CHAPTER 1 Pike Place Market is a tourist trap on a regular day. Combine it with last-minute holiday shopping and an extremely mild, sunny weekend—almost unheard of in December—and you were in the busiest nine acres on a Saturday afternoon in Seattle. Sebastian’s jacket is shoved into one of Marin’s shopping totes, but still, he’s…
The name “Brach” conjures up thoughts of candy corn, caramels, chocolate nougats, and various other delicious bagged confections. However, in the annals of crime, the name conjures up Helen Brach, the wealthiest woman in the United States ever to disappear and presumed to be murdered. Started in 1904, the E. J. Brach & Sons candy…
In One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski, Allison Simpson is offered a job house-sitting a beachfront home, but she never expects to embark on a search for a missing woman from 30 years ago…
In 2005, the world searched for Natalee Holloway. Now, twelve years later, her father is hoping for some closure. On Wednesday, Dave Holloway and Private Investigator T.J. Ward announced on TODAY the discovery of human remains that are being DNA tested to confirm if they are Natalee's. This is the first major lead to the…
Chris Ewan's Long Time Lost is a fast-paced, standalone thriller. Long Time Lost is a very sharp, finely-crafted thriller from page one. To kick off the story, Chris Ewan takes us to the Isle of Man where Nick Miller provides an unusual product to his customers. He and his colleagues specialize in relocating at-risk individuals,…
I’m a fan of all kinds of crime novels, but a lot of my favorites tend to be linked by one thing: unexplained disappearances. The idea of somebody vanishing fascinates me because it throws up so many intriguing questions: How and why do people disappear? Where do they go? How do they stay lost? What…
Read this exclusive Q&A with James Renner, author of True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray, and then make sure you're signed in and comment for a chance to win a copy of the book! James Renner, author of True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the…
James Renner, author of the upcoming True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray, has been investigating Maura Murray’s disappearance since 2011. Renner set up the blog My Search for Maura Murray to share his thoughts and findings with the public, in hopes that others like him would take…
A Brilliant Death by Robin Yocum is coming-of-age mystery where young Travis Baron searches for answers about his mother's mysterious disappearance so many years ago (Available April 5, 2016). Amanda Baron died in a boating accident on the Ohio River in 1953. Or, did she? While it was generally accepted that she had died when…
Only Ever You by Rebecca Drake follows Jill Lassiter, a mother put through her worst nightmare, as her daughter is abducted and it becomes apparent that someone is trying to tear the entire family apart (Available March 22, 2016). Jill Lassiter’s three-year-old daughter disappears from a playground only to return after 40 frantic minutes, but…
