Author: terryodell

This 9th book in Terry Odell’s Mapleton Mystery series pits Gordon against a cat-and-mouse killer.Someone is playing a game with Mapleton’s Chief of Police … and it’s deadly.For Mapleton Police Chief Gordon Hepler, life has become predictably boring—despite being a newlywed. Being a husband is great. Dealing with nothing but parking violations, speeders, and the occasional disorderly complaint is … disorderly complaint is monotonous. Gordon wonders if he’s been so busy dealing with “Chief Stuff” that he’s lost his edge as a street cop. Especially when his biggest challenges are handling the penny-pinching mayor and deciding what goes into the…

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Three Mapleton Mystery Novellas, a blend of police procedurals and cozy mysteries, now available in print.Deadly PlacesLife is a balancing act. When you’re a cop, the choices can be deadly.Ed Solomon, long-time police officer in the small town of Mapleton, Colorado, has been ribbed for thinking there’s a ring of assassins out killing deadbeat dads. However, he’s convinced these killers exist and … he’s convinced these killers exist and they’re doing their dirty work from behind an innocuous-looking travel blog. Proving the ring exists has been a sideline investigation for him, but it’s shoved further onto the back burner when…

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Award-winning author Terry Odell delivers another action adventure romance with Falcon’s Prey, the eighth installment in her Blackthorne, Inc. covert ops series.Heroes aren’t fearless. They just don’t let fear get in the way.Her life is in danger… moved to a small town to get away from the memories, to get away from the pain. But she can’t get away from the gut feeling that a drug lord, known only as The Falcon, was responsible for her husband’s death. As she quietly conducts her own investigation, it becomes clear to Lexi she could be The Falcon’s next victim. Afraid her local…

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This series opener introduces Gordon Hepler, newly appointed police chief of Mapleton, Colorado. Hepler gets more than he bargained for when a car accident, a violent attack, and a murder link two beloved, elderly residents to a Nazi war criminal.

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When mercenaries target black ops agent Ryan, single mom Frankie and her young daughter get caught in the crossfire. Can Ryan protect the pair who have come to mean more than he ever imagined? “The book intrigued me from beginning to end” (New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo).

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After her husband’s death, Sarah Tucker struggles to keep their gift boutique alive — as someone plots against her. Police Detective Randy Detweiler is on the case, and he can’t help but quickly fall for her. When Sarah disappears, can Randy stay one step ahead to save her?

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