"Carolina thought her past was buried until someone dug it up.
Just when her life seems to be on the verge of normalcy, Private Investigator Carolina McKay receives a mysterious envelope in the mail. Inside is a photograph of a field with GPS coordinates. And one very cryptic message: “Wish you were here.”
Upon receiving the clue, Carolina heads to Western Maryland and unearths a mass grave. Five members of a single family, all of whom went missing decades
earlier.
Their nightmare might have ended years ago, but hers is just beginning. Soon, more photos arrive and more graves are uncovered.
A madman with a penchant for killing families has eluded capture for
years. A madman who is now taunting Carolina and drawing her into the
investigation. A madman who has a new family in his sights.
When new victims vanish, Carolina teams up with FBI Agent Baden Mulrooney to solve the case. Can they stop the monster before more bodies are left
in his wake, or will it be Carolina who ends up in a nameless grave?"
"She thought her past was buried. But some nightmares don’t stay dead.
After weeks of torture, private investigator Carolina McKay claws her way out of captivity, only to discover the nightmare isn’t over. It’s just begun. The man responsible, charismatic cult leader Josiah Zarchi, is alive, thriving, and more powerful than ever.
The deeper Carolina digs, the clearer it becomes: this is more than a cult, it’s a bloodthirsty revenge plot. And the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes.
To stop Zarchi, Carolina will have to risk everything, including the people she loves most."
"Don’t trust outsiders.
Don’t trust law enforcement.
Those are the two rules that people abide by in the hills.
But when murder hits close to home, some speculate a serial killer is loose in their community. One they aren’t equipped to take down.
Elven Hallie might have stumbled in the past, but now he’s a new man.
So when a few hillfolk break their own rules and ask for his help, he is more than ready to take on the case.
But this killer is not like anyone Elven’s ever hunted before. And if he wants to survive, he’ll need to break a few of his own rules."
"She was hired to uncover the truth, but she may be buried by the lies.
When a teenager disappears from a posh ski resort, her millionaire father,
Nikolaus Winter, hires Carolina McKay to bring his daughter home safe
and in one piece. A promise that may be impossible to keep.
Overwhelmed with suspects, Carolina enters a world of money, control, and jealousy as she tries to unearth what happened to Maurah Winter. All signs point to her running away, until a much darker threat emerges.
One that involves those closest to her.
As Carolina races to uncover why a girl with the world at her fingertips
would vanish into thin air, she finds herself sinking in too deep. So
deep she may not get out alive."
"Poachers discovered the bodies. Slaughtered. Mauled. Partially devoured.
Carolina McKay has never squared off with a killer this vicious.
Sober and a licensed Private Investigator, for the first time in her adult life Carolina has found what she’s been missing…
Hope.
But it’s not long before the past comes calling. Her ex-partner, Hank Kolazarek, is now Sheriff of small town Hopkins, Ohio where human remains were found in the woods. The work of a madman. Outmatched, Hank needs Carolina’s help before more people die.
Walking the streets of Hopkins is a man who blends in, is respected, even admired. But his psyche is cracking. His delusions worsening.
With each passing day he becomes less man and more animal…
With each tick of the clock his hunger grows…
When the killer takes one of her only allies, Carolina must break through his facade and uncover his true identity. But with the stress threatening her newfound sobriety, will she crumble, allowing even more victims to fall prey to the hunt?"
"How can he fix an entire county when he’s the most broken?
Sheriff Elven Hallie is a shell of himself. He’s lost everything. His house, his Jeep, his girl. But most of all, his reputation.
When an entire library full of people is massacred, Elven is forced to pull himself together to catch the killer.
To make matters worse, it’s election time, and this go around, Elven’s not running unopposed.
Zane Rhodes is highly respected in the community. A business owner, involved in the church, and has the backing of the governor.
But Elven has one thing that Zane doesn’t.
He’s still the sheriff of Dupray.
Will Elven be able to bring the mass murderer to justice, restoring the community’s faith in him as sheriff? Or will he prove everyone right—that he’s the county’s biggest mistake?"
"A high-profile funeral. An arsonist at large. A stranger with too many questions.
And a devastating betrayal.
Reeling from the news dropped on his desk days earlier, Sheriff Elven Hallie is left questioning everyone and everything in his life. But when a former deputy is burned to death, Elven must push aside the turmoil in his personal life to catch the killer.
As if that wasn’t enough, new faces from the Starcher clan enter his county with vengeance in their eyes for Corbin’s death.
Paranoid, angry, and directionless, Elven must lean on those closest to him to bring a ruthless murderer to justice. But that’s easier said than done when it’s those closest to him who he trusts the least…"
"A perfect weekend. The perfect company. A perfect cabin.
The perfect place to bury a body…
For Joel and Stella, it’s the trip they’ve been dreaming about. Fresh air, quiet time in the woods, and no work to distract them from each other. Being a new couple, they don’t waste any time with their first full weekend away together.
But their perfect getaway turns into a nightmare when an accident occurs and they find a dead woman lying outside their cabin.
Clearly, they have to call the police, but what Joel reveals to Stella makes her understand there’s no way they can get the authorities involved.
Stella has no other choice than to go along with Joel’s plans to hide the body, realizing now that she never really knew the man she’s sharing a bed with.
But what if there’s more that Joel isn’t telling her? And what if he figures out that she doesn’t trust him anymore?
Most of all, what if Joel finds out the secret that she’s been hiding from him?"
"Seventeen years ago Carolina McKay escaped death at the hands of a psychopath. Now she's come home, and so has the killer.
After she's shot in the line of duty, Detective Carolina McKay returns to her hometown hoping to rebuild her life and conquer her demons. But before
she can even unpack, a college student is found dead in a ditch.
The crime scene looks familiar. Too familiar. Has the madman who terrorized
Carolina's childhood, reemerged? Or is a new killer copying those old
murders?
When another woman goes missing, it's clear the local police force is outmatched. Can Carolina unravel the mystery before more girls end up dead? Or will she be the killer's next victim?"
"How can she save anyone when she can't save herself?
Detective Carolina McKay survived a serial killer and saved the town she used to call home. Now she finds herself more alone than ever... until a stranger knocks on her door.
A desperate father seeking to exonerate his son has no one else to turn to. But to prove a confession was forced, Carolina must battle corrupt cops, drug dealers, prostitutes, and reclusive crazies.
She wanted the truth, but what she uncovers is worse. Decades worth of unexplainable murders that point to a sadistic serial murderer.
And Carolina just stepped onto his turf."
"To catch the perfect killer, she must become the perfect victim.
After discovering that her estranged sister is missing, Carolina McKay heads to Pittsburgh where she stumbles into an FBI investigation. The same time her sister, Scarlet, vanished, so did $300,000. And Scarlet is the prime suspect.
But if there's one thing Carolina's good at, it's digging. When she delves into her sister's sordid private life, she discovers that Scarlet has a separate, and
dangerous, identity.
And in her other life, the darkness is winning.
As Carolina enters the seedy world of high end sex workers, she soon finds herself in over her head with her life hanging in the balance.
She's determined to uncover what happened to Scarlet, but will the price be trading places with her?"
"He's used to catching murderers, but now he's accused of being one.
When Sheriff Elven Hallie answered Carolina McKay's pleas for help, he thought it would be an easy job. But when the FBI shows up to investigate a murder, he finds himself trapped in a dangerous game.
One where he's the prime suspect.
On the run and fighting to clear his name, Elven must uncover the truth and prove his innocence. But as secrets are revealed, he realizes no one can be trusted, not even his closest allies. Will he be able to save himself and those he cares about before it's too late?
Find out in Secrets in the Squalor, book 5 in the Sheriff Elven Hallie Mysteries!"
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