


Books in series

#1
The Girls in Pine Brooke
2024
When the body of a young girl is found in the woods.
Detective Riley Quinn finds herself in a mystery that intertwines with her tragic past…
After her best-friend is murdered in cold blood, to escape her traumas and big city life,
Riley moves back to Pine Brooke.
There she takes a position as the town’s detective.
When she receives a call regarding a young girl in the woods,
she never expected the terror of events that would soon unfold.
It seems the thin and malnourished girl had fallen to her death.
But closer examination of the body reveals new layers to the mystery.
Was she running from something?
While trying to ID the body, she runs into Pine Brooke’s new doctor, Logan Elwood.
A man that may be hiding a clinic full of secrets behind his gruff demeanor.
Suddenly, the case takes on a more gruesome turn when multiple bodies of young girls turn up in odd circumstances.
One thing is for certain, the once idyllic pines are harboring murderous secrets.
Disturbing clues, shocking deaths, and a sleepy NorCal town.
From the pine trees to the quaint brooks, the hidden secrets behind Pine Brooke are a nightmare in the making.

#2
Murder in the Pines
2024
In the quiet town of Pine Brooke, all is not as it appears…
Detective Riley Quinn left the big city to return to her hometown.
a sleepy town, where the origins of the many mysteries of her life began.
When she is called to a missing person's case involving a young woman.
She never expected the strange twists of events that would soon unfold.
While attempting to solve a case of teenage disturbances across town,
Detective Riley Quinn and her partner are called to search for Delilah Preston.
A young woman who vanished on her way home after celebrating a baby shower.
As days pass, a body matching Delilah's description is found near where she was last seen.
But it's not Delilah and the entire town is shocked to find out the identity of the dead young woman.
Now, with the mysteries of Riley's past and the present intertwining,
this sleepy NorCal town seems to be harboring more than just dangerous phantoms of the past.

#3
Strangers in the Pines
2024
There are some skeletons too big to bury…
Detective Riley Quinn is coming to terms with the aftermath of a devastating betrayal.
One with far-reaching consequences and many deaths.
Trying to pull herself together, Riley attempts to make sense of the storm brewing within her.
When she confides in Logan, a man still mourning the loss of his wife,
Riley finds herself conflicted about her feelings for him.
Her Sunday afternoon is interrupted by surprising news.
The town’s famous news anchor, Olivia Jones, has gone missing.
The search party uncovers clues from Olivia's home to a nearby hiking trail.
Beyond the pines, a volunteer stumbled upon an unimaginable sight.
A young woman tied up to a tree, with grisly stab wounds and markings,
triggering flashbacks for Riley to a past case that has continued to haunt her.
When another body turns up, no one could have prepared Riley for the panic that would follow.
There are strangers in the pines, and hundreds of lives on the line.
Where the Sunflowers grow, only the killers know…

#4
Shadows in the Pines
2025
There are shadows in the Pines that wait for their next victim.
Detective Riley Quinn is facing the toughest case of her career.
When Logan's daughter goes missing, abducted by a family member.
Riley does everything in her power to find her.
Not long after that, a string of murdered victims are found in the woods.
From a camper to a fisherman, and many others killed in bizarre manners.
Faced with a string of gruesome murders, and a case beyond her jurisdiction,
Riley must navigate this difficult terrain and perform the most difficult balancing act of her career.
With the threads of the case unraveling with every clue,
it seems only a matter of time before everything spirals out of control.
They say the truth will set you free, but some truths are best left unknown.
Whispers of death, deception, great betrayals, and one heartbreaking truth.
It will take all of Detective Riley Quinn’s might to keep the Pines from the shadow that could destroy it…

#6
Watched in the Pines
2025
Deep in the pines, someone or something is watching every move.
Teenage girls vanish after a game of hide-and-seek,
with only one returning to the campfire after being blindfolded and taken.
Detective Riley Quinn has spent much of her life ridding the world of evil.
After being found unconscious by firefighters, she finds herself in a new battle - her home set ablaze.
Soon, flashes of her memory return, placing a shadowy figure at the center of that tragic night,
revealing a truth more sinister than anyone could imagine.
With arson cases piling up and a chilling cold case intersecting with the ongoing investigations,
the multitude of mysteries take many unprecedented twists, unraveling a monstrous reality.
Disappearances, death, and fiery bombs in the making…
To bring down the wicked, the righteous must set an all consuming fire pit trap,
a final inferno of justice from which there is no escape, sentencing evil to hell on Earth.