"From the successful self-published author of the Emily Slate and Ivy Bishop FBI series, a new thriller which introduces a female wildfire investigator in the Pacific Northwest who finds herself at the center of a dangerous series of fires.
Eight months ago, Calla Rowe watched her partner die in a blaze everyone believed was an accident. But Calla-one of the best fire investigators in the country-knew it was murder. She just couldn't prove it. Once Calla could diagnose the marks of an arsonist with a preliminary glance at a burn site, calculate exactly how and where a wildfire was going to move, and break down the chemical composition of different accelerants. Now she's hiding out in the remote Oregon town of Pinecrest, trying to shake the nightmares of her partner's death and find peace.
But Calla is pulled back in when the town's sheriff calls her to the site of a suspicious wildfire. Though he's wary of newcomers, the sheriff knows he's in over his head: not only does he have an arson case on his hands, he's also investigating the disappearance of a local boy-one of a group of environmental activists and protestors who suspect a logging company is secretly cutting old-growth timber. Against her better judgment, Calla agrees to help-and soon realizes that something very dangerous is going on in Pinecrest. As more fires burn, Calla is drawn deeper into a web of treachery bigger than she could have ever fathomed-and that she may be the next target.
Full of shocking twists and cliffhangers, Buried Embers showcases a master at the top of his game, a thrilling page-turner featuring a brilliant but troubled female investigator who must save a community and herself in the process."
"Some places are built to heal. Others are designed to hurt.
Special Agent Emily Slate has just been appointed to lead a new team within the FBI. It’s a fresh start. A new boss. A new mandate. But no time to breathe.
A series of disturbing reports from a remote psychiatric facility land on her desk—patients suddenly cut off from family, strange staff turnover, and whispers of something far more sinister beneath the surface.
The deeper she and her team dig, the clearer it becomes: this isn’t about mental health. It’s about power, control, and silence. And someone inside will do whatever it takes to keep the truth buried—even if it means killing to protect it.
As the lines between sanity and conspiracy blur, Emily must navigate the shadows of an institution built on secrets… before she becomes its next patient."
"Three gripping cases. One devastating lie. FBI Special Agent Emily Slate thought the darkest chapter of her life was closing. It was only just beginning.
Still reeling from the sudden loss of her husband and dangerously close to a full FBI suspension, Special Agent Emily Slate is desperate for a win. When she takes on a grisly case in a remote Virginia mountain town—discovering a woman buried with her eyes sewn shut—she hopes it’s her ticket back to the Bureau's good graces.
Instead, it’s the catalyst that shatters her entire reality.
As Emily hunts down a twisted predator targeting a federal judge's daughter and races against the clock to stop an arsonist burning Charleston firefighters alive, a far more terrifying truth begins to surface: her husband's death was not what it seemed. The man she loved took dark secrets to his grave, and the people who put him there are still in the shadows.
Now, Emily isn't just profiling killers—she’s hunting for the truth. Bending the rules of the FBI and pushing her own limits to the edge, she must track down the people responsible for destroying her life, all while keeping innocent victims out of the crosshairs of three sadistic murderers.
This gripping audiobook collection includes the first three thrilling novels in the Emily Slate series:
· Book 1 (His Perfect Crime): A remote mountain town hides a buried secret and a mind games killer.
· Book 2 (The Collection Girls): A race against the dark to find a missing girl and a ghost from Emily's past.
· Book 3 (Smoke and Ashes): A fiery conspiracy in historic Charleston that threatens to burn the city to the ground.
Prepare for hours of relentless suspense. Once you start listening, you won't be able to hit pause."
"The man she loved was a lie. The woman who killed him might be her only hope.
FBI Special Agent Emily Slate thought that uncovering the truth behind her husband’s murder would finally bring her closure. Instead, it cracked her world wide open. The deeper she digs into the circumstances surrounding his death, the more she is forced to confront a devastating reality: the man she mourned was hiding a dangerous, shadowy life.
While juggling a series of complex and gruesome investigations—a copycat killer recreating murders from a crime novel and a deadly sniper using a bitter law enforcement rivalry as cover—Emily is inexorably pulled further into her husband's dark web.
The tension reaches a boiling point when the very assassin who pulled the trigger on her husband appears on Emily’s doorstep. Forced into a twisted, high-stakes alliance to take down the mysterious 'Organization' pulling the strings, Emily must navigate a minefield of betrayal where the lines between duty, justice, and revenge are completely erased. To find the truth, she'll have to risk everything she has left.
This gripping audiobook collection includes the next three pulse-pounding novels in the Emily Slate series:
· Book 4 (Her Final Words): A disturbed copycat killer uses a local author’s thrillers as a brutal blueprint for murder.
· Book 5 (Can't Miss Her): A deadly sniper strikes a Chesapeake town, forcing Emily to choose between her badge and her heart.
· Book 6 (The Lost Daughter): An impossible alliance forms as Emily hunts for a missing girl to flush out the architects of her husband's secret life.
Buckle up for a relentless, emotional thrill ride that will keep you listening long into the night."
"She survived the lies of the man she loved. Now, she must survive the secrets of her own past.
Special Agent Emily Slate is finally ready to move on. After dismantling the conspiracy surrounding her husband’s hidden life, she just wants to focus on the job and reclaim her place in the FBI. But the past refuses to stay buried. Just as she fights to prevent a forced transfer, a new, deeply personal nightmare begins: someone is taunting her with cryptic letters written in her dead mother’s handwriting.
Desperate for answers and fighting to keep her grip on reality, Emily throws herself into her work alongside her partner, Zara. Together, they hunt down killers who defy logic—from a meticulously staged, gruesome murder that threatens to wreck Emily to her core, to a theatrical serial killer terrorizing a quiet ski town with a new victim every Saturday night.
But Emily can't outrun the psychological game being played against her. The torment culminates exactly where it all began: her hometown. When the remains of a missing girl are discovered hidden inside the walls of Emily's own childhood home, she realizes the letters weren't just a taunt. They were a trap. Now, Emily is in the crosshairs of a predator who has been operating in the shadows for over twenty years—and she might be the final target.
This gripping audiobook collection includes three deeply personal, pulse-pounding novels in the Emily Slate series:
· Book 7 (The Secret Seven): Facing exile from the FBI, Emily takes on a brutal, staged murder that unravels into her greatest threat yet.
· Book 8 (A Liar's Grave): Haunted by impossible letters, Emily and Zara hunt a methodical killer, culminating in a devastating moral choice.
· Book 9 (The Girl in the Wall): A terrifying homecoming forces Emily to confront a twenty-year-old secret buried in the walls of her childhood home.
Dive into the darkest chapter of Emily's journey. With hours of relentless suspense, you'll be listening on the edge of your seat."
"Some secrets refuse to stay buried. Especially the ones in your own bloodline.
Special Agent Emily Slate is walking a razor’s edge. Thrust into a brand-new task force alongside Zara and Liam, she is tasked with navigating the brutal, shifting power dynamics of the nation’s capital to stop an all-out underworld gang war. But while she fights to establish her new footing at the FBI, she is secretly waging a deeply personal war of her own.
The cryptic letters from her past have finally led her to an impossible, terrifying truth: a face-to-face confrontation with the mother she thought was dead.
Grappling with a web of devastating family lies that threatens to cut her off from everyone she trusts, Emily must untangle the riddles of her own lineage before they destroy her. Escaping the personal fallout, she plunges into her first undercover assignment since her life was turned upside down. But what begins as a hunt for vanishing women on a sun-drenched Caribbean island quickly pulls her into a deadly, far-reaching conspiracy that proves nowhere is safe.
This thrilling audiobook collection includes the next three explosive novels in the Amazon bestselling Emily Slate series:
· Book 13 (Ties that Bind): A botched drug deal ignites a deadly power struggle in the capital's seedy underbelly.
· Book 14 (The Missing Bones): A lethal game of cat-and-mouse culminates in the shocking return of Emily's mother.
· Book 15 (Blood in the Sand): An undercover operation in a tropical paradise unearths a sinister, deep-water conspiracy.
Prepare for a massive turning point in Emily's journey. With breathtaking twists and relentless pacing, this is an audiobook collection you will devour in one sitting."
"The ghosts of her past are circling. And this time, they’re coming for the people she loves.
FBI Special Agent Emily Slate has survived betrayal, assassins, and the darkest corners of her own history. But the true test of her resolve is just beginning. When her fierce, ride-or-die partner, Zara Foley, vanishes while undercover with a deadly domestic terrorist cell, Emily is pushed to her absolute breaking point. She must tear up the rulebook and risk everything to save her best friend before a series of catastrophic explosions reduces her world to ash.
But the fallout leaves Emily dangerously isolated. Sent alone to a deeply superstitious Louisiana town plagued by bizarre, bloodless murders, she must confront a chilling mystery without her usual backup. Stripped of her safety nets and facing a killer that defies logic, Emily is forced to look inward, testing the limits of her own resilience.
The harrowing journey inevitably leads her back to where the nightmare first started: the secluded mountain town of Stillwater. Hunting a predator who uses humans for sport, Emily finds herself staring down the barrel of her own life choices. With her loyalties tested and her heart on the line, she must make the ultimate sacrifice to protect her chosen family.
This pulse-pounding audiobook collection includes the next three explosive novels in the Amazon bestselling Emily Slate series:
· Book 10 (His Final Act): A race against a ticking clock to find Zara and stop a terrorist mastermind from setting the country ablaze.
· Book 11 (The Vanishing Eyes): An isolating, eerie hunt for a killer hidden behind the deep-rooted superstitions of a small Southern town.
· Book 12 (Edge of the Woods): A deadly human safari forces Emily back to Stillwater—and into a corner where she must make an impossible personal choice.
Get ready for a breathless, high-stakes ride that will test everything Emily stands for. Once you start, you won't be able to stop listening."
"Twenty-five years ago, five victims died in a ritualistic killing. Now, the pattern is repeating…
The small town of Oak Creek is rocked by the discovery of a body branded with a mysterious symbol. Investigations soon link the killing to a series of unsolved murders from twenty-five years before – murders that left five victims dead, each marked with an identical brand.
Newly retired, Detective Charlotte Dawes is brought back to help, having worked the original case as a rookie cop in Chicago. As more bodies appear, she uncovers a disturbing pattern: the killer is following the same ritual, down to the exact symbols and methodology used decades ago.
As paranoia spreads through Oak Creek's tight-knit streets, Charlotte must race against time to unravel the shocking connection between past and present before the deadly sequence is complete…
Fans of Charlie Donlea, Lisa Regan and A. J. Rivers will be utterly hooked by the second book in the Oak Creek Thriller series.
Readers are raving about the Oak Creek Thriller series:
‘This is the start of something special... prepare to fall in love with this new world and its darkly addictive pace.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I was completely held hostage by my Kindle the whole way til the end.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Okay, wow! This book was just… whoosh! Mind blown… a masterclass in suspense. Gripping, intelligent, and so compelling, I reread it the moment I finished. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
’I'm kind of fangirling right now. Honestly, I was blown away by how much I enjoyed it.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
’A tour de force.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I devoured this book in a day and was left wanting more.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"
"In the quiet community of Oakhurst, the brutal murder of a beloved local priest sends shockwaves through the town.
Detective Ivy Bishop, coming off two of the toughest cases of her career, is thrust into an investigation that seems straightforward but quickly unravels into something far more sinister.
As Ivy delves into the priest's life, she uncovers hidden connections to an underground crime network operating right under the town's nose. The deeper she digs, the more she realizes that the priest's death is just the tip of the iceberg. The investigation twists and turns, revealing secrets that Oakhurst's elite would kill to keep buried.
Each clue leads Ivy closer to the heart of something far darker than the shadows of an empty church, exposing a web of corruption, betrayal, and greed that extends to the highest echelons of society. As she navigates this treacherous terrain, Ivy finds herself confronting the darkest aspects of humanity.
With stakes higher than ever, Ivy must untangle the intricate conspiracy before it claims more lives, including her own.
The Buried Faces is a gripping mystery thriller from Alex Sigmore, where every revelation peels back another layer of a town's façade, and the quest for justice becomes a perilous journey into the unknown. Prepare for a tale where trust is a luxury, and the truth is more elusive than ever."
"Secrets have a way of coming back.
Detective Ivy Bishop, fresh from cracking a high-profile case, is haunted by a night she can't remember, with her family gone and her past a blur.
Oakhurst is barely back on its feet after dealing with a serial killer when a new crisis hits: two children and their caretaker have disappeared without a trace or ransom note. Despite her superiors' warnings, Ivy is drawn to the case, convinced it's linked to the night from fifteen years ago that left her wandering the streets, her clothes stained with blood.
Her investigation into the kidnappings uncovers a complex web of lies, deceit, and greed, all pointing ominously back to her. And as she gets closer to understanding the kidnapper's motives, Ivy is faced with a shocking truth that could upend everything she believes about her past.
Caught in a deadly dilemma, Ivy must choose between saving the innocent and confronting a truth that might destroy her.
The Girl Without a Clue, the second book in the Ivy Bishop Mystery series by Alex Sigmore, is a gripping thriller that explores the shadows of the past and the complexities of uncovering the truth. In a town where secrets run deep, Ivy Bishop's quest for answers will challenge everything she knows about herself and the place she calls home."
"Trust is everything to me. It has to be, with a past like mine.
So when my fiancé lies straight to my face, it’s like I can’t breathe. He claims he barely knows Laura Blackwell. Then why has she sent him a copy of her novel with a chilling inscription? You’ll never get rid of me.
His face tells me everything. It’s like he’s seen a ghost.
Suddenly our beautiful home feels like a cage. When I’m alone, I can feel someone watching me through our floor-to-ceiling windows. Is it Laura? Or someone else from his past? All I know is my fiancé is desperate to hide the truth.
And his secrets could tear our lives apart…
An utterly unputdownable psychological thriller that will keep you up all night. Perfect for fans of The Housemaid, The Wife Between Us and The Perfect Marriage.
What readers are saying about books by Alex Sigmore:
‘This is the start of something special... prepare to fall in love with this new world and its darkly addictive pace.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I was completely held hostage by my Kindle the whole way til the end.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Okay, wow! This book was just… whoosh! Mind blown… a masterclass in suspense. Gripping, intelligent, and so compelling, I reread it the moment I finished. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
’I'm kind of fangirling right now. Honestly, I was blown away by how much I enjoyed it.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
’A tour de force.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I devoured this book in a day and was left wanting more.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Dark, intelligent, and absolutely relentless. From the first chilling chapter, the story pulls you into a dangerous web of lies, betrayal, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. The tension is thick, the atmosphere ominous, and the twists… genuinely shocking.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"
"She doesn't remember the night her family vanished.
But someone else does.
Detective Ivy Bishop's first case should've been routine—until a headless body washes ashore, and the clues start to feel too familiar.
Plagued by gaps in her memory and unable to stand physical touch without spiraling into panic, Ivy has spent her life outrunning the trauma she can't explain. But this killer?
They aren't just targeting victims.
They're peeling back her past.
With each body, the nightmare resurfaces—and the truth inches closer.
Her Dark Secret is a chilling mystery thriller for fans of KarinSlaughter and Tess Gerritsen, featuring a fierce but fractured heroine, grisly crimes, and a twist you won't see coming."
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