When echoes of her sister's murder reignite the darkest of hunts, no one in Seattle is safe.Seattle, 1985—Crime reporter Holly Sparks is driven to obsession by her sister's unsolved murder—a crime she's convinced was the work of the infamous Green River Killer. But her investigation takes a terrifying turn when she uncovers a chilling truth: There might be two killers stalking the city, and one wears a badge.Five years later, her bestselling true crime novel can’t erase the pain of her sister’s unsolved case. But when Holly's violent ex-fiancé is let out of prison on parole, and murders mirroring the Green River Killer begin again, Holly fears the unthinkable: Is her ex-fiancé behind her sister's death and a string of others? As the line blurs between hunter and hunted, she faces a deadly choice—uncover the truth or become the next victim.Only the hunt will tell.Inspired by true crime, The First Hunt plunges into a world where justice and survival collide, and monsters hide in plain sight. The First Hunt is a chilling, standalone prequel to the bestselling thriller The Final Hunt.

When the cops drop the ball, a disgraced ex-detective teams up with a crime boss to save a child—and face her past.Perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, Rachel Caine, and Tana French.Disgraced ex-detective Harper Adams has nothing left—no job, no reputation, and nowhere to go but back to the small Arkansas town she swore she’d never set foot in again. She plans to keep her head down, stay out of trouble, and drink away what’s left of her pride.Until a girl goes missing.The child of Harper’s childhood friend has vanished without a trace—and the details are disturbingly similar to the kidnapping and murder of Harper’s own sister two decades earlier. With the police bungling the case and the clock ticking, Harper knows she’s the only one who might see what others can’t. The only one who can bring the girl home.But she can’t do it alone.To navigate the lies, secrets, and small-town politics standing in her way, Harper turns to the one man who might be able to help: James Malcolm, a former crime boss with a complicated past and his own reasons for getting involved.In a town that remembers all her mistakes, Harper will have to face her past to save a child’s future—even if it means making a deal with the devil.Gritty, emotional, and impossible to put down, Little Girl Vanished is the first book in a powerful new mystery series for fans of Lisa Regan’s fearless, driven heroines, Rachel Caine’s pulse-pounding suspense, and Tana French’s deeply layered, character-driven mysteries.

A reporter beaten to death.A missing notebook.An unending list of suspects.Detective Maria Varela hated Les Hilton. He called himself a reporter, the last of the old school pavement pounders, more comfortable in a dive bar than posting to an app, but Maria knew he wasn't so much a reporter as a paid attack dog. Whenever the Vegas moneyed class wanted someone brought down a notch, Les was the guy who went digging for bones. Maria had been the target of one of those articles, written just carefully enough to avoid slander while doing damage just the same. Then someone tied Les to a chair and worked him over until even his ex-wife couldn't recognize him.Tasked with finding his killer, Maria finds out that for all of Les's reputation as a mercenary, he still had some journalistic principles and was working on a story that threatened some of Las Vegas's most powerful people. At the heart of that story, Ariella Matos, a missing woman that no one seems to want found, not the FBI who have her father in witness protection, nor the leadership of the political campaign that she was working on. What starts as the brutal murder of someone who probably had it coming becomes a search for a woman who Maria quickly realizes is more complex than she appears.In order to solve the case, Maria will have to find Ariella, but doing that might put everyone Maria loves in harm's way.This is book 1 of a 2 part mini-series.

The Dying Hour introduces Jason Wade, a rookie crime reporter with The Seattle Mirror, a loner who grew up in the shadow of a brewery in one of the city's blue-collar neighborhoods. At The Seattle Mirror, he is competing for the single full-time job being offered through the paper's intense intern program. But unlike the program's other young reporters, who attended big name schools and worked at other big metro dailies, Wade put himself through community college, and lacked the same experience.
Wade struggles with his haunting past as he pursues the story of Karen Harding, a college student whose car was found abandoned on a lonely stretch of highway in the Pacific Northwest. How could this beloved young woman with the altruistic nature simply vanish?
Wade battles mounting odds and cut-throat competition to unearth the truth behind Karen Harding's disturbing case. Her disappearance is a story he cannot give up, never realizing the toll it could exact from him. The Dying Hour is a bone-chilling, mesmerizing page-turner that introduces readers to an all-too-human young hero who journeys into the darkest regions of the human heart to confront a nightmare.
The International Thriller Writers (ITW), selected The Dying Hour as a finalist for a Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original, 2006.
Rick Mofina is a former journalist who has interviewed murderers on death row, flown over L.A. with the LAPD and patrolled with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police near the Arctic. He's also reported from the Caribbean, Africa and Kuwait's border with Iraq. His books have been published in nearly 30 countries, including an illegal translation produced in Iran.
His work has been praised by James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Jeffery Deaver, Sandra Brown, James Rollins, Brad Thor, Nick Stone, David Morrell, Allison Brennan, Heather Graham, Linwood Barclay, Peter Robinson, Håkan Nesser and Kay Hooper.
The Crime Writers of Canada, The International Thriller Writers and The Private Eye Writers of America have listed his titles among the best in crime fiction. As a two-time winner of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award, a three-time Thriller Award finalist and a two-time Shamus Award finalist, the Library Journal calls him, “One of the best thriller writers in the business."

The Soulmate is the most breathtaking, cat-and-mouse psychological thriller you’ll read all year! Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Gillian Flynn, Sweetpea and You.It can be a fine line between love and obsession…Holly believes in love at first sight, in spite of everything that’s happened in her life. Sometimes the thought that her soulmate is out there is the only thing that keeps her going.Then she hears her favourite song. She’s drawn to where the sound is coming from, as if by a magnetic force. There is a handsome young man sitting at a piano. He smiles at her, and she feels that spark she’s always dreamt of.He’s called Mark, she later discovers. And he feels the same. They both feel like they’ve been hit with a thunderbolt. But even though it seems like they’ve known each other for lifetime, the truth is that they’re strangers.Because Holly has secrets. And so does Mark.And one of them might just kill to keep them…Readers are loving The Soulmate:‘Dark, clever and twisty. this captivating read holds you by the throat and keeps you there right until the chilling epilogue… Just when I thought I'd worked it out another twist came along.’ Bestselling author, Karen King ?????‘Fans of Gone Girl and You will love the chilling game of trust and betrayal. If you’re looking for a gripping read that will keep you up all night, The Soulmate is it. Highly recommended!’ ????? Reader Review‘OMG! What have I just read! This book is amazing!!! I loved the storyline, I loved the characters, the good ones & the bad ones. There’s so many twists and turns, this book will have you staying up reading well into the night. I read this in one sitting.’ ????? Reader Review‘Dark and intense. I didn’t have many fingernails left by the time I had finished!’ ????? Reader Review‘Thrilling and emotionally charged… Halsall masterfully weaves together romance and suspense, creating a page-turner that keeps readers guessing... Highly recommended for fans of psychological thrillers with a romantic twist.’ ????? Reader Review‘An addictive read with many jaw dropping twists that kept me glued to my seat! It was so good I devoured it in a day!’ ????? Reader ReviewPraise for Rona Halsall:‘Wow. Wow. Wow. A fantastic read. Just my sort of thriller. Twisty, moved along apace, and I was desperate to see how it would play out… Amazing.’ Diana Wilkinson‘A thrillingly twisty rollercoaster of a read!’ Valerie Keogh‘OMG THIS BOOK!!! What a rollercoaster of a read!... A masterful and twisty tale. I literally had no idea who to trust and who to fear until the very end – I was suspicious of everyone. Just my kind of book! A psychological thriller that’ll keep you up late – guaranteed!’ Samantha Hayes‘A gripping, fast-paced thriller that ramps up the tension with every chapter… A twisted game of cat and mouse in which everyone has something to hide. Shut your door and turn off your phone – you won’t want to put this book down until you’ve reached the end!’ AJ McDine

THEN It's Rachel's favourite night of the year: the end-of-summer beach party with all her best friends. They're going to do something wild: break into the abandoned funfair. It'll be a night to remember. And none of their lives will ever be the same again. NOW Years later, Rachel still lives at home with her mother, trying to keep the memories of that night far from her mind. But when her old friends return to the sleepy seaside town unexpectedly, Rachel is forced to face up to the past. Who saw what? Who lied to who? And why does the old funfair still have such a hold on them all? A gripping psychological thriller from the author of The Beach Hut - perfect for your summer reading . . .