She took the job to survive. Now she's fighting to save her son.When Rose Marsden takes a job managing the local convenience store after witnessing the fatal stabbing of the shop’s owner, she knows it will be tough.Soon, she is on the receiving end of a gangland protection racket and realises these men may be responsible for the murder. Too afraid of repercussions to talk to the police, Rose is forced to take action to protect her son when he unknowingly befriends a gang member.As she asks one question too many, the violence and intimidation escalate amid her son’s growing friendship with one of her extortionists.When her son’s life is threatened, Rose will do anything to keep him safe, whatever the cost to herself.Perfect for crime fans who like psychologically complex characters and page-turning plots

Perennials is both a teen thriller and a coming-of-age story set in the Deep South. Imagine elements of To Kill a Mockingbird and I Know What You Did Last Summer being thrown into a blender.
"A beautifully written serial killer thriller." ~ Peachy Keen Book Reviews
"A sizzling Southern tale of murder." ~ Altered Instincts
Summer in South Carolina - a time of ripe peaches, crackling bonfires, trips to the lake, and the rural legend of a creature known as the Lizard Man.
This year, a very real monster is lurking about.
The victims all have one thing in common - they share their names with plants.
Soon it becomes apparent that seventeen-year-olds Dusty Miller and Nandina Bush may be next on the killer's list.
From Bookbub: "In South Carolina, children swap stories of a monstrous urban legend to liven up a sleepy summer - not realizing a very real predator lurks nearby. When 17-year-old Dusty Miller is marked as a target, he'll need to untangle kids' tales from true dangers in the rich Southern mystery."

A crime thriller starring the sleuthing lawyer portrayed in the HBO limited series—from the Edgar Award–winning "kingpin among the mystery writers" (The New York Times).Stewart Bedford is willing to cooperate with a blackmailer to protect his beloved wife. But when he wakes up in a daze to find the man shot dead with Bedford's gun and his blond escort missing, he'll need some help from defense lawyer Perry Mason . . .This mystery is part of Edgar Award–winning author Erle Stanley Gardner's classic, long-running Perry Mason series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany.

Thanks to spinal tumor surgery, Cincinnati Homicide Detective Will Borders now walks with a cane and lives alone with constant discomfort. He's lucky to be alive and lucky to have a job as public information officer for the department. When a star cop is brutally murdered, he's assigned to find her killer. The crime bears a chilling similarity to killings on the peaceful college campus nearby, where his friend, pain nurse Cheryl Beth Wilson, is now teaching nursing. Moreover, the two young victims were her students. Most homicides are routine; the suspects readily apparent. But here, there are no easy suspects, and even Borders' stepson is under suspicion.This unlikely pair again teams up to pursue a sadistic predator before he kills someone else. Catching him will mean uncovering some of the darkest secrets in the Midwestern river metropolis where change is slow, tradition and history weigh as thick as the summer humidity, and danger can hide in the most respected places.

Quinn Shepherd drowned on the Au Sable River. Was it an accident? Or Murder?Quinn Shepherd was the best guide on the legendary Au Sable River, until he's found at the bottom of the river with the anchor chain of his boat wrapped around his ankle. Lizzie, his wife, is devastated and left alone to raise their six-year-old son. His drowning was ruled accidental, but a year later new evidence is found, and Lizzie is arrested for murder.Burr Lafayette, recently divorced and the deposed head of a major Detroit law firm, is recruited to defend Lizzie. A man at loose ends, he's a brilliant litigator but prefers sailboats and dogs over courtrooms and clients.The Gray Drake, the storied lodge where Quinn guided, is full of secrets, and the fabled Au Sable River won't give up the truth. All the evidence points to Lizzie, but Burr doesn't believe she killed her husband.• • •Critics call Cutter’s books, “pure Michigan"."This story has it all. Michigan's most famous river and its most famous fishing lodge combine with a beautiful suspect, a rumpled, nearly broke lawyer, and unbridled greed to keep you guessing until the end."—Bob Linsenman, author of Water Songs.If you like Stuart Woods and Michael Connelly, you’ll love The Gray Drake. The Gray Drake is the second book in the award-winning Burr Lafayette mystery series.

A good detective has an analytic mind, loves to solve puzzles, is driven to know the answers - oh, and he might play piano.Twenty-something Jake Sommers lives in a houseboat moored at Fisherman’s Wharf, a picturesque set of docks bordering the Inner Harbour of Victoria, BC. Jake inherited his craft, the Honeysuckle Rose, from his late Great-aunt Dierdre, once a successful artist and sixties flower child. Jake’s a bit of a lost soul, who plays piano in a bar, loves the jazz music of the 1920s and '30s, and has a tendency to drink too much.When a beautiful woman shows up at his floating home mistakenly believing Jake is a qualified and experienced private investigator, and begging to hire him for a case, the little voice in Jake's head tells him he should turn down the offer.Too bad he never listens to his little voice.He expects his ‘investigation’ to be a straightforward search for a young woman on the Internet. But both his client and her case turn out to be far more than he bargained for, and he’s unwittingly plunged into a convoluted world of DNA ancestry, danger, intrigue, and murder.What Readers Say About The Houseboat Detective: ????? 'Enjoyable from start to finish. There was never a dull moment and lots of humor.'????? 'One of the best mysteries I've read in months. The writing is so descriptive and the story line just keeps leading you deeper.'????? 'Just enough romance, intrigue and danger to keep me fully engrossed all the way to the end.'????? 'An interesting and unique plot to go with an imaginative group of characters, making this hard to put down.'????? 'Love this book. Kept me reading & wondering where it was all going.'