“Dark Mountain” is by Jeff Carson. A dead body is found inside a car trunk in the forest outside Rocky Points, Colo. Chief Detective David Wolf uncovers details that shock the community. The driver’s last client was Tom Rachette, Wolf’s loyal detective. Rachette is no longer answering his phone. At the same time, Wolf gets a cryptic email that makes him recall war memories he would rather forget. He has to face his past to save his friend.
Meanwhile, Heather Patterson, Wolf’s former detective, also gets a mysterious message that makes her recall brutal events. The message reads: “Find David Wolf and come now. Or he dies.” This book is in regular print.
“The Ghost Orchid” is by Jonathan Kellerman. LAPD Homicide Lt. Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware investigate the deaths of two people found floating in a secluded Bel Air swimming pool. One is a playboy heir to an Italian shoe empire. The other is a beautiful and wealthy woman – a married neighbor. Milo and Alex discover the house is untouched, there was no forced entry and there is no forensic evidence. As Milo and Alex dig deeper, they find one victim whose identity is in question. The other victim had a troubled past. Some secrets that Milo and Alex uncover may be best left behind in the past. This book is in regular print.
“Little Red House” is by Liv Andersson. In the late 1990s, one of Eve Foster’s daughters, Kelsey, runs away to New Mexico and vanishes without a trace. Eve is sure Kelsey’s the victim of a serial killer, but her body is never found. Years later, Eve dies and leaves everything to her adopted twin daughters. Lisa, the “good daughter,” gets most of the wealthy estate in Vermont, while Connie inherits only a small stipend and a small, dilapidated red house in New Mexico. The mysterious caretaker of the house, Jet Montgomery, tells Connie about murders of women in the area and that no one will talk about them. Connie realizes she is in a desperate race to save herself and what is left of her shattered family.
This book is in regular print.
“Valley of Refuge” is by John Teschner.
Nalani has inherited a small parcel of ancestral land. A scientific organization wants to research marine life off the Hawaiian island’s shore. If she sells, she’s not sure that Franky Dalton, the secretive tech billionaire who funds the organization, will take care of her ancestral land. Dalton is clear that he will stop at nothing to get the land. The fight for the land is complicated when Janice arrives on the island. She can remember nothing, but she wants to know why she is there and whose side she is on. This book is in regular print.
