More insight into who Charli is and what made this tiny woman such a determined spitfire.

Always calm, cool, and collected, Savannah PD Detective Charli Cross compensates for her petite five-foot frame with an impenetrable exterior and pragmatic competence. It’s an approach that catapulted her to the rank of detective at twenty-three and contributes to her and her partner’s unequaled murder clearance rate. But when a bird-watching couple discover the remains of a teenage girl stuffed in a storage container, Charli’s composure starts to crack. Not only is the murder horrifying, it dredges up memories of Charli’s best friend. Madeline was only sixteen when her body was found a mere half-mile from the grisly discovery. Add the sadistic sexual component to this recent crime, as well as the location of the body, and Charli fears they are facing the hallmarks of the worst kind of serial killer—one who’s organized and thorough. One intent on fulfilling his dark purpose. Charli wants to stay unemotional. But when more victims are discovered, she is determined to stop the killer before he strikes again. This time, it’s not just her job. It’s personal. Spine-tingling and chilling, Dark Purpose is the adrenaline-charged first book in the Charli Cross series from bestselling author Mary Stone—guaranteed to ensure you never walk home alone again. Scroll up to grab your copy today!

Jealousy is evil. Greed is deadly. When a young man is found hanging inside a barn, it seems like an open-and-shut suicide. But the boy in question is none other than Bryce Mowery, son and only heir of the richest family in Savannah, and Bryce’s father is claiming foul play. Much to her chagrin, Detective Charli Cross is sent to investigate and appease the farm and real estate magnate. But soon, it’s no longer a question of if Bryce was killed, but by who. The Mowerys have made plenty of enemies in town, but why would anyone want to kill the happy-go-lucky playboy? As Charli and her partner Matthew delve deeper into the cutthroat world of land development, the killer is waiting. Not only does he like to play games, but he’s covering his tracks . . . and he’s developed a taste for murder. Fast-paced and gripping, Dark Greed is the second book in the Charli Cross series from bestselling author Mary Stone—guaranteed to make you reconsider keeping your friends close and your enemies closer.

Knowledge is power. But power can be deadly. Practical and fact-driven, Detective Charli Cross never imagined she’d hear the word voodoo in connection with a police investigation. That was before a body is discovered on top of a grave while a zombie-like man wanders the same cemetery...and they're both holding voodoo dolls. What do a shady drug dealer and a retired bus driver have in common, and why does someone want them dead? Is voodoo’s dark power at work, or something even more sinister? Charli and her partner Matthew are determined to uncover the truth. But it’s one step forward and two steps back as they delve deeper into the case and search for the legendary but elusive voodoo priestess who might hold the key to the mystery. When the dark magic is turned on Charli, though, it’s about to get personal...and deadly.

Savannah Police Detective Charli Cross thought she’d seen it all. But when Charli and her partner, Matthew Church, are called in on a missing persons report from a local funeral home, she realizes this may be the most bizarre and perplexing case yet. Not only are three funeral home employees missing, but one left her car in the funeral home parking lot overnight. Stranger still, the cremator was filled with the ashes of two people, even though all the funeral home’s "guests" are accounted for. Where are the missing employees? Who was burned to ash? And why? As Charli and Matthew investigate, the questions continue to stack up. With no DNA evidence to identify the cremains, their only clue is a diary filled with cryptic descriptions and video footage that’s as mysterious as the case itself. When the puzzle pieces begin to fit together, one thing becomes clear. The closer Charli gets to the killer, the more certain she is that she or her partner might be the next one to burn. By turns riveting and disconcerting, Dark Malice is the fourth book in the Charli Cross Series from bestselling author Mary Stone—guaranteed to make you think twice before you make a deal with the devil. Scroll up to grab your copy today!

When a string of shootings takes place throughout the city with alarming speed, Savannah Homicide Detective Charli Cross finds herself on a frantic hunt for clues for what appears to a killer who prefers drive-by shootings. But with each answer she uncovers she begins to understand that this killer might be one of the most dangerous she’s ever faced—because he may very well have nothing to live for. As more bodies continue to pile up, Charli finds herself in one of the more fast-paced cases of her career.

When love turns into obsession, the result is deadly. Being sidelined after her last assignment has allowed Savannah Detective Charli Cross too much time to think. So when she’s called to a new murder case, she’s relieved to trade her preoccupation over the threatening letters she’s received for a double homicide investigation. Her relief doesn’t last long. Nothing could have prepared Charli for the gruesome scene she and her partner find at a local park. A teenage couple have been slain, their throats slit and their naked bodies posed on a blanket. The motive remains unclear...until they discover one of the victims had a stalker. Case closed? Maybe not. When another couple—this one newly engaged—is brutally murdered, Charli knows that not all is as it seems. But if their suspect isn’t their killer, then who is targeting young lovers? And why? And more importantly, can she catch this maniac before they strike again? Puzzling and engrossing, Dark Obsession is the sixth book in the Charli Cross Series from bestselling author Mary Stone—guaranteed to make you believe that happily ever after is only a fairytale.

Murder holds the winning hand. After obtaining a signed confession from the murderer on her last case, Detective Charli Cross was looking forward to a good night’s sleep. Instead, she returns to a ransacked home, and later discovers a chilling threat—secured to her door with a butcher knife. Will she ever get a moment of peace? The investigation of these personal threats is put on hold when the body of an elderly woman is discovered in Bonaventure Cemetery—the very place where Charli's best friend was kidnapped from years before. Why would anyone kill a sweet, seventy-year-old lady whose only vice appears to be her love of gambling? A brick of heroin Charli finds on the woman’s front porch offers a clue. But nothing adds up. Was the murder a deal gone bad, a botched robbery, or something far worse? When a second victim is killed in the same cemetery days later, it points toward a chilling pattern. Charli needs to decipher the rules of this lethal game before the stakes reach unprecedented heights. The gamble? Life itself. Adrenaline-charged and mind-bending, Dark Bet is the seventh book in the Charli Cross Series from best-selling author Mary Stone—guaranteed to keep you awake at night. You can bet on it.

Hey little kid, want some candy? Still on bereavement leave and dreading her upcoming birthday—a byproduct of the kidnapping and murder of her best friend in high school—Detective Charli Cross doesn’t feel much like celebrating. She’d much prefer being called in to investigate a reported homicide at a neighborhood playground. Until she realizes the young woman murdered was the nanny of the four-year-old son of a wealthy business mogul and a federal judge. And the boy is missing. Believing the motive to be about money or a past or future case, Charli and the rest of the Savannah Police Department anticipate a ransom demand. But none is forthcoming. When another murder and possible kidnapping occurs, with no similarities to the first victims, Charli fears they’re missing a critical piece of the puzzle. And without it, more children may be in harm’s way. As Halloween closes in, Charli grapples with solving an ever-growing number of homicides and kidnappings in the present...and deciphering the cryptic yet horrifying messages from a kidnapper from the past who’s haunted her for over a decade. Malevolent and nerve-wracking, Dark Mask is the eighth book in the Charli Cross series from best-selling author Mary Stone—guaranteed to make you: realize the scariest masks are those that hide evil/wonder, and fear, what’s hiding behind the masks we all wear/realize that sometimes a mask hides the devil in disguise/ realize we all hide behind masks. Some are just more sinister than others.