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Witness Protection

South of Nowhere: New Excerpt

By Minerva Koenig

January 28, 2016

South of Nowhere by Minerva Koenig is a Julia Kalas Mystery that finds our heroine traveling from small-town Texas to Mexico on the trail of a missing persons case, while a murder charge yields a warrant for her arrest (Available February 2, 2016). Julia Kalas has found a place for herself in small-town Texas. After…

American Blood: New Excerpt

By Ben Sanders

November 16, 2015

American Blood by Ben Sanders introduces Marshall Grade, an ex-NYPD officer living in witness protection and caught up in the disappearance of a local girl (available November 17, 2015). After a botched undercover operation, ex-NYPD officer Marshall Grade is living in witness protection in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Marshall's instructions are to keep a low…

Whiskers of the Lion: New Excerpt

By P.L. Gaus

March 31, 2015

Whiskers of the Lion by P.L. Gaus is the 9th Amish County Mystery, and this time an Amish woman in mortal danger attempts an ingenious disappearing act (available March 31, 2015). After Fannie Helmuth's unwitting actions make her the target of a murderous drug ring, the young Amish woman hides in plain sight among America's…

Fresh Meat: The Perfect Witness by Iris Johansen

By John Jacobson

September 30, 2014

The Perfect Witness by Iris Johansen is a romatic thriller about the daughter of a mob boss whose visions into people's darkest mark her for death, until a dangerous man helps her bury her identity and her gifts to survive (available September 30, 2014). The latest romantic thriller from Iris Johansen delves into the supernatural…

Mary Shannon, In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight is in the Rearview Mirror…What Did You Think?

By Terrie Farley Moran

May 5, 2012

During the first few days of May, I wandered around the In Plain Sight website, clicking here and there, remembering this and that. It was kind of like visiting the house you grew up in right before your parents move to Boca. You know that nothing will ever be the same, so you try to…

Mary McCormack and Fred Weller star as U.S. Marshals Mary Shannon and Marshall Mann in In Plain Sight

Mary/Marshall Endgame In Plain Sight? (Spoiler Discussion!)

By Heather Waters

March 12, 2012

The fifth and final season of USA’s In Plain Sight—starring Mary McCormack and Frederick Weller as deputy U.S. marshals Mary Shannon and Marshall Mann, who work out of the Federal Witness Protection Program office in Albuquerque, N.M.—will premiere on Friday, March 16. Many fans (myself included) have long hoped to see Mary Marshall, who already…

Marshall Mann (Fred Weller) with Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack) and mini-marshal-marshall

The End of Mary Shannon is In Plain Sight

By Crime HQ

January 4, 2012

When we last left one of our favorite feds, witness specialist, U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon, she was: protecting an annoying con artist (normal nonsense), in a daring gun battle and escape (damn neo-Nazis), attending her sister’s wedding (nerves made that a no-go) and going into labor (oh, no—not yet!). Today, USA Network announced a March…

In Plain Sight’s U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon played by Mary McCormack

In Plain Sight: More Mama Drama

By Terrie Farley Moran

June 22, 2011

(Spoiler alert if you haven’t seen the past two episodes of USA Network’s In Plain Sight!)                      

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