Author: marystone
Sometimes, the beginning is the end. For thirteen years, FBI Special Agent Winter Black has been haunted by a man who performed heinous acts. Murdering her parents. Abducting her baby brother. Leaving her in a coma that changed her life forever. For thirteen years, she’s suffered mentally and physically. Often doubted her sanity and ability to move forward to achieve her goal of bringing that … forward to achieve her goal of bringing that brutal man down. Thirteen years of regret. Of hope. Of fear. Of hate. But now, the boy she longs for has transformed into a man she…
They survived, but survival won’t save them.When the survivors of the massacre at the Riverside Mall are murdered one after the other, the police suspect a serial killer and turn to the FBI. Winter Black is on the case, working to track down the third person involved in the mass shooting that happened the same night she took down The Preacher, the man who killed her parents.The hit list is long … parents.The hit list is long while the list of suspects is short, and when the killer ends up dead, the suspect list narrows down to a pinpoint. The…
This second box set in Mary Stone’s throat-clutching Winter Black Series contains the fourth, fifth and sixth thrillers in the series: Winter’s Rise, Winter’s Ghost and Winter’s Secret.Winter’s Rise: Thirteen years… Winter believed her little brother was murdered by the same lunatic that killed her parents. But the latest news about his whereabouts brings her out of her hiatus to face the … hiatus to face the co-workers she’s been avoiding. A body is found in a fifty-five-gallon drum. This is not your typical serial killer. And the body is just one of many. He’s a skilled surgeon and he’s…
Fugitive Ryan O’Connelly has been on the run for a year, so when he contacts the FBI with a tip about a brutal serial killer, special agent Winter Black is drawn into the case. Danger surrounds her on all sides — but it might also come from someone she should be able to trust…
Some secrets hurt; others can kill…The Preacher is dead, the case solved, but now Special Agent Winter Black’s missing brother seems to be taunting her, leaving a trail that leads back to their old house in Harrisonburg. As she learns more, Winter must fight the urge to revert back to that primal part of herself that was set on secrecy and vengeance during the investigation of her parents’ … of her parents’ murder. Especially now that her best friend and partner, Noah Dalton’s, own past has come back to play.Noah’s father, Eric, has borrowed money from the Russian mob, but…
Some ghosts still live and breathe…Six months ago, on the night Winter Black and her fellow agents took down The Preacher, a mall massacre occurred.Today, one of the gunmen responsible for taking fifteen innocent lives that night is killed—with a well-placed bullet fired from nearly a mile away. Clearly a professional, either military or law enforcement, the sniper leaves zero evidence, other … leaves zero evidence, other than a note.When more suspected rapists and murderers turn up dead, the killer’s pattern becomes clear: they’re acting as judge, jury, and executioner for a series of cases that were brushed off by…
One dead. One risen. One caught in between.For more than thirteen years, Winter Black has believed her little brother is dead—kidnapped and murdered by the same lunatic who killed her parents. The news of a lead into Justin’s whereabouts brings her out of her hiatus and back to work at the Richmond FBI office. And face to face with the co-workers she’s been avoiding.Winter can’t avoid them for … avoiding.Winter can’t avoid them for long because a body is discovered in a fifty-five-gallon drum, and the team soon realizes that they aren’t hunting your typical serial killer. Whoever killed this…
He’s killing again. He’s killing Winter…over and over.The Preacher—the sadistic serial killer who slaughtered Winter’s parents—has come out of retirement, leaving the bloody evidence in his wake. Special Agent Winter Black has spent her entire life preparing for this moment, and she intends to see it through—no matter the cost. When she’s taken off the case, that cost just might be her FBI … just might be her FBI career.She doesn’t care.Winter won’t stop until she ends the man responsible for destroying her family. And since she isn’t sure who she can trust anymore, she plans to do it alone.It…
A blessing? A curse? It’s not easy to possess the gift of knowing too much.What at first seems like a standalone bank robbery becomes something much darker as a pair of masterminds hack their bloody way onto the list of the most notorious US heists. It’s not a job exclusive to the FBI, but Winter’s office nemesis, Sun Ming, is convinced that she holds the key to taking down the murderous … down the murderous criminals hungry for fame.Forced into the spotlight, Winter wants only one thing…to solve this case so she can focus on tracking down The Preacher. But…
A killer is watching… discovery of a secret burial ground containing the remains of children, the investigation suddenly hits close to home as the past and future collide with each new shocking discovery. Will they find her brother’s bones in the makeshift graveyard next?Only The Preacher knows, and he’ll do anything to keep the past—and its secrets—buried until he’s ready to make his final move.A masterfully conceived psychological thriller reminiscent of Lisa Jackson, Harlan Coben, and Karin Slaughter, Winter’s Mourn will keep readers turning the pages—and watching the window—long past midnight.Scroll up to one-click your copy today!more