St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is known for its deadly hurricanes, the long-standing Rosalie Inn, and the infamous murder of Landon Fitzroy during Hurricane Marie in 1984, a crime that cemented Lo Bailey’s name in local legend. When true-crime writer August Fletcher arrives in town to revisit the case, inn owner Geneva Corliss hopes the attention…
Tag: Mystery
No Road Home
Single father Toby Tucker has spent years shielding his queer son, Luca, from a cruel world but marrying into the powerful Wright family thrusts them directly into it. The Wrights are wealthy, deeply religious, and led by a notorious televangelist patriarch whose influence looms over everything. When a storm traps the family at their isolated…
The Bright Lands
The town of Bentley holds two things dear: its football, and its secrets. When star quarterback Dylan Whitley goes missing, fear grips this small Texas town. Joel Whitley, shamed out of Bentley ten years ago, returns from New York to confront his past and help find his brother. Alongside Sheriff’s Deputy Starsha Clark and Dylan’s…
Inside Man
If you know me, you know I love my police procedurals and I’ve been craving a strong detective/police procedural lately. I’ve been looking for something to tie me over until the next Karin Slaughter book comes out, and John McHahon’s upcoming release Inside Man was just what I wanted. In this sequel to Head Cases, John…
The Briars
Sarah Crouch returns with a lush, atmospheric thriller set deep in the misty mountains of the Pacific Northwest. The story follows Annie Heston, a young woman escaping a broken relationship who takes a job as a game warden in the secluded town of Lake Lumin. As she warns the community about a roaming cougar, Annie…
A Box Full of Darkness
Violet, Vail, and Dodie return to the home they fled eighteen years earlier, summoned by the ghost of their long-missing brother, Ben, and his unsettling plea to “come home.” Fell, New York has always been a place where strange things happen: a mysterious drowning at the local motel, a young girl found dead by the…
Beast of the North Woods
When a local ice fisherman is brutally mauled to death in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, the only explanation offered is a hodag, a mythical creature long believed to be nothing more than a local hoax. The claim isn’t taken seriously by the townsfolk, especially since the hodag is deeply tied to the town’s identity and tourism. As…
Wildwood
Return to the rugged beauty and hidden darkness of small-town Wisconsin, delivering a compelling story of crime, grief, and redemption. Deputy Sheriff Eli North, a recovering alcoholic and veteran battling PTSD, is determined to rebuild his life and repair the bond with his mother, the town sheriff. But when an undercover informant vanishes and a…
Adrift
Peggy and Drew, two struggling writers, move with their teenage son onto a narrow canal boat hoping for a simpler, more peaceful life. But when Peggy’s writing career takes off and Drew’s doesn’t, jealousy festers, and he begins isolating their family deeper into the waterways. As Drew’s control tightens and his behavior turns manipulative and…
Where He Left Me
Sadie Sheridan and her husband Felix have just settled into Felix’s childhood home in the North Cascades mountains, for their year-long sabbatical. But when Felix leaves for a quick work trip and never comes back, Sadie finds herself completely isolated. She has no car, no phone service, and a storm is rolling in. As she…