Thin Blue Line

"A methodical murder mystery with a shocking twist." –BestThrillers.com Carter Mills was a successful and well-known investment broker. He and his wife Loretta had an ideal marriage with three kids, a beautiful home, and even a condo in the Dominican Republic. But their storybook life ended on the day that Loretta fell in the shower and died. Carter tried to save her, he'd even tried to do CPR, but it wasn't enough. His beautiful wife and the mother of his children was gone. When the police were called to the Mills home on a reported unconscious person after a fall, Sgt. Steve "Mac" MacIntosh knew in his bones that something wasn't right. Loretta had a deep gash in her skull that seemed too extreme to have happened from a fall. He noticed bruising on Loretta's body and a black eye that was so swollen, her eye was shut. No. This wasn't an unfortunate accident. This was a homicide that had been staged to look like an accident. And now it was up to Mac to fit together the pieces of the puzzle that would lead him to the killer so that he could find justice for Loretta. LeeAnne James

"An enthralling look at murder and the ensuing police investigation, The Dusty Road to Homicide is written with a gripping authenticity, possible only from someone on the inside of law enforcement. Impossible to set aside!" -Chris Amato, author of Peace River VillageDusty Sampson's parents split up when he was four years old. Dusty's mother tries to provide as much love and guidance as she can, but at the same time, she has to work long hours just to pay the bills and put a roof over their head.Left to his own devices, Dusty eventually gets into drugs and alcohol. When his mother has had enough, he finds himself kicked out of her house, and forced to float from couch to couch. Consistently unemployed and out of money, Dusty decides to rob a restaurant for some quick cash but shoots two people in cold blood on the way out.Sergeant Steve "Mac" MacIntosh and his team of investigators follow the trail that they hope will lead to the killer. But they soon realize that time is of the essence when they read the killer's Facebook messages and discover that he has plans to rob another restaurant the next night.This is the second book in The Thin Blue Line Series, but can be read as a stand-alone novel.

"LeeAnne James's latest kidnapping thriller is a tragic exploration of evil borne of ignorance." -Cam Torrens, award-winning author of the Tyler Zahn seriesWhen Sergeant Steve "Mac" MacIntosh interviews a young victim of kidnap and rape, he's appalled. She came forward to say she'd been kidnapped by an older man wearing glasses. He held her captive in a damp and dark underground bunker for over a year and raped her daily. Even more disturbing, he appeared to think he was treating her well!Mac vows to get her justice, but finding an underground bunker with not much else to go on is almost impossible, and eight years pass without a breakthrough.Even when two more victims show up with identical stories, discovering the whereabouts of the twisted psycho still remains out of reach and leaves Mac haunted. If only he could identify the guy and stop him from kidnapping more women. Unfortunately, more victims already exist, and things will get worse. But will they also eventually get better? And is it possible for justice to win out?Inspired by true events, Five Roses for Walter answers questions we hate to even ask.