Southern Thrillers

Trauma surgeon Justin Wellington is accustomed to handling gunshot wounds… just not over his Cobb salad. When a lunch date with his best friend, the woman with whom he’s quietly and desperately in love – homicide detective Kathleen Murphy – becomes the scene of a drive-by shooting, Justin’s surgical skills are called upon to save the life of a young waitress. His heroism that day sets into motion a chain of events that brings him to the attention of a dangerous and disturbed individual, threatening his career, his own life and the lives of those he holds dear. Obsession: Because ...

When tech visionary Julian Yates is arrested for the brutal murder of his business rival, the evidence seems airtight—a damning video, financial motive, and a public feud gone too far. But defense lawyer Ryan Noble knows something’s off. The pieces don’t fit. It all seems too clean. As Noble digs deeper, he uncovers a web of deceit stretching from the heart of Georgia’s legal system to the dark corners of the internet. Behind the scenes, powerful interests are manipulating the truth—and Yates may be just another pawn in a far deadlier game. With corporate espionage, digital ...

A lie buried for twenty-five years. A daughter ready to unearth it. Hope Bellamy spent twenty-five years building a quiet life in Atlanta, far from the shadow of her father’s megachurch. She thought she had escaped the tragedy of her mother's murder. She was wrong. It starts with a phone call: The Georgia Innocence Project has found new DNA evidence. The homeless man convicted of killing Hope’s mother is innocent. Then comes the memory. Triggered by a photograph of a cold highway bridge, a suppressed image breaks through the wall of Hope's mind: A midnight drive when she was nine years ...

After more than twenty years away from the law, Joe Hennessy is forced back into the courtroom. Trying to save his vineyard after years of drought, Hennessy returns to practice in Charleston, South Carolina–the city he walked away from after the murder of his ten-year-old son. When one of South Carolina's most powerful men is charged with possessing stolen artwork, Hennessy steps forward to defend him. But as Hennessy digs into the evidence, as he navigates the truth, he finds that the criminal charges are only the start of their problems…

A local business owner is shot and disappears under mysterious circumstances. Another man goes on a hit-and-run rampage. And a horrifying day care incident sends innocent children to the ER. At first glance, the events appear unrelated. But as he investigates, local attorney Spencer Dunn begins to think otherwise. When Spencer digs beneath Autumn Harbor’s idyllic surface, he uncovers a dark thread weaving the cases together—a thread that leads straight to Jack Butcher, the flashy civic leader whose shiny public persona masks a rotten core.

Justice delayed is not justice denied... Avery Collins went to prison for seven years for a murder she did not commit. And now her best friend, and Private Investigator, Regina Baldwin, is investigating the case and finds corruption, deceit, sick greed and games at the highest level. The highest level. Little by little, one by one, Regina uncovers the powerful forces behind Becky Whitfield's murder. And, little by little, one by one, Regina, helps her best friend take just revenge on each of these men and women who ruined Avery's life so many years ago. Avery was once an innocent pawn ...

After twenty years of anguish, after twenty years of pain, defense attorney Joe Hennessy has the chance to confront the man who ordered the murder of his ten-year-old son. In Charleston, South Carolina, Hennessy uncovers evidence that Senator Richard Longhouse has links to his son's unsolved murder. Desperate to know the truth, Hennessy digs deep into the past, following the evidence trail into the criminal underworld. Clashing with corrupt cops, dishonest politicians, and ruthless felons, Hennessy uncovers information that has been buried for twenty years.

Novelist Anne George injects murder, mayhem, and laughs into her popular mysteries. Nominated for an Agatha Award, this hilarious tale of two “60 something” sisters reveals the deadly consequences of a hasty real estate purchase. Retired Alabama school teacher Patricia Anne thinks her older sister, flamboyant Mary Alice, has lost her cotton-pickin’ mind. On a whim, Mary Alice bought the Skoot ’n’ Boot, the local country western night spot where she and her boyfriend hang out. Mary Alice insists it will be easy to run the club - until the previous owner is found executed.

The polite Piedmont town of Hillston, North Carolina, wants to go on believing it is still too temperate to require homicide experts. But when the wife of a state senator is found beaten to death, the inner circle of Hillston’s ruling families arranges to have the case assigned to Detective Justin Savile, the charming black sheep of the dynasty that founded the town. Aided by his wise-cracking partner and a young woman from the Carolina mountains whose strength and love rescues him from his own destructive impulses, Savile sets out to unravel the deceit hidden in Hillston’s past.

Previously published as "Dirty South" by Darrell King. The game hasn’t changed, but the stakes just got a hell of a lot higher. In the sweat-soaked shadows of the Lowcountry, loyalty is a luxury no one can afford and the truth is buried deeper than a body in the marsh. For those surviving on the jagged edge of the streets, every move is a gamble and every breath is borrowed time. In this remastered edition of the underground classic, the world of the Dirty South is stripped down to its rawest form. From the high-tension maneuvers in the dark to the atmospheric weight of a city that never ...

Wellington, New Zealand. June 1, 1944: With the city reservoirs running out of water, a broken body lying at the bottom of a dam, and the international underwater cables failing, Harry Wilhelm has five days to bring down a group of criminal deserters before the last US Naval transport departs, leaving the country defenseless. The Allied invasion of Europe is imminent, and the last US troop transport is leaving for Hawaii in five days. But two hundred men are missing, and the military would like some of them back. US Marine Major Harry Wilhelm is asked to track down as many men as he can and...

Catherine “Tink” Mabry, an up and coming attorney, is shocked by her recent inheritance from her estranged family on the bayou. After her mother died during childbirth, Tink’s father had quickly relocated them to the big city of Atlanta, Georgia. With no memory of her mother, she is determined to learn more about her lineage and decides to visit the bayou town of Kane, Louisiana. Candace, Tink's co-worker and best friend, agrees to make the trip with her. Before she has time to explore her family’s history or decide what to do with the declining property, local murders plague ...

A rising star is murdered. A crusader is accused. And in a town built on secrets, the truth is the darkest thing of all. Rosie Beckett had a bright future—a political intern with charm, ambition, and a long list of admirers. But her life ends on a quiet Georgian backstreet, her body found shot and thrown into a dumpster behind a row of houses in small southern town, Brunswick. And standing at the center of it all is Jake Tully. The host of a popular anti-corruption podcast, Tully has spent years exposing the dark secrets of the powerful, earning him fans—but too many enemies to count. ...

NEWLY EDITED AS OF 7/8/19!!!! An unstable beautiful woman is accused of murdering her wealthy husband. She claims she didn't do it. She is not to be trusted. Aidan Collins has his very first large case when his client, Marina Vasiliev, a drop-dead gorgeous mental patient, is accused of killing her wealthy husband. Marina insists that she didn't do it, but Aidan can't trust her. He knows Marina well, too well. After all, he met Marina in the mental hospital - he originally obtained her as a client when she was involuntarily committed, and he assisted her with getting out. Diagnosed with ...

A body in an alleyway. Blood on the accused. Witnesses to the crime. When a sleepy Georgian town is rocked by the brutal murder of the local prosecutor’s son, all the evidence points to one man: Marcus Brantley. His only hope rests in defense counsel, Ryan Noble, drawn back to the town he tried to forget by his mother’s cancer diagnosis. But Noble’s homecoming brings a case that could cost him everything. Unwelcome, outnumbered, and with the clock ticking, Noble must navigate a dangerous game of secrets and lies before time runs out—where hostility lurks behind every corner and he ...

Killing Hope A Southern Crime Thriller of murder, Aviation Secrets, and Government Conspiracy featuring Special Agent Dani York When a deadly storm hits rural Tennessee, a private plane is pulled from the depths of Tick Springs Lake. At first glance, it appears to be a tragic aviation accident but quickly turns into a chilling homicide investigation. TBI Special Agent Dani York, a decorated Marine turned homicide investigator, is assigned the case. The local sheriff is overwhelmed. The FAA wants answers. Politicians want it buried, and the media smells blood. As Dani digs deeper, she ...

He built his career managing other people's crises. He never planned on becoming one. Fernandina Beach, Florida. Summer, 1978. A beach bonfire. A fight. And Mason Carlisle — local star, golden kid, the kind of boy a small town never forgets — dead by morning. The case went cold in days. Dan Foster walked away that night with sand in his shoes and a secret he's carried for sixteen years. Now it's 1994, and the tide is coming back in. When the Carlisle case is suddenly reopened, Dan's carefully constructed life begins to crack. He's built one of Jacksonville's most respected public ...

September 1781. General George Washington has sprung the ultimate trap. The Continental Army is racing south to Yorktown to crush Lord Cornwallis and end the war. But Washington knows a secret that keeps him awake at night: the back door is open. If the British forces in South Carolina break out, they can smash the American rear and turn victory into a massacre. Captain Elias Thorne, the army’s brilliant but broken intelligence officer, is sent into the "Green Hell" of the Pee Dee River to bolt that door. Elias brings his "Blue Book" discipline and his fragile mental stability—forged ...

Max Ringo was once a courtroom star at an elite law firm. Then a car accident left her addicted to painkillers, and her life dissolved into shambles. Now fresh out of rehab and making a comeback as a mediator, she gets her shot at redemption when she is appointed to handle a high-stakes divorce. But as Max begins negotiations between the two notorious power players, the trap is already sprung. The husband kidnaps her teenage son, Nathan, and gives her a chilling ultimatum: settle the case on his terms…or the boy dies.

Patricia Campbell's life has never felt smaller. Her ambitious husband is too busy to give her a goodbye kiss in the morning, her kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she's always a step behind on thank-you notes and her endless list of chores. The one thing she has to look forward to is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime and paperback fiction. At these meetings they're as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are marriage, motherhood, and neighborhood gossip.