The Killer Next Door / What Lies Below
(2024)An omnibus of novels by Carol Ericson and Amanda Stevens
There's a serial killer on the loose
And the body count is rising.
Getting laid up with a broken ankle and placed on leave could not have happened at a worse time for Detective Sydney Shepherd. Enter former cop turned private investigator Trent Gannon, who believes her current investigation dovetails with his cold case. There is a complex past and deep emotions between Sydney and Trent. But when theres another victim, they agree to shelve their undeniable attraction and team up to collect evidence to connect the dots between the cases. Increasingly all indications point to Sydneys next-door neighbour as the prime suspect. Will Sydney and Trent be the next casualties?
His search for a buried secret
May have stirred up trouble.
Heath Bradford never expressed his attraction to loner Willow Sands back in high school. Now that hes returned to Dead Falls, supposedly to broker a land deal, Willow views him as the enemy. Fiercely protective of the islands ecosystem, shes an obstacle to his development project. But Heaths true purpose for returning is to solve a mystery thats haunted him for years. Then Willows neighbor is killed, and she becomes the target of a series of attacks. And protecting the woman he still yearns for becomes his only purpose.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
And the body count is rising.
Getting laid up with a broken ankle and placed on leave could not have happened at a worse time for Detective Sydney Shepherd. Enter former cop turned private investigator Trent Gannon, who believes her current investigation dovetails with his cold case. There is a complex past and deep emotions between Sydney and Trent. But when theres another victim, they agree to shelve their undeniable attraction and team up to collect evidence to connect the dots between the cases. Increasingly all indications point to Sydneys next-door neighbour as the prime suspect. Will Sydney and Trent be the next casualties?
His search for a buried secret
May have stirred up trouble.
Heath Bradford never expressed his attraction to loner Willow Sands back in high school. Now that hes returned to Dead Falls, supposedly to broker a land deal, Willow views him as the enemy. Fiercely protective of the islands ecosystem, shes an obstacle to his development project. But Heaths true purpose for returning is to solve a mystery thats haunted him for years. Then Willows neighbor is killed, and she becomes the target of a series of attacks. And protecting the woman he still yearns for becomes his only purpose.
Genre: Romantic Suspense