Seth and Ava Mysteries

Friendly Fire begins with a phone call in the middle of the night. Seth's father figure and personal Lucifer is acting crazy. A day later, Seth learns that his mother wants him to find something that his biological father left at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital.Standing in the lobby of the place that had restored him after two tours through the blood and muck of tunnels of Vietnam, Seth is drawn into a mystery that will take him through the meltdown of Reactor Four at Chernobyl to meet Russian Olympic marksmen and discover that a familiar demon is covering its tracks.In the end, Seth learns the most important kind of friendly fire from a man who had suffered horrific trauma and a woman who'd lived through the worst life can dish out.If you like Seth O'Malley, Friendly Fire is the book for you.Friendly Fire is filled with memorable characters, romance, and intrigue readers have come to expect from Claudia Hall Christian. Friendly Fire is the third in the Seth and Ava Mystery series.

When Ava O'Malley and her forensic science team received a grant from the Colorado Bureau of Investigations to bring modern forensic science to cold cases in the rural areas of Colorado, they never thought their lives would be in danger. But these cold cases have been hard, complicated, and life threatening.So when "The Evil Wizard," Ava's nickname for her boss, asks Ava and her team to identify the owner of two bone segments of an index finger, they should have expected danger and difficulties.Two small bones grew into an entire bone field in the near center of the Colorado Rockies. Every set of remains was missing the ends their index fingers.Ava and her team get to work. But when Ava discovers why these people were chosen, her life is immediately in danger.

The Cigarette Killer was never happier than when he was talking about torturing and murdering people. He flamboyantly bragged his way through two books and numerous televisions programs. So, why did he suddenly appeal his conviction?According to his lawyer, Seth O'Malley and his deceased partner Mitch Delgado framed a poor disabled man. A cursory DNA testseems to prove that the Cigarette Killer's DNA does not match the perpetrator of these horrific crimes.Alarm bells ring all over the country! This single case could lead to the reversal of thousands of cases. Requested by name, Ava O'Malley, Seth's wife and forensic expert, and her team, along with other forensic experts are sequestered to recheck every forensic finding.Told to stay in New York City, O'Malley's focuses on the murder of a bouncer and a dancing girl outside of the Savoy Ballroom in 1955. As the Savoy Ballroom case unravels, O'Malley finds himself in the middle another Cigarette Killer murder.As two mysteries become one, O'Malley is shot and captured by a Mob boss with nothing to lose.The Cigarette Killer is filled with memorable characters, romance, and intrigue readers have come to expect from Claudia Hall Christian. The Cigarette Killer is the fourth in the Seth and Ava Mystery series.