Two bodies lie in the ashes—and Iris Raines is about to expose secrets worth killing for.This gritty Texas private investigator mystery is fast-paced and relentless—blending danger, corruption, dark humor, and shocking turns into an explosive ride.Iris Raines makes a living unearthing the secrets others will do anything to hide. She’s sharp-tongued, armed with a biting wit, and not above bending the rules if it gets her closer to the truth. But this case drags her into a firestorm of corruption and murder no one else dares to touch.The lawyers are pit-vipers, the politicians are crooked, and a faceless killer knows way too much about her. The cops don’t believe her, the criminals want her gone, and the powerful players behind it all will do whatever it takes to silence her. As bodies pile up and the truth closes in, Iris finds herself at war with forces that will stop at nothing to bury their secrets forever.But Iris Raines doesn’t scare easy—and she’s not about to back down now.Fast, razor-sharp, and impossible to put down, Hell to Pay is the explosive first book in the Iris Raines Mystery series. Written by a licensed private investigator with decades in the field, Hell to Pay is perfect for readers who crave fearless heroines with a sardonic streak, unpredictable investigations, and mysteries that don’t flinch when the bullets start flying.Fans of Stephanie Plum, Kinsey Millhone, V.I. Warshawski, and Elvis Cole will find a new favorite in Iris Raines.Start reading Hell to Pay today!PrologueI should have stuck with finding dead people. I’m really good at that. I always find them—dead people, I mean. They’re buried someplace, and they never move. No change-of-address cards, no aliases…just dead guys in boxes. You find the dead guy, you find his heirs, you give them their money, you get paid. Everybody’s happy. Instead, it’s after two in the morning, and I’m pulling out of the parking lot of our temporary offices. I’ve spent a long night, preceded by a long day, tracking down a witness who went missing the day before trial. I look across the street at the office building where the Raines family has practiced law for fifty years and where my fathers raised me…just in time to see it explode. Award-Winning Finalist — Next Best Read Writing Contest, December, 2025 Gold Book Award — Literary Titan Book Award for Fiction, February, 2026

The Silent Patient meets You: Mad Broke Cold is a fast-paced psychological thriller full of shocking twists.Every person on Ice Island has an agenda—some understandable, some convoluted, some downright sadistic. Evelyn Hawthorn is a case in point. I’ll tell you about them all later… if we make it that long.Ice Island is home to violent psychopaths too dangerous to be housed in a normal penitentiary. They are experts at murder. They are adept at finding ways around the system—and the people who run it. Most of them have managed to slip out of high-security prisons.Luckily for the public, Ice Island is inescapable. Unfortunately for the doctors working today, a brutal winter storm just barreled into the island. They have no power, no phones. They’re running low on supplies. There will be no assistance from the mainland—boats are no match for the icy waves.But the patients on this island don’t want to be rescued. They’re hunting. And the only prey they’re interested in are the doctors who have kept them locked up all these years.The patients on Ice Island want blood.Enter case #281762: Evelyn Hawthorn. The woman is a genius, driven, but brutally dangerous to every single person on the island. Especially herself.Evelyn is seeing and hearing things that aren’t really there. She can’t remember the crimes that led to her being locked up. And she’s the one who cut the power, trapping all of them inside the asylum.Without the most dangerous woman in the compound and the information she has locked inside her brain, not a single person will escape Ice Island alive—without Evelyn, a woman who couldn’t remember her own name until four hours ago.If you love unreliable narrators, locked-door thrillers, whodunnits with surprising endings, and well-developed characters that bleed straight onto the page, dive into Mad Broke Cold today! An intense and addictive read for fans of Gillian Flynn, Freida McFadden, and Lucinda Berry.

The skeletons in her closet are twitching...Genius chessmaster and FBI consultant Artemis Blythe swore she'd never return to the misty Cascade Mountains.Her father—a notorious serial killer, responsible for the deaths of seven women—is now imprisoned, in no small part due to a clue she provided nearly fifteen years ago.And now her father wants his vengeance.A new serial killer is hunting the wealthy and the elite in the town of Pinelake. Artemis' father claims he knows the identity of the killer, but he'll only tell daughter dearest. Against her will, she finds herself forced back to her old stomping grounds.Once known as a child chess prodigy, now the locals only think of her as ‘The Ghostkiller's’ daughter.In the face of a shamed family name and a brother involved with the Seattle mob, Artemis endeavors to use her tactical genius to solve the baffling case.Hunting a murderer who strikes without a trace, if she fails, the next skeleton in her closet will be her own.Over 20% of the documented serial killers in the world have come from a 200-mile radius around Seattle, Washington

Working night security at a museum, ex-cop Mitchell Tobin finds a naked corpse on display in this crime novel by the Edgar Award–winning author. When he first met Linda Campbell, Mitchell Tobin was nothing more to her than the man who had put her husband in jail. It took over a year for them to begin their affair, but once it started, it became intense—lasting right up to the day when Tobin shirked duty to see her, and his partner got killed as a result. Years later, on a penny-ante night security job, Tobin is doing his rounds when Linda comes to ask a favor. Out of prison and hoping to go straight, her husband is having trouble escaping his old cronies. Tobin has just agreed to try to help when they come upon a corpse, lying naked on the floor.If he's to do anything for Linda, Tobin will have to keep clear of the murder investigation. But as her husband knew all too well, it takes much more than self-discipline to put a checkered past behind you.

In the Dublin suburbs, a police detective copes with a series of inexplicable crimes—and the return of a woman from his past . . .A murder followed by a series of random, motiveless crimes has left Detective Garda Sergeant Mike West and his team puzzled.When Edel Johnson arrives at the scene of a crime Mike is taken aback, more so when he discovers she is now working with a victim support group. He has feelings for her, but he is the garda who investigated her husband's murder, and their relationship is complicated.With crime in Dublin's suburbs at an all-time high, and his superiors breathing down his neck, West doesn't need the distraction. But someone wants Edel out of the way, and it's up to West to find out who . . .Previously published under the title Close Ranks

A stolen secret. A girl on the run. A wild card neither of them saw coming.She's a street-smart pickpocket who's spent her life staying invisible. He's a former U.S. Marshal who thought he'd finally found peace. Then their paths collide - and a secret worth killing for lands in her hands.Now they're both marked. Hunted by mercenaries with ties to the highest levels of power, Mason Ashford and the girl who stole more than she bargained for have exactly one advantage: nobody expects them to fight back together.Every step forward brings them closer to the people who want the truth buried - and the two of them along with it.The clock is ticking. The stakes have never been higher. And the wild card is about to flip the whole game.Book 2 in the explosive Mason Ashford Thriller series - the sequel to #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Bad Faith. Perfect for fans of Jack Reacher, Mitch Rapp, and Jack Carr.