Deadly Ties: A Novel (Crossroads Crisis Center)
By Vicki Hinze (Multnomah)
Release date: February 8, 2011
HER ENEMY WILL STOP AT NOTHING FOR CONTROL…SHE WILL RISK EVERYTHING FOR FREEDOM. A horrific crime shatters Lisa Harper’s idyllic childhood. Her father is dead and her desperate mother, Annie, quickly marries Dutch Hauk, an abusive monster who soon reveals his hatred for Lisa. To protect her, Annie defies her ruthless husband and forfeits custody to a trusted friend. Enraged, Dutch vows to keep Annie and Lisa apart—and he does.
Deadly Treasure Hunt
By Sommer Smith (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: February 20, 2024
A search for a murderer…and a hunt for buried treasure. Sheriff Caldwell Thorpe is investigating his wife’s homicide when her cousin, Jayde Cambrey, arrives on the island of Deadman’s Cay looking for the same answers. Only, her arrival draws the attention of the killer, leaving Caldwell to protect Jayde. Someone doesn’t want them discovering what happened—or the connection to a legendary lost treasure. And the only thing more dangerous than buried secrets is a murderer hiding the truth….
Deadly Vengeance
By Jodie Bailey (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: February 21, 2023
The easiest way to murder someone
is to make sure they don’t exist…
Someone has erased profiler Gabe Buchanan’s identity…and now they’re trying to kill him. And although Chief Warrant Officer Hannah Austin betrayed him in the past when she was undercover investigating his friend, now she’s his only hope to stay alive and restore his name. With the clock ticking down, can they track down the killer who wants to silence him permanently?
Deadly Yellowstone Secrets
By Kari Trumbo (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: October 24, 2023
Yellowstone National Park hides a secret and uncovering it could be fatal. Someone’s hunting bears in Yellowstone National Park—and now Tamala Roth’s the next mark. With a killer at her heels, Tamala must trust Ranger Clint Jackson to safeguard her while searching for the poacher. But when a blizzard traps them in with a criminal who will stop at nothing to silence them, survival becomes a dangerous game.
Death Be Not Proud (The Secret of the Journal)
By (Lion Fiction)
Release date: April 19, 2013
Following the vicious attack by a psychotic colleague, and reeling from the discovery that Matthew Lynes is not all that he seems, Professor Emma D’Eresby flees the university college in Maine to her home town in England. Broken physically and emotionally, Emma drifts until, fearing for their daughter’s sanity, her parents invite a family friend to assess her. In the course of their conversation, Emma discovers that he spoke to Matthew over thirty years before, and she concludes that Matthew must be hiding a profound secret. Spurred into action, she traces Matthew’s family name back, making a startling discovery – that Matthew was betrayed during the English Civil War where a clash with his uncle left him fighting for his life. But instead of dying he not only lived, but persisted, growing steadily in strength and surviving events that would have killed any other man.
Death Dangles a Participle (Miss Prentice Cozy Mystery Series)
By E. E. Kennedy (Sheaf House Publishers)
Release date: July 11, 2013
Winter can be harsh in the North Country. When the reckless teenaged Rousseau brothers, J. T. and Dustin, attempt to cross a frozen Lake Champlain in their ancient VW, what they find plunges them into hot water, not cold. Their guilt in a brutal murder is obvious to everyone except English teacher Amelia Prentice Dickensen, freshly returned from her honeymoon with new husband Gil, who is determined to find the clue that will prove them innocent: a single bullet.
Death Takes a Ride: A Novel (The Cate Kinkaid Files) (Volume 3)
By Lorena McCourtney (Revell)
Release date: June 24, 2014
Cate Kinkaid arrives at H&B Classic Auto Restorations to give a friend a ride. But, as usual, trouble finds Cate even there–this time in the form of one dead man, one wounded man, and what appears to be a pretty obvious case of self-defense. Owner Matt Halliday wants to hire her, but not for this case. Instead, Cate is charged with finding a man who owns a particular motorcycle Matt would like to buy. As her search progresses, she begins to suspect that the shooting in Matt’s office may not have been as cut-and-dried as it appeared.
Death at Thorburn Hall (A Drew Farthering Mystery)
By Julianna Deering (Bethany House Publishers)
Release date: November 7, 2017
The Fartherings’ Scottish Holiday Takes a Dark Turn Drew Farthering arrives in idyllic Scotland for the 1935 British Open at Muirfield hoping for a relaxing holiday, but he soon finds a mystery on his hands. Lord Rainsby, his host at Thorburn Hall, fears his business partner may be embezzling and asks Drew to quietly investigate. Before Drew can uncover anything, Rainsby is killed in a suspicious riding accident. Thorburn Hall is filled with guests, and as Drew continues to dig, he realizes that each might have had a motive to put Rainsby out of the way. Together with Madeline and Nick, he must sort through shady business dealings, international intrigue, and family tensions to find a killer who always seems to be one step ahead.
Death by the Book (A Drew Farthering Mystery)
By Julianna Deering (Bethany House Publishers)
Release date: March 4, 2014
WHEN THE VILLAGE OF FARTHERING ST. JOHN IS Stunned BY A SERIES OF MURDERS, DREW FARTHERING IS DRAWN again INTO THE SLEUTHING GAME. Drew Farthering wanted nothing more than to end the summer of 1932 with the announcement of his engagement. Instead, he finds himself caught up in another mysterious case when the family solicitor is found murdered, an antique hatpin with a cryptic message, Advice to Jack, piercing his chest. Evidence of secret meetings and a young girl’s tearful confession point to the victim’s double life, but what does the solicitor’s murder have to do with the murder of a physician on the local golf course? Nothing, it would seem–except for another puzzling note, affixed with a similar-looking bloodied hatpin.
Death in the Mind’s Eye
By Rick Acker (Waterfall Press)
Release date: October 25, 2016
San Francisco attorney Mike Webster does not lose medical-malpractice cases. But his stellar reputation and faith are put to the test when he agrees to defend Dr. Johanna Anderson, a brilliant and beautiful psychologist. Jo is accused of failing to prevent the death of Seth Bell, a senator’s son she was treating with a revolutionary technology-assisted therapy called the Mind’s Eye. The controversial technique provides insights into what patients are thinking and feeling and determines whether they’re telling the truth—so why didn’t it detect that Seth was suicidal?As the case unfolds, a shadowy firm, Horizon Finance, sees a golden opportunity to profit by seizing the Mind’s Eye and auctioning it to intelligence services around the world.