moments before in the building's darkened parking lot. Within twenty-four hours a reporter receives an anonymous letter that points out alarming similarities between the murder and Jack the Ripper's first murder—a letter that calls out Lacey by name. If it's real, and they have a killer bent on re-creating London's bloody past, history shows they have just five days until the next attempt.No one believes the connections are anything more than a sadistic killer's game, not even Lacey, whom the killer seems to be taunting specifically. However, as they investigate the details of the case start reminding her more and more of a part of her past she'd rather keep hidden. And the only way to do that is to catch the killer herself.Fast paced and completely riveting, S. J. Bolton's Now You See Me is a modern gothic novel that is nothing less than a masterpiece of suspense fiction. A Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011 Mysteries title and one of Library Journal's Best Mystery Books of 2011.

Plagued by nightmares of a past murder, a Philadelphia detective must find the true killer in a crime novel that "starts with a bang and doesn't let up" (Booklist).Having come of age on the mob-controlled streets of 1960's South Philly, Detective Mike Coletti learned early to walk the fine line between cops and criminals. That skill served him well during his thirty-one years in homicide. But it never stopped the nightmares.Ten years ago, Coletti arrested a priest for a grizzly triple murder in a Catholic church. The screams in the sanctuary still haunt his dreams, as do terrifying hints that justice was never served. Now, on the eve of Coletti's retirement, the priest is about to be executed—and a final nightmare reveals the truth. And Coletti's private nightmare come true as the real killer reemerges to turn Philadelphia upside down . . .To stop the execution of an innocent man, Coletti must catch a mysterious killer who calls himself the Angel of Death. As the chase winds through art galleries and gritty streets, ancient prophecies and holy ground, the game intensifies, cultures collide, and Philly's best detective is forced to face his nightmarish past—a past that could very well destroy him.

Buddy Steel's maverick behavior as a police officer has won his commander's respect and a promotion to LAPD homicide detective. Almost immediately, he is asked to join a task force working to bust a major meth shipment to LA from Mexico. One of the two undercover agents on the case has gotten himself killed by the Mexican cartel but not before spilling that a female agent is deeply enmeshed within their organization. The agent in question—Kara Machado—barely learns that her true identity may soon be exposed to the cartel when she is whisked abruptly to their family compound in Mexico, cut off from any communication with the outside world.But Buddy has personal history with Kara, and he's determined to bring her home safely. Enlisting the aid of three friends from his military days and working through back channels, Buddy launches an off-the-books foreign invasion to find not only Kara but also the storage location of the drugs bound for LA. With the odds and time against them, Buddy and his team know it will take a miracle to accomplish either objective—and another to get them all out alive.

A US Marshal K9 ThrillerUS Deputy Marshal Caitlyn Reed, and her K9 partner, Renegade, are tasked with guarding a federal judge in an obscure court in north-western Wyoming. What should be a boring assignment soon explodes into an all-out catastrophe when a killer makes several attempts on the judge’s life.Sheriff Colt Branson chases cattle thieves and ends up on the trail of the murderous drug pushers who killed a local convenience store clerk. He and his deputy follow their trail all the way up to the Crow Reservation in Montana.In a thrilling twist of events, Caitlyn and Colt end up on different sides of the same case. Working side by side once again in the pursuit of justice will they prevail or perish in flames?Join the hunt for Justice.