Linda Ladd
1) Head to head
With Every Turn in the Case . . .
After moving from Los Angeles to Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, homicide detective Claire Morgan has at last adjusted to the peaceful rhythms of rural life. Until a grisly celebrity...
No Friends
Mardi Gras whips New Orleans' French Quarter into a whirlpool of excess, color, booze, noise, motion. So the woman in the sights of Will Novak's binoculars stands out. She's bruised, barefoot, wearing a man's raincoat. And she's looking right at him....
Say You're Dreaming
When a scream wakes Will Novak in the middle of the night, at first he puts it down to the nightmares. He's alone on a sailboat in the Caribbean, miles from land. And his demons never leave him.
Say Your Prayers
The...
4) Bad Bones
A frozen corpse leads a detective to a deadly family in this psychological thriller by the author of Mostly Murder.
BAD OMEN
Homicide detective Claire Morgan has a bad feeling when a man's body is found in a Missouri State Park. The crime scene is buried in snow. The corpse is frozen in ice. And nearly every bone has been broken, shattered, or crushed . . .
BAD BLOOD
Claire's suspicions only get
...A detective's shattered memories of a serial killer's clutches reveal clues to new dangers in this psychological thriller by an "edgy, clever" author (Beverly Barton).
She can't remember why he chose her—or what he did to her. But Detective Claire Morgan knows that something terrible happened to her the night a deranged serial killer escaped from the mental ward. Looking for pleasure. Looking for pain. Looking for her . . .
Bad Memories
Not many people know their way through the bayous well enough to find Will Novak's crumbling mansion outside New Orleans. Not that Novak wants to talk to anyone. He keeps his guns close and his guard always up.
Bad Sister
Mariah Murray is one...
7) Enter Evil
In this psychological thriller following Die Smiling, an apparent suicide draws a detective toward a demented killer who likes to play games.
His doctors are the best in the world, his father one of the most powerful men in the state. But they couldn't stop Mikey from succumbing to his darkest demons—the ones inside his head. The ones who told him it was time to end it all . . .
It should have been an open-and-shut
...A pristine white beach near Sanibel Island, Florida, is an unlikely place for a murder, but that's where Will Novak finds himself, knee-deep in salt water trying to save a life. Maybe the frantic woman is the client he's supposed to meet. But there's no question she's got plenty of powerful enemies. And now they're after Novak too.
IN THE DETAILS
When he meets her again, her story opens a world...
A lazy cruise up the Atlantic Coast is all ex-Navy SEAL turned private investigator Will Novak has in mind until thugs ambush him. Novak is kidnapped, drugged, and hauled out of town . . .
A NIGHT IN THE COUNTRY
Taken to a horse farm deep in Virginia, Novak finds himself at the center of the most dangerous kind of family affair. Irina Blackwood, pregnant and desperate, begs for Novak's help to escape....
10) Gone Black
A PI's honeymoon is interrupted when her husband's taken hostage by the mafia in this suspense thriller by the author of Devil Dead.
A Vengeful Plot
His wife is dead, and he knows exactly who's to blame. Nothing will bring her back, but exacting justice is the next best thing—at least for a grieving mafioso . . .
A Vanquished Love
Claire Morgan's life is finally coming together. The newly
...11) Mostly Murder
In this psychological thriller following Enter Evil, a homicide detective discovers a body holding her picture—and it's pinned to a voodoo doll.
Mostly Fear
She suffered a terrifying coma. She survived a serial killer's obsession. Now homicide detective Claire Morgan hopes to forget the nightmare of her Missouri past in the city of New Orleans. But when a body is discovered near her home, her darkest fears
...12) Devil Dead
An ex-cop turned PI is on the dangerous trail of the missing daughter of an arms dealer in this suspense thriller by the author of Bad Bones.
LOST GIRL
She was last seen in New Orleans. Her father, a rich, powerful arms dealer, believes she was abducted. For ransom. For revenge. For reasons too horrible to imagine.
LOST INNOCENCE
Claire Morgan, recent former cop turned private investigator, and
...13) Die Smiling
Die Young
Hilde Swensen is a beauty pageant queen with a face to die for and a body to kill for. But by the time Detective Claire Morgan finds her in a shower stall—posed like a grotesquely grinning doll—Hilde is anything but...
14) Dark Places
A Killer's Tracks . . .
Missouri detective Claire Morgan is eager to get back to work after recuperating from injuries sustained on her last job. But the missing persons case that welcomes her home in the dead of winter soon turns more twisted...
15) Running Scared
16) Silverswept
17) Fatal Game
An ex-cop turned PI hunts for a serial killer terrorizing Missouri in this suspense thriller by the author of Gone Black.
ONE WRONG MOVE
Private detective Claire Morgan has come home from her honeymoon just in time for Christmas at Lake of the Ozarks. And for the sheriff's department, laid low with flu, to hand her a case guaranteed to chill her to the bone.
ONE CHANCE TO DIE
One of the homes
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