Selected Works

She Knew the Password
Only three people should know the password. Then a woman who shouldn't know it uses it. What begins as an impossible breach becomes a psychological hunt for the person who knows far more than they should.

The Seventh Course
Nineteen years after a deadly fire, six survivors are invited back to the place where their seventh friend died. Seven courses. One empty seat. A secret revealed with every dish. Then one of them dies.

The Woman in the Firebreak
Deep in wildfire country, a woman working the firebreak uncovers something that was never meant to be found. As the flames close in, the line between surviving the fire and surviving the truth begins to disappear.

The Woman on the Seventh Floor
At 3:21 a.m., Élise's building records her coming home. There is only one problem: she is already inside. When the security footage shows a woman with her face entering the building, Élise begins to question who—or what—the system recognizes as her.
The Thirteenth Key
A dead locksmith leaves his former apprentice twelve keys—and one empty hook where a thirteenth should be. When the first key opens the home of a woman who has just been murdered, Rhea Kincaid realizes the keys aren't an inheritance. They're a trail. And someone is willing to kill to keep her from reaching the last door.

Nothing But the Verdict
Twelve jurors enter a deliberation room to decide a murder trial. Then they find personalized envelopes beneath their seats—each containing a secret no one there should know. When one juror dies, the verdict is no longer the only mystery they have to solve.
About the Fiction
We explore the quiet corners of the ordinary, where guilt festers and danger hides in plain sight. Our fiction is built on the tension of closed rooms and the secrets that live within the walls of the everyday.
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