It’s the summer of 1942, and life is starting to become more and more dangerous for Italian Jews. The world is at war, and for the Russo family, danger is no longer a distant threat—it is at their doorstep.In their quiet southern Italian village, Antonio Gallo and Gabriella Russo lived like most youths did – unaware of the hope lost to their parents’ generation but believing in a future for themselves.But as whispers of an underground resistance grow louder...

A regatta, a murder, and a small town.As dawn breaks and the horn is about to signal the start of the season's favorite race, a body drifts out from under the main city dock, sending chills through spectators and racers.While vacationing in Lake Pines, Doctor Kerry Dearborne finds herself in the unfortunate position of not only finding the body but immediately being at odds with the current coroner when she disagrees with his reported cause of death. Kerry ...

In the international world of espionage, sometimes government agents are sacrificed.Even when it means killing one of their own.Anna, an elite covert special agent, is still recovering from the violent attack that took her unit when she agrees to return to the dangerous world of espionage. Old world betrayals and long-buried family secrets begin to surface as she tries to thwart an attack on her government that threatens to have global repe...

"L.L. Abbott's newest Lake Pines Mystery brings together a group of would-be strangers to a remote lodge, in the middle of a snowstorm, for the best reason possible: Murder." - Steve Silverman, Author, 'Drown Town'Everyone’s been invited back, to the one place that holds a deadly secret.The guests. The resort. The storm. The revenge.In the heart of an isolated resort, unsuspecting guests arrive for a pre-Christmas holiday o...

The heist. The town. The secret buried beneath it all.When human remains are unearthed at a construction site in Lake Pines, a decades-old mystery is revived. Dr. Kerry Dearborne is determined to identify the victim, despite the near-impossible task of extracting DNA from the damaged bones. As whispers of an unsolved bank heist resurface, pressure mounts for an investigation, one that some people would prefer to keep buried.Facing government red ta...

When the past refuses to stay buried, the truth can explode.The night before the long-awaited return of the Highwater Revival Music Festival, an explosion shatters the calm—and among the debris, investigators find the body of a woman who didn’t die in the blast. She was murdered.Dr. Kerry Dearborne is hired in her capacity of a private investigator to help the police unravel the tangled threads: the cause of the explosion, the identity of a killer,...

A recent death threatens to unravel a web of lies that has remained buried for decades.As the snow melts and the promise of spring emerges, a chill settles on the residents of this small town when a lone hiker discovers a partially buried body.There was no way to predict that the horrific scene would be made worse by the end of the day - but it is.In a search to determine the identity of the victim, Doctor Kerry Dearborne untangles the mystery behin...

Even the most innocent among us have secrets we would rather keep hidden. It’s the ones that escape that can be the most deadly.When a long-haul trucker, lost on his route, narrowly misses a hitchhiker wandering in the middle of the road, he scrambles to reach the fallen figure. However, it doesn’t take long to realize that the young woman he almost killed is not a hitchhiker and that something more sinister lurks in Lake Pines.Constable Simon Phillips and ...

An unknown victim, international secrets, and a killer who is one step ahead.When a body of a woman is found at the base of a crevice on a remote island, Kerry immediately suspects foul play.Clues offer a glimpse into the victim’s life, but it sends Kerry in a direction that no one expected it to go.As fear of a serial killer builds in the community, Simon and Kerry must move quickly if they are going to put the residents of Lake Pines at ease....

The truth emerges, one victim at a time.When Sebastian Crow is found murdered in his secluded cottage on Crow Island, it seems like an open and shut case of a burglary gone wrong.That is - until Dr. Kerry Dearborne arrives.With a ghastly murder scene, no weapon, and every access locked from the inside, her gut tells her there’s something more to this murder.To find the answer, Kerry delves into the private life of a reclusive man who seems t...

One Body. Several Suspects. A murderous secret that refuses to remain hidden.When an antagonistic and secretive celebrity chef, Michel Lalonde, is found murdered on Storm Island, he leaves behind a trail of unanswered questions. As the investigation unravels the private life of the illusive chef, it becomes apparent that there were several people who wanted the chef removed from their lives - permanently.When local coroner, Kerry Dearborne, begins to invest...

"All murders were evil - or so her father raised her to believe. It was a sin. A grand sin. It was an action that, once taken, would permanently alter someone’s soul.But lately, she didn’t believe that was the truth."Tensions escalate when a woman returns to Lake Pines, determined to clear her name for a murder she didn't commit.Twenty-nine years ago, a fisherman reeled in a shocking discovery from the depths of Se...