Tick. Tock… The clock is ticking. Time is running out for Paxton Arrington. The choice he must make could be the difference between life and death. Paxton Arrington had an upbringing of wealth and privilege. Rather than live the life of a corporate CEO, Paxton chose to become one of Seattle’s finest. He’s a man with a rigid and unyielding personality and a belief of always doing the right thing. When he stumbles onto corruption in his own precinct, Paxton finds himself in a precarious position with no simple way out of it. Going head to head with Detective Sergeant Radley and his highly decorated Strike Team is career suicide. More than that, he fears that taking them on could have a ripple effect of unintended consequences. Drawn into a web of deceit and danger. Paxton enlists his good friend, FBI Special Agent Blake Wilder to help him get the evidence he needs to bring the Strike Team down once and for all. With forces aligning against him, Paxton must make a decision that could cost him everything. One that will forever change his life. Deadly Pursuit is the prequel to Arrington Mystery Series by Elle Gray.

I see you. After years of digging into his wife’s death, Paxton has had enough. He left the force and opened his own PI firm. His first case is to help a family navigate their way through a kidnapping. As Paxton launched into this case, he finds himself in the sights of a serial killer. But there is more than meets the eye about the kidnapper though. Armed with only three names. He dives headfirst into investigation, and uncovers horrors he never expected to encounter. With the help of FBI agent Blake Wilder, his female friend that specializes in hunting down serial killers. They are determined to stop the man before he kills again. But what is he going to do when he realizes the killer is taunting him, not for the thrill of being chased, but with the intention of recruiting him? The game has just begun. The danger has never been higher. To save his friend as well as possibly learn the answers to questions about his wife’s death. Paxton will have to do the unimaginable to outlast, outwit, and win. Winning and losing will mean the difference between life and death.

“Come out, come out, wherever you are...” A beautiful young woman trapped within a killer’s sick and twisted game. Stella Hughes called for help, but help did not come in time. She could not hide, fight, or escape. Stella was ensnared in the killer’s web. The victim of a twisted serial killer’s mind. Shortly after detective Paxton takes on the case of Stella Hughes, he realizes this is no ordinary murder. It becomes clear very quickly that Stella, the girl Paxton had known, was the victim of another serial killer - a theory that’s quickly confirmed by a bright, quirky independent journalist named Marcy. As they dig deeper into this killer, they soon learn of his twisted obsession. With his friend FBI Special Agent Blake Wilder by his side, Paxton engages in a hunt for a killer that will take him on winding, twisting paths he never thought he would tread. The killer will make him do what nobody else has been able to do before... confront himself and confront his past. As the killer rampages through town and proves to be as elusive as anybody Paxton has ever hunted, the stakes for he and everybody around him rise. And unless Paxton can find and capture him, nobody will be safe.

Charlotte's body lays lifeless floating in a pool. Ruby red water surrounds her. Her daughter’s desperate screams fill the air… “Mom?!!!!”. Charlotte MacMillan, the mother of three, found dead. Murdered in broad daylight. Only two know the twisted truth. The victim and her killer. To solve this case, Paxton must bring light to the unrelenting darkness. Unmask the truth behind the devastating lies. And unearth the shocking secret behind Charlotte's deadly double life... All while trying to save an innocent man from taking a fall for a crime he did not commit. But what happens when no one is who they appear to be? Some secrets can destroy everything. This secret will destroy the lives of those left behind. The truth is a minefield that one must survive. Not everybody will.

“Don’t come looking for me… I have to end this…” Is death as final as it seems? Some believe that a person’s spirit never dies. And for Paxton Arrington, his wife’s spirit lives on in his memories, in his moments of grief, and at times in his moments of hopelessness. To this day, the search for the truth behind her death continues to propel him forward. Paxton never believed the official story… He knew Veronica had been murdered. But he’d been short on evidence to support that belief and for several years, he’d found himself treading water, both with the case of his wife’s death and with the pain of his greatest loss. But then a shocking murder and a mysterious email kick started the investigation into her death once more. While following a trail of clues left by his long dead wife, Paxton finds himself embroiled in a game of cat and mouse against an unknown adversary who is willing to do anything to keep their secrets buried. But what Paxton finds at the end of that trail proved even more elusive and shocking than he had ever imagined… Old foes emerge to stop him, while new friends help Paxton along the way to discover what happened to his wife that cold autumn night. Finding the truth will require him to confront the darkest parts of himself. Getting the answers he’s been looking for, might force him to make the ultimate sacrifice. Darkness has a way of eluding the light. Nothing is ever simple. But one questions remains… What is the price of truth and vengeance?