Susan Ericksen

Single mom Charley Webb, a controversial columnist for the "Palm Beach Post," jumps at the chance to write the memoirs of Jill Rohmer, a woman on death row for the murders of three children, but what she believed might be her ticket to fame turns deadly when Charley begins receiving threatening mail, and Jill reveals that she had an accomplice who has never been brought to justice.

Lacey Sherlock's life is forever changed when her older sister's body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse. Seven years after Belinda's death, Lacey, now an FBI agent, is paired up with computer whiz Dillon Savich, who has developed a predictive program to aid in the apprehension of serial killers. When the String Killer strikes again, Lacey spots his handiwork, resulting in his capture. The suspect confesses, but maintains that he did not kill...

In "Miss Bianca," a young girl becomes involved in espionage when she befriends a mouse in a laboratory that is conducting dark experiments. Ten-year-old V.I. Warshawski appears in "Wildcat," embarking on her very first investigation to save her father. A hardboiled New York detective and elderly British aristocrat team up to reveal a murderer in Chicago during the World's Fair in "Murder at the Century of Progress." In the new title story, "Love...

Dana Steele has always found her greatest passion in books. But now her boss is making her job as a librarian a living hell. Luckily, she now has a Plan B ... High on a hill overlooking the town of Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania, sits the Warrior's Peak estate. It's where Dana was invited to meet Malory Price and Zoe McCourt -- and where they learned that they were destined to find three keys to unlock a box holding the souls of three mythical demigoddesses:...

Captain Patti O'Shay, still grieving over the murder of her husband, is stunned when skeletal remains of a female victim, who is missing her right hand, are unearthed in City Park along with her husband's police badge, forcing her to reopen a cold case involving a dangerous killer known as "The Handyman."

"Edinburgh is mourning recent the death of Queen Elizabeth II when Bookseller Delaney Nichols's boss comes to her with a most unusual assignment. An old friend of his, living in an estate in the village of Roslin, has found what could be a priceless relic on her property, and Delaney is tasked with investigating. Could Jolie possibly have an item of breathtaking Scottish historical significance in her possession? But when Delaney arrives at Jolie's...

"Chicago may be the city of broad shoulders, but its political law is "Pay to Play." Money changes hands in the middle of the night, and by morning, buildings and parks are replaced by billion-dollar projects. Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski gets pulled into one of these clandestine deals through her impetuous goddaughter, Bernie Fouchard. Bernie tries to rescue Lydia Zamir, a famed singer-songwriter now living on the streets; Zamir's life fell apart when...

After unsuccessfully diving back into the dating pool, forty-year-old divorcee Nina Askew finally realizes what Fred, her newly acquired canine companion, has known all along--that her downstairs neighbor, a much-younger doctor, is perfect for her.

"TV newscaster Kari Wynne blamed her shattered life on one man--District Attorney Hunter McKee. Maybe he hadn't caused her husband's death, but he had smeared his reputation. Her husband had been much older than Kari, and he was her hero. McKee had branded him a thief in the media and then dared to send Kari roses of apology. Soon her anger towards McKee was affecting Kari's reporting and jeopardizing her job. Worse, the desire that exploded every...

New York police officer Eve Dallas hunts down an unknown bomber who is terrorizing the residents of New York City.