Guess What’s Available for Pre-Order???

WHAT LIES BEHIND, the 4th Samantha Owens thriller, is available for pre-order!

Here’s the jacket copy:

Waking to sirens in the night is hardly unusual for Samantha Owens. No longer a medical examiner, she doesn't lose sleep over them, but a routine police investigation in her neighborhood has her curious. When her homicide detective friend, Darren Fletcher, invites her to look over the evidence, she jumps at the chance and immediately realizes the crime scene has been staged. What seems to be a clear case of murder/suicide—a crime of passion—is anything but. The discovery of toxic substances in hidden vials indicates that something much more sinister is at play… 

As Fletch and Sam try to understand what and who they are dealing with, they are summoned to a meeting at the State Department. High-level officials are interested in what they know and seem to be keeping secrets of their own. It's up to Sam and Fletch to uncover what lies behind the deception as the threat of bioterrorism is exposed, and her boyfriend, Xander Whitfield, may be in the line of fire.

Unsure who to trust, Sam and Fletch find themselves up against very powerful people at every stage in the investigation. No one is who they appear to be and with every minute that passes, the danger escalates. It's Sam's most complex case yet and the terrifying reality is beyond anything she could have imagined.

Sound good? I am stoked about this book. It’s ver intense, and Sam kicks some serious ass. And just wait until you see the cover! I’ll debut it for my newsletter readers first, so if you’re not a part of that awesome community, get thee signed up now!

WHAT LIES BEHIND releases May 26, 2015, in hardcover and digital. This is so exciting!

WHEN SHADOWS FALL Nominated for RT's Best Mystery/Suspense of 2014

I am beside myself with excitement - WHEN SHADOWS FALL has been nominated for a RT Reviewers Choice Award for Best Mystery/Suspense of 2014. And what an amazing list of books and authors to share a nomination with! Look at this list! 
 

FEAR NOTHING - Lisa Gardner
WHEN SHADOWS FALL - J.T. Ellison
THE SKIN COLLECTOR - Jeffery Deaver
WOLF - Mo Hayder
COP TOWN - Karin Slaughter
THE GIRL IN 6E - A.R. Torre
TRUTH BE TOLD  - Hank Phillippi Ryan

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What an incredible honor. Thank you, Romantic Times!

A DEEPER DARKNESS is Free on iBooks

For a limited time, A DEEPER DARKNESS, the first novel in the Dr. Samantha Owens series, is featured in the First in a Series program for free on iBooks. Check it out here: tw.apple.com/fiasmysteriesthrillers

More about A DEEPER DARKNESS:

As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens knows her job is to make a certain sense of death with crisp methodology and precision instruments. But the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, the light vanished from Sam's life. She's pulled into a suffocating grief no amount of workaholic ardor can penetrate—until she receives a peculiar call from Washington, D.C.

On the other end of line is an old boyfriend’s mother, asking Sam to do a second autopsy on her son. Eddie Donovan is officially the victim of a vicious carjacking, but under Sam’s sharp eye the forensics tell a darker story. The ex-Ranger was murdered, though not for his car.

Forced to confront the burning memories and feelings about yet another loved one killed brutally, Sam loses herself in the mystery contained within Donovan’s old notes. Leading her to the untouchable Xander Whitfield, a soldier off-grid since his return from Afghanistan, and then to a series of brutal crimes stretching from that harsh mountainous war zone to this nation’s capital, the tale told between the lines makes it clear that nobody’s hands are clean, and that making sense of murder sometimes means putting yourself in the crosshairs of death.

• Nominated for an Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Suspense/Thriller  
• May 2012 Indie Next Pick
• Publisher's Weekly Pick of the Week (April 16, 2012)
• Romantic Times Top Pick 
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8.28.14 - On New Releases, Get 'Em While They're Hot!

7.15.14 - On Resurrecting Murderati (sort of)

I miss Murderati. We had an incredible run, and it gave me so much in return — discipline, friendship, an outlet to learn the business of writing, and learn about myself. The pressure, though, was tremendous, which was why we eventually shuttered the site. Coming up with something new and interesting 7 days a week for 7 years can be difficult.

But you can’t keep a good site down. And so, I’m so incredibly happy to share with you some great news:

 The brand new Murderati website is now live.

We have a new look, courtesy of Writerspace.com, an archive section, for all those old posts, links to the current publishing news of the day, and…. a blog.

Now, this is a little different than before. Like I said, it was difficult to keep 14 authors spinning like tops. Many of our authors have decided not to participate. For the ones who have, we have a new blog page - Our Blogs - which is a feed directly from the personal blog pages of each author. So when they post on their own blog, Murderati gets updated.

Pretty cool, huh? We're back to a one stop shop for many of the Murderati authors!

You can sign up for the Murderati feed right here, have it delivered to your RSS reader. You can go to the site directly and poke around. You can leave love notes, follow us on Twitter or Facebook. Whatever you’d like, all there for the taking.

I hope you love the new site, and enjoy getting updates from your old friends. Do check out Alex Sokoloff’s latest update - she explains what we're about, and has some wonderful news to share - love, and new books? Now THIS is what Murderati is all about!

Please share this news with your friends! We're really happy to be back with you again.