Crime Thrillers

From bestselling author Peggy Webb comes Silent Bones, the exciting prequel to No One to Hear Them Scream: Alice and Dudley Thriller.

“You took everything from him… Now, I’m going to take everything from you.”

Twenty-five years before Dudley Stephens ended up a quiet neighborhood next door to the reclusive Alice Logan and her Search and Rescue dog, he was Detective Dudley Stephens of the Memphis Police Department. He had it all: a beautiful wife and two daughters, a home, and a younger partner on the homicide squad who always had his back… until his latest case threatened to take away everything he loved.

As Dudley and his partner search for the ruthless criminal who left behind a grisly murder scene without a body, a fire in a posh section on the other side of Memphis destroys the house and leaves another mystery to be solved.

As the intertwining cases become more personal than he would ever have imagined, Dudley is tested in every way possible for a cop and a man. This is the case that can destroy him or make him stronger. But,
which will it be?

The author Pat Conroy called “astonishing” is at the height of her powers in this historical crime thriller of a pilot’s search for her sister. If you love Kristin Hannah, you will love this lyrical novel.

The kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby in 1932 was called “the crime of the century.” Lindbergh, who had flown solo across the Atlantic, scouted and mapped out the first air mail routes, and created America’s first commercial airline, was the most famous person in the world. And the kidnapping was the most bizarre.

With reporters camped out round-the-clock in the Lindbergh mansion, suspects ranging from leading underworld criminals to household servants, scam artists holding seances, and hucksters selling souvenirs, the crime scene resembled a circus.

Using Charles A. Lindbergh’s background as a stunt pilot with the Mile High Flying Circus during the Jazz Age, Webb skillfully weaves the fictional character Riley “Sam” Samuels into the historical story. As the female pilot conducts air searches for the missing Lindbergh baby, she is drawn back into a search for her own sister.

“She stood still among the trees, listening to the secrets of the river. They came to Alice in bursts of color and sound. Blood red, staining the water, screams suddenly silenced.”

Alice lives a quiet life in smalltown Mississippi where she keeps books for local doctors and tries to keep out of reach of her nosey neighbors, retirees Dudley next door, and circus performer Madeline in the gaudy house across the street. Her only companion is Thunder, her search and rescue dog.

They find the lost. Most recently, a child taken by a depraved maniac known as the Chameleon.

Now another child is missing, not just any child, but one closer than she would ever have imagined, a little girl who draws her back into the life she thought she’d left behind.

Even worse, the case is high profile. The victim is the granddaughter of a Senator. As Alice searches for the child, she becomes the target of a heartless killer.

Can one woman and her remarkable dog survive long enough to save the children? Can she ever forgive her past and love again?

“Wow! This book was superb… a great page turner.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Annie Logan’s carefree lifestyle as an artist in Italy is shattered when a stalker sends threatening notes, and a voice calls to her in her dreams. Help me! Save me! Her sisters also receive warnings that point to their mother’s childhood home. They beg Annie to leave their mother’s secrets buried in the Louisiana bayous. But Annie never ignores her dreams, a mystical gift passed along from her Creole mother.

Annie arrives in New Orleans to discover that a killer dubbed the Shadow is turning the bayou red with the blood of butchered victims who bear a haunting resemblance to her. Someone is sending her a twisted message. Stay away. Leave the past buried. But who would be that evil… and why?

With terrifying threats multiplying and shocking secrets coming to light, Annie’s two sisters arrive to help… and their grandmother is not far behind. But how can four ordinary women battle back an enemy so evil, he is set on destroying the entire Logan family?

“Outstanding…I couldn’t put it down… What a ride… Brilliant!” NetGalley reviewer

“I read it in 2 sittings… So good I couldn’t put it down… Was glued to it from start to finish.”
NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Jen Logan, wife, mother, psychologist, is living her dream life in a new home on the water in Florida with a perfect family. When she discovers a threatening note in the bathroom, her world shatters. It’s signed Invisible—and it’s just the beginning of the nightmare to come.

Someone has placed white oleander all over her house, someone who knows it’s an omen of death. The gift passed down through her family tells Jen she’s in terrible danger. Her two sisters also warn that evil is heading Jen’s way. But who is Invisible, and what does he want? Before Jen can find her enemy, her children are taken. In a shuddering heartbeat, she realizes that Invisible is out to destroy her family. With night coming and a storm brewing, Jen knows there isn’t much time to find her children before darkness falls…

“Gripped me from the first page until the last… Amazing… Kept me glued all the way through…
Phenomenal.” Goodreads reviewer

Single mom and teacher, Rachel Logan, lives on a ranch at the foot of Rockies, still shaken by her husband’s sudden death. She refuses to allow her ordinary life to be shaken by whispers of a local thief called the Collector. But when two children are taken, everything changes.

Something dark stirs at the edge of forest, a warning repeated in the scent of magnolias, a bad omen foretold by the gift of seeing passed from her mother. When the Collector steals her photo and prized garden art, leaving behind his twisted signature – a Tarot card -she knows her children will be his next victims.

Though her friend Hank tries to protect her family, she knows she could be the Collector’s next target. Can Rachel outwit an unimaginable evil before time runs out for herself and two innocent children?

The first book in the thrilling Logan Sisters series, this utterly gripping small-town thriller is perfect for fans of Rachel Caine, Melinda Leigh and Mary Kubica, and anyone looking for a page-turner packed with unguessable, gripping twists.