It’s a hot summer night in a small town in North Carolina. A pretty girl named Anna Shockley has arrived in the emergency room after a drug overdose. And so, David Livingston—emergency room orderly, fledgling artist, and incorrigible romantic—meets the obsession of a lifetime. When David moves into the communal house where Anna lives, he soon discovers that Anna Shockley is dangerous to herself and others—and that there are those around her, drawn by the “doomed shout” of her beauty, who are far more dangerous.

With brokenness and humility, three generations of women return to their roots to discover who they are and who they are meant to be.

Anna Tiver is a young woman trying to discover what next to do with her life. After one day auditioning for a mysterious, adventurous job, she moves into a house with three co-worker who become great friends. But the fun nearly comes to a halt when one person goes missing. The show must go on, as must the search for missing Lillian. As Anna juggles work, friendships, and hardships, she keeps a diary of the events unfolding in her life, both happy and sad. When her part-time summer job is over, she finds herself lost, modeling at an upscale women’s clothing store where the writer in her feels out of place and working undercover for her uncle, a private investigator on a missing person’s case that has gripped the California town. Throughout it all, Anna wonders what’s next.

Enjoy this Contemporary Small Town Amateur Sleuth Mystery Boxset This is a collection of the final three books in The Father Tom Mysteries. The Haunted Heritage (Book 10)--Excitement is building as the opening of the Acutis Society’s Fairy Tales and Frights haunted house approaches. The members of Saint Clare’s gaming group have worked hard to transform the interior of the Myer Mansion into something both magical and scary to entertain the families of Myerton as Halloween approaches. But does an actual ghost walk the halls of the 170 year old house? The Fatal Fall (Book 11)--Is stolen money buried somewhere on the campus of Myer College? A newspaper article by Nate prompts a frenzied hunt for the ill-gotten gain. But when a hundred year old skeleton is found buried in a gorge, Father Tom and Helen try to solve a mystery hidden in the mists of time. The Father’s Family (Book 12)--After months of waiting, the time has finally arrived. The day after Christmas, Helen and I will marry. We’ve survived temptation, gossip, and a bullet meant to end the life of the woman I love. But are we going to survive the next four weeks? The Father Tom Mysteries, Books 10-12 is the fourth book in The Father Tom Mysteries Boxsets, a contemporary small town mystery series. It features Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest who is also an amateur sleuth in the tradition of Father Brown. If you enjoy the works of Rhys Dylan, Andrew Mayne, and Mary Stone, you will enjoy this novel.

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When a wealthy entrepreneur is accused of murder in Los Angeles, wisecracking private eye Elvis Cole is hired to prove that the evidence was corrupted and becomes suspicious about the defense attorney's motivations. Prominent restaurateur Teddy Martin is facing charges in his wife's brutal murder. But he's not going down without spending a bundle of cash on his defense. So his hotshot attorney hires P.I. Elvis Cole to find proof that Detective Angela Rossi tampered with the evidence. Detective Rossi needs a way back to the fast track after falling hard during an internal investigation five years ago. But Cole needs to know if she's desperate enough to falsify the case against Martin in order to secure her own position. As Cole and his partner Joe Pike work their way through a tangle of witnesses and an even greater tangle of media, they begin to suspect that it's not the police who are behind the setup. The sixth book in the Elvis Cole series, Sunset Express is marked by Robert Crais's dark humor and edge-of-your-seat suspense.