"The bullet missed. The nightmare didn’t.
Psychologist Maureen “Mo” Yamaguchi just wanted a quiet day of fly fishing. Instead, she got a bullet—and a blood–soaked chase through the trees. With nothing but instinct to guide her, Mo is forced to survive the night in a forest that seems determined to finish her off.
Miles away, Kate Callahan receives a garbled, desperate call from Mo. With law enforcement dragging their boots and the sun sinking fast, Kate follows her gut and brings along her grandson Gus, a teen with demons of his own and a deep bond to the woods.
With every step, Kate and Gus draw closer to uncovering what really happened to Mo—and what’s stalking them all.
A psychological crime thriller packed with emotional weight and rural grit, Forest Creek is part of the Calaveras Crime Series—an unflinching collection of standalone thrillers where the land is wild, and the past never stays buried."
"They call her the Blue Mountain Butcher. Jess calls her Nana.
It’s been the year from hell for Jessica Williams. Her cheating husband not only bankrupted them—he’s been indicted. Now the rat bastard has disappeared. Thank God for Nana. Jess couldn’t survive without the old woman’s wisdom and brutal honesty. But when her beloved Nana is arrested and held responsible for the largest mass murder in Calaveras County history, Jess suspects her husband may be one of Nana’s latest victims. Nana, the jail’s oldest inmate, is also its only suspected serial killer. With Nana's life hanging by a thread, she’s granted deathbed visitation—and Jess demands the truth.
As Nana’s shocking confessions unfold, Jess is thrust into a relentless pursuit for justice. Armed with fragments of a sinister past, Jess uncovers secrets so dark and twisted, they just might destroy her.
Set against the hauntingly beautiful hills of Calaveras County, Blue Mountain is a gripping psychological crime thriller laced with razor-sharp twists, raw emotion, and an unforgettable heroine. In this chilling first installment of the Calaveras series, justice is messy, blood runs thick, and some truths refuse to stay buried."
"A mother’s love. A buried lie. She’ll tear down the whole town to protect her own.
Rancher Kate Dunnigan has always believed in hard justice. But when her pregnant daughter, Emma Lee, is accused of killing her husband and disappears, Kate's world implodes. Emma Lee is desperate, traumatized, and on the run. And the more Kate digs into her son–in–law’s death, the more dirt she uncovers: betrayal, festering grudges, and a brutal history someone will kill to keep buried.
Hunted by local law and shadowed by a past that won’t stay quiet, Kate will do anything to protect her daughter—even if that means laying her own life on the line. But in Calaveras, justice has sharp teeth, and not everyone wants the truth to rise.
Calaveras is a psychological crime thriller set in the ruthless hills of Calaveras County. In this second installment of the Calaveras series, family secrets fester, justice bites back, and one mother’s fight could tear everything apart."
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