By Margaret Maron
The discovery of a fatally bludgeoned man on her father’s farm and a cigarette light bearing a mysterious inscription send Judge Deborah Knott in search of the truth about her past as she fights to prove that a land dispute did not turn her father into a killer.

When a masked gunman sabatages a crucial custody hearing, a notoriously reckless Texas Ranger, desperate to win back custody of his young daughter, goes after him. when the police capture the wrong man, the Ranger must find a way to stop a killer without losing his daughter.
Preeminent psychologist Grace Blades, well-known and respected for her skills and remarkable self-control, once watched her mother take a knife to Grace’s father…and then herself. Secretly chasing the thrills that help her feel alive each night, Grace must face her dark past when a recent conquest shows up as her new patient, claims he knows her foster father…and soon ends up dead.
A New Year’s resolution sends Janice Kaplan in search of true happiness as philosophers, doctors, psychologists, and academics help her learn to appreciate what she has and find true gratitude despite the raging storms that sometimes surround her.
Rachel dreams of life in Paris, but a forced marriage on the beautiful island of St. Thomas soon suffocates the woman who has long lived life on her own terms. When Rachel’s husband suddenly dies, she loses herself in a scandalous love affair with the man’s nephew, who arrives from France to handle his father’s affairs. Rachel’s actions will have serious consequences for her dear son, revolutionary painter Camille Pissarro.
Ancient evils clash in modern day New Orleans as the reclusive Maxis Drago, once cursed by the nemesis who took everything he held dear, fights to protect the wife he once thought was dead.
When a Miami woman is murdered by her presumable dead husband, a man thought to have been killed by a crime boss, skeptical FBI agent Brett Cody teams with the Krewe of Hunters and a woman whose job at a dolphin research facility takes a dark turn. Lara Mayhew loves working with the dolphins…until one of them starts bringing her severed body parts from the deep.
Former marine Ryder Creed gets in over his head when he races to rescue trapped victims from a North Carolina mudslide…and ends up buried alive by a second slide. When his faithful search-and-rescue dog, Bolo, rescues him, Ryder hunts down a serial killer linked to his own painful past.
estate belong to a Southern family known for playing by the rules, but a returning prodigal son causes chaos for the estate, its upstairs dynasty, and the downstairs staff when head gardener Lizzie King again comes face-to-face with the man she fell in love with two years ago.