First in the Art of the Dead SeriesEvil Comes Alive When She Paints With Ashes of the Dead.A dead serial killer’s spirit longs to kill again and an artist’s canvas becomes its portal. It all started innocently enough when New Orleans painter Kira McGovern mixed some of her mother’s cremated ashes into her oil paints. Entering an altered state, she channeled key moments of her mother’s life into a breathtaking memorial work of art. Her new business, Canvas of Life, was begun...

Third in the Art of the Dead SeriesEvil Comes Alive When She Paints With Ashes of the Dead.A madman who moves particles with his mind laughs when he twists the small bones of a victim’s foot for kicks. Soon, he is closing throats and pinching blood vessels to extort money. It’s only a matter of time before he grows even bolder.Artist Kira McGovern--who can channel the emotional lives of the dead when she paints with their ashes--discovers the madman’s secret while w...

Second in the Art of the Dead Series fireEvil Comes Alive When She Paints With Ashes of the Dead.A murderer is skinning the faces of victims and stretching them over wooden masks, then setting fires and staking the masks into the ground. The faces are left to watch the blazing inferno so that the dead can witness everything burn to the ground.The FBI is at a loss for leads and motives. In desperation, an agent asks New Orleans painter Kira McGovern for help. She is,...

Ammonites swam in Earth’s ancient seas for nearly 400 million years. These prolific cephalopods diversified into more than 10,000 species before meeting their demise during the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Today, these spiral-shelled invertebrates are among the most abundant fossils in the geologic record, found from snowcapped Himalayan peaks to parched South American arroyos. People around the world have long been drawn to the mystery and beauty of ammonite fossils. These preternatura...

Twenty years ago, Tansy was drawn to Selene’s hard edges, her grit, and her knack for survival. Since then, the confused tangle of guilt about covering up a murder shattered their friendship, and even now, at thirty-eight, Tansy has never come to terms with what happened that night. But now, Selene is back, demanding her old friend repay her. Selene’s daughter, Jupiter, attends the college where Tansy works as a guidance counselor. Selene is convinced that Jupiter’s boyfriend, Colton, is a...

Ellie Alexander meets Maddie Day, but add in sharp cheddar and sharper instincts in this culinary cozy mystery.——————When cheese becomes deadly business, one woman must slice through lies to uncover the truth...Laura Evans escaped her high-stress Boston restaurant management career for small-town Vermont charm. Instead of peace, she finds murder.Just weeks into her new role as café manager at Silver...

Bolted doors and locked windows won't be enough to deliver them from evil.It's the hot, "ceaseless summer" of 1978. A dangerous attacker stalks his prey in Shadow Point. Will anyone discover his secret identity before he steals the innocence—and lives—of Micah's family and friends?Burning with hidden dangers and budding romance, Shadow Point Summer is a heat wave of passion and suspense.It's the inspirational gothic romance as y...

Es ist ihr Garten, und der Tag ist viel zu heiß, als dass sie ihre Kleidung an ihrer Haut kleben lassen sollte... Und wenn die Nachbarn meinen, sie könnten zuschauen, wer wäre Sarah dann, sie aufzuhalten?Und wenn einer von ihnen es wagt, nach ihr zu rufen, wer ist sie, ihn wegzuschicken, wenn sie ihn auch zu sich einladen kann... auf sie einladen? In sie hinein? Was, wenn Clara von nebenan sieht, wie die beiden es treiben, und beschließt, mit ein paar Drinks und einem Kleid, das si...

**Brought to you by Penguin.The escapist crime thriller for fans of Below Deck, Lucy Clarke and T.M. Logan**WHEN THERE'S BLOOD IN THE WATER, A FEEDING FRENZY IS SURE TO FOLLOW . . .The Ophelia is your typical superyacht: luxurious, owned by a ruthless billionaire and staffed by crew who have just one job: keep the guests happy, whatever it takes. Sasha is the latest hire on a week-long Atlantic crossing, and she fits right in. In fact, she ...

Set in Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley, this bittersweet novel blends themes of art and passion to tell the story of two people learning to let go - and reaching for their heart's desire.

Twenty-five-year-old Anna-restless, famished and emotionally numb-is following the long-cold trail of her father, a celebrated luthier, whose death has always haunted her. She's tracked his former business partner to a sailboat on Bellingham Bay, determined to pry from the old man the secrets of their guitarmaking trade, and maybe a few answers about her father.Anna catches an echo of her musical father in Arlan, guitar player for a local band. Soon she's living on his sofa, hangin...

Twenty-five-year-old Anna–restless, famished and emotionally numb–is following the long-cold trail of her father, a celebrated luthier, whose death has always haunted her.She's tracked his former business partner to a sailboat on Bellingham Bay, determined to pry from the old man the secrets of their guitarmaking trade, and maybe a few answers about her father.Anna catches an echo of her musical father in Arlan, guitar player for a local band. Soon she's living on his sofa,...