The end of her high-profile broadcasting career came too soon for TV journalist Alison Reynolds-bounced off the air by executives who wanted a "younger face." With a divorce from her cheating husband of ten years also pending, there is nothing keeping her in L.A. any longer. Cut loose from her moorings, Ali is summoned back home to Sedona, Arizona, by the death of a childhood friend. Once there she seeks solace in the comforting rhythms of her parents'...

When P.I. Lena Jones discovers the body of a woman connected to an infamous Arizona polygamy cult, she goes on a hunt to find the dead woman's missing son, one of the many teenaged boys the cult rejects from its ranks to prevent competition for wives.

Nick grabbed her and pulled her close. "What's wrong?" Sandy didn't say a word, she just pointed down at a crumpled, bright blue tarp...There were four severed hands under the thin blue covering. They were paired and arranged in a row, all with palms facing up. The hands had been so carefully severed they looked like grisly props, the kind that kids like to leave on the sofa on Halloween night to scare their parents...And on each palm there was a...

"As we exit the initial novel, Driver has killed Bernie Rose, 'the only one he ever mourned,' ending his campaign against those who double-crossed him. Driven tells how that young man, done with killing, later will become the one who goes down 'at 3 a.m. on a clear, cool morning in a Tijuana bar.' Seven years have passed. Driver has left the old life, become Paul West, and founded a successful business back in Phoenix. Walking down the street one...

Shamus Award-winning author of The Fault Tree. Just because you're not guilty doesn't mean you're innocent. Jessie Dancing got away, but she can't escape her past.  She works at a call center, for roadside emergency assistance. One night, she gets a call from Darren Markson, who sounds like he is being murdered.  After telling the local police, Jessie starts her own investigation into the possible crime, finding Markson's family, discovering that...

As he tracks a notorious Apache called Soldado Viejo through the lawless Arizona Territory, Army scout David Flynn follows a bloody trail of treachery and slaughter across the desert--entering a lonely hell where the hunter is about to become the hunted