The choices I had made led to the moment when fate took over.
I would learn a lesson I wasn't prepared for.
And Death would be my willing teacher. 


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The first standalone from Edgar©, Anthony, Macavity and Gumshoe finalist Craig McDonald.

The news is full of it: escalating tensions from illegal immigration; headless bodies hanging off bridges and bounties placed on lawmen on both sides of the border. New Austin, Ohio, is a town grappling with waves of undocumented workers who exert tremendous pressure on schools, police and city services. In the midst of the turmoil, three very different kinds of cops scramble to maintain control and impose order.

DANGER AT EVERY TURN is an urban suspense thriller novel.

When retired FBI forensic psychologist Spencer Berry and his dog break up a scuffle between gang members, in the process of chasing one with a gun, they end up discovering the nude remains of a young woman partially submerged in a creek behind the home of police spokeswoman Deidre Lawrence. The deceased appears to be the victim of the Pelle Park Killer, a serial murderer terrorizing Sinclair Heights, Oregon over the past three years.

It’s been a year since Giulia Falcone fled the nunhood and now she must face her worst nightmare: going back. A young novice has died at Giulia’s former convent and the formidable Superior General hires Driscoll Investigations, hoping the P.I. firm will confirm the death was suicide in order to squelch a lawsuit. Gathering every ounce of courage to confront the past, Giulia dons the dreaded habit and returns to the Motherhouse to investigate. What she uncovers is less than holy.