This collection includes the first three novellas in the Madison Keith Suburban Noir Ghost Story series: Fatal Cut, Shallow Water, Unholy Child. In Fatal Cut, a man is brutally murdered in the church parking lot. Madison Keith is the only one who isn't surprised by the identity of the killer. She has witnessed first hand the buried resentments and bitter hearts of the people at her new job, not to mention the appearance of those who have passed on. In the second novella, Shallow Water, Madison finds a dead body in the shallow water of Half Moon Bay. The most likely culprit has a rock-solid...
This collection includes the first three novellas in the Madison Keith Suburban Noir Ghost Story series: Fatal Cut, Shallow Water, Unholy Child. In Fa...
Devon worships Jenna. Their friends say he's obsessed with her. Maybe he is, all he knows is that he wants to give her the world. Counting on a lucrative promotion, he bought a multi-million dollar home in Silicon Valley for her. It's all good because Jenna adores him. He's a lucky guy, and he's confident he has their finances under control. Jenna worked hard to get where she is, harder than Devon and their friends. She thought she had it all -- a soul mate, a fun job, and a gorgeous Mediterranean Revival home. Now, the economy's gone south, Devon's promotion is delayed, and Devon and Jenna...
Devon worships Jenna. Their friends say he's obsessed with her. Maybe he is, all he knows is that he wants to give her the world. Counting on a lucrat...
A pit, thirty-five feet deep, the foundation for a construction project that has no place in suburbia, drives some to the brink of madness. Claire could care less about the intrusive medical facility being built near her cul de sac. All she wants is to be a good mom while she finishes school and starts her life over. But has she asked the wrong man, a neighbor she's known for years, to watch her son while she's in class? Michelle thought her retirement years would be full of love and family, instead her days are shattered by earth movers and pile drivers and a husband who is definitely hiding...
A pit, thirty-five feet deep, the foundation for a construction project that has no place in suburbia, drives some to the brink of madness. Claire cou...
Obsession, fanaticism, and ambition clash leading to death. As Bob Lambert sneaks a weekly cigarette and observes the church across the street, his obsession zeroes in on Melody Palmer. He is hell bent on forcing her to admit that her faith is useless. Melody's fanaticism blinds her to the true nature of the people at her church and puts her on a mission to convert Bob at all costs. Ashley Lambert's ambition is thwarted by the bleak future being shoved down her throat. Now, her mistakes from the past are coming back to haunt her. This wasn't the way her life was supposed to turn out. No one...
Obsession, fanaticism, and ambition clash leading to death. As Bob Lambert sneaks a weekly cigarette and observes the church across the street, his ob...
A ghost that haunts the human mind is the most terrifying of all. It's 1967 -- the summer of love. Mary's four sons are grown. Her husband has left her for a woman who is young, beautiful, and unencumbered by children. He also left her with enough money to live comfortably in an ocean-front house on the edge of Rio Del Mar beach. Mary is eager to inhale the music and freedom, the sex and altered states of consciousness that have permeated Santa Cruz and most of California. This might be her last chance to feel young, find love, and regain her spirit. Home from UC Berkeley for the summer,...
A ghost that haunts the human mind is the most terrifying of all. It's 1967 -- the summer of love. Mary's four sons are grown. Her husband has left he...
Sometimes, the punishment doesn't fit the crime ... and someone has to die.
Alexandra Mallory is envious of the spectacular house across from the tiny cabin she and Jared Brady are sharing. She imagines herself living in the spacious Gifford home, rather than the cabin Hal Gifford agreed to rent out in spite of his wife's strenuous objections. The house and cabin sit alongside Soquel Creek, stirring up Alexandra's lifelong fear of water.
The odd behavior of the Giffords piques Alexandra's curiosity, and soon her envy of the house turns to an obsession with...
Sometimes, the punishment doesn't fit the crime ... and someone has to die.
Alexandra Mallory is envious of the spectacular...
A picture speaks a thousand words. Sometimes, one of those words means someone deserves to die.
Alexandra loves her glamorous San Francisco apartment, but nothing is going as she'd dreamed. Her job is in jeopardy as Tess abandons mentoring Alex in favor of her obsession over a portrait.
Artists can be temperamental and this one may not be what he seems.
Can a beautiful portrait really destroy the lives of two women?
Alexandra Mallory isn't like other women -- she gets rid of people who make the world a dangerous place.
A picture speaks a thousand words. Sometimes, one of those words means someone deserves to die.
Alexandra Mallory’s recent killings have left her exposed. She’s forced to conceal her identity from the detectives investigating the murders, trusting a stranger to keep her secret. At work, Steve Montgomery is increasingly curious about what she’s hiding, and Alexandra knows he can place her at the scene of the murders.
Now, two detectives at The Chimera in San Francisco, Isaiah’s favorite neighborhood bar, are much too interested in her background. Their intense scrutiny...
Everyone has something to hide
Alexandra Mallory’s recent killings have left her exposed. She’...
