Laura Griffin

"Corporate lawyer Ava Burch has had enough of the big city and the daily grind. She grew up with her father, who raised search-and-rescue dogs, in rural Texas and has moved to the small town of Cuervo to spend time in the dry, rugged wilderness near Big Bend National Park. When she and her dog, Huck, discover an abandoned campsite on a volunteer search-and-rescue mission, she's perplexed, but she carefully photographs it all the same. All Grant Wycoff...

"Forensic genealogist Rowan Healy has made a name for herself by helping investigators trace the family trees of violent criminals who have eluded justice for years. But the pressure of police cases left her burned out, and she's shifted her focus to helping adoptees find their biological parents. Austin detective Jack Bruner has spent his career successfully tracking down vicious criminals, with the notable exception of the West Campus Rapist, a...

"When a woman is found brutally murdered on Austin's lakeside hike-and-bike trail, investigative reporter Bailey Rhoads turns up on the scene demanding access and answers. She tries to pry information out of the lead detective, Jacob Merritt. But this case is unlike any he's ever seen, and nothing adds up. With the pressure building, Jacob knows the last thing he needs is a romantic entanglement, but he can't convince himself to stay away from Bailey....

"In a tightly wound, fast-paced thriller that examines intricate relationship dynamics in the wake of a killer's symbolic revenge spree, attorney Brynn Holloran needs to run for her life when a vicious murderer she once helped prosecute resurfaces and starts a killing spree to wipeout those who put him behind bars"--

"Alex Lovell makes people disappear. Turns out, she's not the only one. Private investigator Alexandra Lovell uses computer skills and cunning to help clients drop off the radar and begin new lives in safety. Melanie Bess, desperate to escape her abusive cop husband, was one of those clients. But when Melanie vanishes for real, Alex fears the worst, and sets out to discover what happened. Using every resource she can get her hands on--including an...

FBI agent Elizabeth LeBlanc matches wits with a man from her past, Navy SEAL Derek Vaughn, who sets out to seduce her for information as they work together with the forensics experts at the Delphi Center to expose a secret terror cell operating on American soil.

"After a scandal derails her television reporting career, Macey Burns comes looking for a change of pace in Lost Beach, Texas. She's ready to focus on her first passion - documentary filmmaking - and has a new job working for the island's tourism board, shooting footage of the idyllic beachside community. Her plans for a relaxing rebound are dashed when she realizes the cottage she's renting belonged to the woman whose body was just found in the sand...

"When former forensic photographer Miranda Rhoads moves to the seaside town of Lost Beach, she's decided to make her living as a wildlife photographer and put crime scenes behind her. But her plans are quickly upended when one morning, she comes across a couple sleeping in a canoe, entwined in an embrace. Looking closer, she realizes the man and woman aren't asleep--they've been murdered. Detective Joel Breda sets out to find answers--not only about...

Up-and-coming attorney Leigh Larson fights for victims of sexual extortion, harassment, and online abuse. Unafraid to go after the sleaziest targets to get payback for her clients, she's laser-focused on her career—to the exclusion of everything else—until a seemingly routine case and a determined cop turn her world upside down. Austin homicide detective Brandon Reynolds is no stranger to midnight callouts. But when he gets summoned to...

When she is forced to destroy her reputation and let a killer walk free to save the people she loves most, DNA expert Mia Voss, with the help of Detective Ric Santos, must catch a twisted madman who is linked to a long-buried cold case that has haunted her for years.