For fans of C.J. Box, Craig Johnson, and Tony Hillerman — a 1970s Wyoming wilderness thriller about a small-town doctor whose family hunting trip becomes a kidnapping chase through the Bighorn Mountains.It's September 1976, and Dr. Patrick Flint just wants to take his kids elk hunting in the Bighorn Mountains. His wife Susanne refuses to go. His daughter Trish, fifteen, has secretly arranged for her boyfriend to follow them up the mountain. His son Perry, twelve, is game for anything. What could go wrong?Plenty. Back in Buffalo, a convicted killer named Billy Kemecke has escaped from prison — and he knows exactly where the Flint family is going. In the Cloud Peak Wilderness, Trish's arranged meeting with Brandon Lewis gets her kidnapped by the Jones family, who believe Patrick killed their mother through medical malpractice. On horseback in the dark at 9,000 feet with giardia tearing through his gut, Patrick follows hair fasteners dropped by Trish in the snow, a trail of smiley-face breadcrumbs through the wilderness. Susanne — attacked by Kemecke in her own home and left tied to a chair — is already ahead of him.Switchback is the first Patrick Flint novel, set in the Buffalo, Wyoming of 1976 — the town where author Pamela Fagan Hutchins spent her elementary school years, and where her family's real adventures (minus the murders) inspired the entire series. The Bighorn Mountains, Red Grade Road, the Cloud Peak Wilderness: she knows them from the inside. Patrick Flint's Wyoming is as real as the wind.He's a doctor trained in martial arts and tracking. She's a Texas woman tied to a chair with a bowie knife. Their twelve-year-old tackled a kidnapper. The mountains didn't know what hit them. Complete series: 9 novels.

'...an addictive read...Dering reaches the same sort of frisson achieved by Dean R. Koontz in depicting common people caught up in monstrous, beyond-belief circumstances...Planetwide casualties and careful pacing open this attention-grabbing SF trilogy.'- Kirkus Reviews Gold Medal winner- Readers' Favorite 2022 Book Contest'Dystopian fiction needs a big idea for how the world has gone to hell, and this book goes to a biblical scale...Utopia Project is a story of survival and quickly takes all limits off the table in order to ensure that readers buckle in for a wild ride. I would certainly recommend this book to any fans of dystopian literature.'- Readers' Favorite 5/5-STAR book review'Billy Dering is excellent in interweaving intrigue and flashbacks…Also, the story is characterized by suspense and a mighty imagination... I recommend it to lovers of sci-fi stories with suspense, intrigue, and heart-thumping action. It is not a book for the fainthearted readers.'- OnlineBookClub.org, 4/4-STAR book reviewAn apocalyptic event. A simple gift box from a military father. A stunning connection between and possibly the last hope for humanity.After America’s controversial presidential election in 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, several decades of escalating civil crises have ensued. The governments of many countries have conspired to develop the ultimate solution for controlling the lives of their citizens. The new society, forged in the secret Utopia Project, provides for all of your needs without cost, promotes recreational group sex, raises offspring without parents and offers a life without stress.When the project’s true purpose is revealed, a nightmare weapon turns the rest of the world into a mass grave of melted corpses. Inexplicably, not everyone died as planned. On the east coast of America, Sara Hyland and boyfriend Kid Carlson somehow survive. Hunted by the merciless forces of the Utopia Project, a single thread of hope is discovered in a gift box, given to Sara by her military father the night of the destruction. But is it too late to save humanity from extinction?

When brilliant FBI Agent Carly Phoenix’s recklessness has her demoted to the Cold Case unit, she stumbles upon an unexpected opportunity to solve a case that others couldn’t—and finds herself in a deadly race against time as she stirs up dangers left unturned, shocked to realize there may just still be time to save the next victim….In the grip of Chicago's frigid winter, a killer has turned victims into ice sculptures, and Carly Phoenix must meld her brilliance and instinct if she hopes to solve the case in time.COLD JUSTICE (A Carly Phoenix FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1) is the first novel in a new series by mystery and suspense author Taylor Stark.The Carly Phoenix series is an intense and riveting thriller featuring a complex and troubled female protagonist. Brimming with suspense, unexpected turns, and a pulse-pounding tempo, this series ensures an enthralling experience that's bound to keep you turning pages late into the night. Fans of Karin Slaughter, Teresa Driscoll, and Lisa Regan are sure to fall in love.Future books in the series are also available!