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With a murderous secret and a dark history few but Helen Eriksson know, an uncertain path lies ahead of her. Helen's past, present and future are on a collision course with a sense of morality she wonders if she ever possessed. Her husband's corpse is barely cold, laid to rest under a shroud of suspicion directed at her by former peers at the FBI. Revenge boils in her veins against the one who shattered her perfect life, or the carefully constructed illusion of such. One thing Helen does not believe is that coincidences happen. So when an opportunity falls into her lap to slip through the ...

A broker for an assassin with a mysterious past quickly grows restive in his role of managing the business side of murder for his conscienceless partner. Repulsed by the torture his personal millstone inflicts, Castillo absently doodles on an altar cloth at the scene of one of their crimes to avoid watching the carnage unfold. When he realizes that the police took note of the unusual drawing, Castillo decides to playfully sign all of his partner's crime scenes, and invents his own urban legend online. The story of the Night Lotus resonates with amateur sleuths and sickly, admirers of serial...

(Book #5) Someone is watching Helen Eriksson, and has been watching her since before she set foot in Darkwater Bay. One last case exposes the real mystery, but Helen may not survive to find the answers.

(Eriksson Book 2) Helen Eriksson is pulled into a new investigation when Darkwater Bay police approach her for help after another homeless man is found dead in a dumpster in Downey. His cause of death is certain -- a drug overdose, but the disturbing similarities to five other homeless men discarded with the refuse cannot be overlooked. The other causes of death? A complete mystery, one which Helen and her colleagues at Downey Division must uncover before more men are killed. Frustrated with Helen Eriksson's secrets and lies, Johnny Orion embarks on a distant journey that leads him to seek ...

(Eriksson, Book 3) An early morning at physical therapy to rehabilitate Helen Eriksson's recent injury turns into a nightmare rife with déjà vu for the Darkwater Bay police department. Helen interrupts an attack on a young woman - the daughter of former Assistant District Attorney David Ireland - on the anniversary of his murder. Helen leaps at the opportunity to finally link a crime to her personal nemesis Danny Datello, long suspected in the murder-for-hire of ADA Ireland. Knowing he's guilty is a far cry from proving it, however, especially when the evidence Ireland had that ...

Helen Eriksson is embroiled in a 30-year-old mystery in an unlikely setting, with conspirators who are determined for different reasons to see that Helen fails to discern the truth, and the crime remains unsolved.

Johnny Orion enlists the help of fellow officers in the search for his wife, Helen Eriksson, who is officially a missing person, while Stephen Jarecki, now with the FBI, returns to Darkwater Bay to put forth his theory regarding Helen’s disappearance. Meanwhile, an amnesiac is dependent on a stranger who identifies herself as "Helen," and is determined to get both of them home on her terms.

(Eriksson #11) Helen Eriksson’s greatest fears are realized when her new life suddenly crumbles around her. With limited options available, Helen is forced to make a difficult decision, to expose her past in order to save the people she loves from the man determined to destroy all of their lives.

(Eriksson #9) For months, Helen Eriksson and Tony Briscoe have had a love-hate relationship. On a sultry August night, Helen faces a difficult choice after a suspicious fire and death is linked to Briscoe. She can make sure Tony goes away forever, or she can find the truth. Either way, they are destined to walk the last mile in the investigation together.

Helen Eriksson is drawn back into profiling when an alleged family annihilator murders his wife and children in a suburb of Darkwater Bay before he vanishes without a trace. Before she can even begin to examine the evidence, Jeremy Rhodes, the bitter father of a six-year-old child killed by a monster Helen once interviewed early in her career with the FBI arrives. Since his son's murder, he has become not only an advocate for missing children, but also a celebrity sleuth trying to capture criminals who have evaded justice. He informs the police that he plans to solve their case first, since...

(Eriksson Novel #6) Helen Eriksson's insight shifts gears - from the secrets of others to the mystery of her true identity. When she turns to her father for answers, it nearly destroys her other life. Is Wendell Eriksson the ultimate sinner, or an unqualified saint? Lost in her own doubts and fears, it takes another murder to yank Helen's focus back where it belongs.

(Eriksson Novel #7) In the final chapters of Helen Eriksson's quest for the truth about herself, she uncovers the secret in Darkwater Bay that Jerry Lowe once warned her wasn't mean to remain buried. When the dust settles from the final confrontation, she wonders who will be left alive, and on whose side they'll stand.

A wedding draws them close together at an exotic destination. A storm isolates them from the outside world. A murder puts everyone in danger. And one big lie threatens the foundation of the life Helen Eriksson believes she has. Time is not on Helen’s side as she reaches the moment where she must decide how to confront a dangerous enemy who has refused to stop stalking her.

(Eriksson #8) Hedra Dearhart is an outcast with vivid dreams. When she begins writing about her nightmares for English Composition, all she envisions is a high GPA. But someone notices eerie similarities between what she writes and crimes reported in the newspaper. The snag is that the dreams occur before the news breaks. What follows is a head-scratching mystery for the police in Darkwater Bay.

Johnny Orion recruits a former priest turned police detective to work with his unit in the state police, and Helen immediately clashes with the Reverend Detective's methods. Meanwhile, a trial looms large on the horizon of Darkwater Bay. Wanted or not, Zack Carpenter gets help proving a motive that has eluded everyone for nearly two years. Will it be enough to secure the conviction?

During Helen Eriksson's last investigation, she made a deal with her reluctant partner—Gia Malone would help her in any way Helen deemed necessary, and when Helen closed her case, she'd help Gia not only find her long-lost brother, but uncover the truth about what happened to Gia's mother. Helen expected what she would find—a mother murdered by a stepfather who would most likely be in prison, if not for that crime, for something else. Certain that her prediction would be fulfilled, Helen delegates the investigation to her brother Crevan Conall, who traces the family's roots back to ...

(Eriksson, Book 4) Helen Eriksson finds herself baffled by what initially appears to be a rather open-and-shut investigation, but is anything but when her presumed hate crime motive is decimated by two victims who don't in any way fit the original profile. Or do they?

As Raver and Briarwood finally discover the true identity of their prey, Castillo changes the game completely and shifts his focus in a disturbing direction. But not even Castillo can imagine the outcome in the gripping final showdown between cop and killer.

Castillo's body count drops drastically while his surrogates do his bidding. Meanwhile, Raver and Briarwood uncover a crucial clue that leads them one step closer to finding Castillo's real identity, which accidentally exposes a witness who seems determined to protect Castillo at all costs. The reason for her defense of a serial killer adds another chilling layer to the game of cat and mouse.

Raver and Briarwood hunt for Castillo's true identity as more killings with a distinctively different yet similar signature occur. As they attempt to flesh out the background of Castillo's former partner, a rift forms. Is the killer in the fresh crime scenes Castillo, or has he developed a cult following that resulted in a copycat? As Raver and Briarwood investigate, the answer becomes clear.