A chilling psychological thriller by the million-copy bestselling author of Silent Child.After a family tragedy leaves Leah destitute, she’s forced to accept a job she doesn’t want at a place that fills her with dread.Nestled in the heart of the Yorkshire moors stands Crowmont Hospital, a secure psychiatric unit housing hundreds of convicted criminals. On Leah’s first day there, she meets her new patient, Isabel Fielding, a teen murderess.Isabel spends her days sketching birds to hang on the walls of her room. She never raises her voice. She is gentle and kind. She is nothing like the violent child killer described in gratuitous headlines.Online rumours suggest Isabel’s father or brother were more likely to have committed murder on that fateful day. Soon Leah is drawn to conspiracy theories that might just be true.But whoever committed the crime, Leah is heading down a dangerous path. One much darker and more dangerous than her worst nightmares.Praise for the Isabel Fielding series:"I can't recommend this book enough...it was one of the best books I've read this year!""Without giving too much away, the characters had me fooled! Nothing is what it seems, you need to keep reading ... just one more chapter...""One For Sorrow is such a fabulously dark and twisted read. I knew from the opening pages it was going to be good but by heck I didn't forsee the twists and turns as they happened. It's one of those stories that you will be constantly second-guessing and jumping at conclusions only to be totally wrong.""This dark, twisty psychological thriller was totally riveting."

"A bewitching political thriller."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"Ethel looks like Marple but acts like Marlow." —Kirkus Reviews?In a case deciding the future of clean energy, everything hinges on how the chief justice of Supreme Court will lean. DANGEROUS WOMEN stirs up the perfect cocktail of ingenious spy-craft and political intrigue of Thomas Perry's The Old Man brightened with the charming, uncanny energy of Killers of a Certain Age. This urgent, cleverly plotted high stakes thriller is set in motion by botched attack on two law clerks leaving one dead and the other in a coma. The ensuing cover up leaves a string of bodies and too many players at cross-purposes. It also leaves Chief Justice Clarissa Baxter with a target on her back.We'll need an off the grid hero with friends in high places: enter retired FBI agent-turned-boardinghouse landlady, Ethel Fiona Crestwater (legend) and her double-first-cousin-twice-removed Jesse Cooper (sidekick). Although in her mid-seventies, Ethel is no bumbling amateur sleuth; she's a seasoned pro with razor-sharp instincts and Bond-worthy skills. College-aged Jesse brings tech savvy and boundless enthusiasm, along with an innate talent for intrigue. Together, the unlikely duo will face malicious back-stabbing political sycophants, conniving lobbyists, and a motivated assassin bent on removing the Chief Justice from the equation—along with Ethel, who stands defiantly between the hitman and his payday.

FBI special agent Casey Bolt, with her rare neurological condition, is able to see and feel patterns other can’t—and when a winemaker is found dead, victim of a serial killer, Casey must tap her special skill to follow the trail and hunt down a diabolical killer before he strikes again.“Molly Black has written a taut thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat… I absolutely loved this book and can’t wait to read the next book in the series!”—Reader review for Girl One: Murder?????BROKEN is book #1 of a long anticipated new series by critically-acclaimed and #1 bestselling mystery and suspense author Molly Black, whose books have received over 2,000 five-star reviews and ratings.Casey, grappling with synesthesia, has the rare ability to perceive senses in multiple ways, enabling her to view crime scenes, and track down clues, in ways others cannot. Her talent has made her indispensable to the FBI, but while her renown in the FBI grows, Casey remains tormented by the case that haunts her the most: her mother’s brutal, unsolved murder from fifteen years ago.As Casey strives to uncover the secrets of the past, she must rely on every instinct and insight to make it out of the field alive. But can her own senses lead her astray?A page-turning and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured FBI agent, the CASEY BOLT series is a riveting mystery, packed with non-stop action, suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Fans of Rachel Caine, Teresa Driscoll and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love.Future books in the series are also available.“I binge read this book. It hooked me in and didn't stop till the last few pages… I look forward to reading more!”—Reader review for Found You?????“I loved this book! Fast-paced plot, great characters and interesting insights into investigating cold cases. I can't wait to read the next book!”—Reader review for Girl One: Murder?????“Very good book… You will feel like you are right there looking for the kidnapper! I know I will be reading more in this series!”—Reader review for Girl One: Murder?????“This is a very well written book and holds your interest from page 1… Definitely looking forward to reading the next one in the series, and hopefully others as well!”—Reader review for Girl One: Murder?????“Wow, I cannot wait for the next in this series. Starts with a bang and just keeps going.”—Reader review for Girl One: Murder?????“Well written book with a great plot, one that will keep you up at night. A page turner!”—Reader review for Girl One: Murder?????“A great suspense that keeps you reading… can't wait for the next in this series!”—Reader review for Found You?????“Sooo soo good! There are a few unforeseen twists… I binge read this like I binge watch Netflix. It just sucks you in.”—Reader review for Found You?????

One dead asset. One whispered codename. One country on the brink of war.A midnight rescue in the Venezuelan mountains erupts into a kill box, and CIA case officer John Phoenix barely escapes with a single dying clue—Dragonfly. As flights are grounded, roadblocks tighten, and SEBIN strike teams sweep the countryside, Phoenix discovers the failed operation was only the beginning. Venezuela is accelerating toward a confrontation with neighboring Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region, and someone is feeding American secrets to the regime.Cut off inside a hostile country and hunted by enemies who always seem one step ahead, Phoenix follows a trail that leads beyond safe houses and covert operations into the highest levels of power. There he encounters Vice President Evelyn Acevedo, an ambitious insider with a front-row seat to the coming crisis, and Lieutenant Coralina Blanco, a Venezuelan Special Forces officer whose loyalty to her country is beginning to collide with the reality around her.As military tensions rise and intelligence networks begin to unravel, Phoenix is drawn into a dangerous world of spies, double agents, secret police, and political intrigue. Every lead comes at a cost. Every ally may be working another angle. And every answer raises a more troubling question about who is really pulling the strings.Because the real battle isn't just against a hostile regime—it's against a system where truth is negotiable, loyalty is temporary, and the people pulling the strings rarely pay the price.Rising Phoenix launches a relentless new espionage series where recruitment is seduction, truth is a weapon, and one operative's nerve stands between a clandestine traitor and full-scale war.Fans of Brad Thor, Mark Greaney, Vince Flynn, and Don Bentley will devour this high-velocity thriller.

The last thing she wants is to dig up the past… When the body of a celebrated journalist is fished from the Edgartown Harbor, the official report rules his death accidental. But why was he alone on a senator’s yacht during a nor’easter? That’s only the first question London-based lawyer Kyra Gibson has when she arrives on the idyllic island of Martha’s Vineyard to settle her estranged father’s affairs. She’s not looking for closure. She’s not seen him in decades since he left her with her aunt following her mother’s death. But as Kyra delves deeper into her father’s life, she learns he had many regrets and wasn’t as retired as she believed. The more Kyra discovers, the more questions she has. With the help of world-weary detective, Tarek Collins, they uncover a web of intrigue and corruption involving a powerful senator, a dubious energy company, and brutal murder. As they chase down clues, Kyra and Tarek flirt with danger and race against time to solve the murders and uncover the dark secrets lurking beneath Martha’s Vineyard’s picturesque façade of old money wealth and privilege. A gripping, atmospheric crime mystery for fans of Lisa Unger, A.J. Banner, and dark political intrigue. Once you start, you won’t want to stop digging.

Lying to Iris Raines is like throwing a boomerang—the truth always comes back hard.This gritty Texas private investigator mystery is relentless and razor-sharp—where sabotage, cartel money, and dark family secrets collide in a dangerous game of truth and consequences.Iris Raines doesn’t scare easy. Sardonic, relentless, and backed by her St. Bernard, Festus, she’s built a career digging the truth out of the dung heap of deception. But when sabotage turns lethal, Iris finds herself caught between powerful enemies—and a client who isn’t telling her everything she needs to know.South Texas restaurateur Quinten Farragut built his circus-themed dining empire on burgers, cheesy fries, and nostalgia—until sabotage turned his brand of family fun into deadly business. When poisoned food kills a customer and sickens dozens more, private investigator Iris Raines is hired to expose the saboteur before Farragut’s empire folds like a circus tent.But following the trail means digging deep into a tangled family history, using forensic genealogy to uncover long-buried secrets—and discovering that the past may hold the key to the crisis engulfing her client’s business.The deeper she digs, the clearer it gets: this isn’t sabotage—it’s corporate warfare. A killer with nothing to lose, a client with everything to hide, and a cartel moving in for the kill leave Iris with one choice—expose the truth before it buries her.She’s made a career exposing other people’s lies—but what happens when the truth cuts just as deep as the betrayal?Fast-paced, fearless, and full of twists, Pants on Fire delivers another high-stakes ride with private investigator Iris Raines. Written by a licensed private investigator with decades in the field, Pants on Fire is perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, and Robert Crais.PrologueDon’t lie to your PI. It’s a maxim for successful living…right up there with never stiff the hitman and don’t blow-dry your hair in the bathtub. Yet every day clients walk into the offices of PIs and lie just like rugs on the floor. How can they believe we’re going to resolve their current imbroglio without uncovering their own role in it?If you’ve been a PI since lunch, you know that people do not end up slogging upstream, ass-deep in a river of alligators, without having somehow gotten into the water in the first place. However much of an asshole they may be, when we join their team, they become our assholes, and we keep their secrets and do every legal thing in our power to save them. It’s the job. We explain this to them ad nauseam. But they lie to us anyway.Knowing this, my bullshit antenna is constantly scanning the environment for deception, like the spinning radars perched on the masts of warships. But this time I had no inkling—not until the first bullet hit my windshield. First Place — Next Best Read Writing Contest Award for Fiction, July, 2026 Top Ten Finalist — BooksShelf Writing Contest Award for Fiction, July, 2026