Delores Fossen kicks off her new series, Sweetwater Ranch, with a Texas lawman, a beautiful district attorney...and the child they'll risk everything to protect
Saving a little boy's life reopens painful wounds for Texas sheriff Cooper McKinnon. This could be his son, whose loss has haunted him for two years. But Cooper has a formidable adversary in Jessa Wells. She's the adoptive mother—and she'll do anything to hold on to Liam....

Laurel Hodges has changed her identity twice, and been on the run for the past four years, trying to outdistance the gang members who blame her for the death of one of their own. She's found peace and stability in the small town of Pineview, Montana. But just when Laurel thinks she and her children are safe...the nightmare starts all over again. The ruthless prison gang has tracked her down. And Sheriff Myles King, her neighbor, appoints himself Laurel's...

Notorious serial killer Brenda Nevins has cajoled, seduced, blackmailed, and left a trail of bodies all across Washington State. Now, after a daring prison escape, she is free to carry out her ultimate act of revenge. The targets: forensic pathologist Birdy Waterman and sheriff's detective Kendall Stark. The pawn: a television psychic hungry for fame, ratings, and blood. There's only way to stop a killer as brutal, brilliant, and twisted as this:...

When her husband dies in a freak accident after launching his own investigation into her mother's strange disappearance fifteen years earlier, Claire O'Toole will stop at nothing to find the truth even though someone in Pineview, Montana is prepared to kill to keep her from finding the answers.

In New Mexico, Undersheriff Bill Gastner investigates the murder of a high school girl. Suspicion centers on a cyclist, until someone tries to run him down, whereupon Gastner realizes the murderer drives a car. By the author of Before She Dies.

Unable to keep away when his sheriff friend is nearly killed by a sniper, historian-turned-deputy David Mapstone discovers a cryptic note written by his friend that forces him to confront his own personal history.

Tom Bridger returns to his remote mountain community to take his father's place as deputy sheriff and finds himself investigating the murder of a Melungeon woman and trying to uncover secrets that may endanger his and his family's life.

"The dark humor, a small community in a regional mystery, and a strong supporting cast of believable characters will appeal to Margaret Maron's readers." -Library Journal STARRED review Towns like Gainesboro, North Carolina, may be small but go big on local traditions. When funeral director and part-time deputy sheriff Barry Clayton and his childhood nemesis, Archie Donovan, Jr., unite to create a fundraising float in Gainesboro's annual Apple Festival...

When Posadas Register reporter Linda Real barely survives her nighttime patrol with one of Undersherrif Bill Gastner's deputies who is killed by a more accurate shotgun blast than the one that ruins her face, Bill gets angry. Teamed with his intuitive, observant detective Estelle Reyes-Guzman and her usual sharp eye for physical evidence, Bill implicates Tammy Woodruff, the thrill-seeking daughter of the local Republican County Chairman, in the brutal...

When the attempted rescue of his infant twins goes horribly wrong, Blue Valley sheriff Garret Averly and North Star doctor Betty Wagner take the mission into their won hands. Deep in the Montana mountains and caught in a deadly storm, Garret and Betty become pawns in an intricate match to take down North Star.  Except Garret's  following his own rules!  And he's willing to sacrifice everything to bring Betty and his children home safetly.