Author: anneliseryan
When social worker Hildy Schneider commits to an after-hours side job, she finds herself drawn into the darker side of small-town Sorenson, Wisconsin—and the twisted mind of an unnamed killer . . . Strange things have been happening since Hildy started moonlighting with local police, but a desperate late-night call involving a former patient from Sorenson General Hospital tops the list. Although … Although Danny Hildebrand has been tormented by hallucinations for years, he swears he’s being haunted for real by the victim of a grisly murder . . . The rambling ghost story seems like another delusion. But after…
A new murder victim with an old M.O. puts Mattie Winston on the trail of a killer who gives a grim new meaning to flower power . . . Spring is beginning to brighten Sorenson, Wisconsin, for Mattie and Steve Hurley and their family. While their son Matthew may be in his terrible twos and Steve’s daughter Emily a moody teenager, the kids bring light to their lives when their work is dark by its … their work is dark by its nature—Steve is a homicide detective and Mattie is a medicolegal death investigator, aka medical examiner. They deal in…
First in a series: When social worker Hildy uncovers a lead that suggests her son’s death may have been a murder, she decides to take the investigation into her own hands… Can this amateur sleuth catch a killer with the help of a canine companion and a headstrong detective?
After a gruesome double murder, can newlywed investigators Mattie Winston and Steve Hurley keep their lives under control as they hunt for the elusive killer? From an author who “smoothly blends humor, distinctive characters, and authentic forensic detail” (Publishers Weekly).
It’s Christmas Day in the sleepy town of Sorenson, Wisconsin, but instead of unwrapping presents, deputy coroner Mattie Winston is at the burnt remains of a house, where a charred body has been found. The victim is none other than Jack Allen–a paraplegic who recently won a huge casino jackpot. Upon closer inspection, Mattie and detective Steve Hurley are convinced Jack was murdered to steal his … his winnings, giving the phrase Black Jack a whole new meaning. . .But as Mattie investigates, even her cutting-edge forensic skills keep coming up short in a case with as many suspects as…
Deputy coroner Mattie Winston knows everyone in the charmingly small town of Sorenson, Wisconsin — except the latest body discovered in a desolate field. If a woman this attractive had moved into town, the news would have surely hit the gossip mill in record time. So who was the murdered femme fatale? Whose knife was left planted in her chest? The mystery deepens when detective Steven Hurley … takes one look at the body and turns as white as the newly fallen snow… and excuses himself from the case. It’ll take all of Mattie’s forensic skills to unravel the increasingly…