Böcker av Mary Coley

Jenna Wade never talks about her past. One August afternoon, she disappears. Amanda Lyons, supposedly her best friend, is determined to discover both what drove Jenna to leave her life behind, and to find her. Little does Mandy know when her search begins that the price of discovering Jenna's secrets may be her own life. From Tulsa to the tiny town of Medicine Park, Oklahoma, Mandy follows what she hopes are clues to her friend's past, beginning with the frightening painting of Jenna trapped in a glass crypt, found in a Tulsa art gallery window.

Claire Northcutt discovers she and her family are caught in the crosshairs of a vengeance-seeking murderer after she finds wild mustang rescue ranch owner J.B. Floren slashed to death on his Cimarron River ranch.The bloody scene reactivates her post traumatic stress; she killed a stalker who invaded her home years ago.The rancher's murder investigation soon focuses on her nephew, Denver, a horse trainer and Afghanistan veteran. Her teenage son, Cade, is certain of Denver's innocence.Claire struggles to keep it together and keep the attentions of her neighbor Holt Braden at arm's length after Denver is arrested for drugs; the police seem intent on charging him with the murder as well.Operating with hypervigilance, Claire digs deeper into the rancher's mustang rescue operation, uncovering possible motives for his murder and a silent partner. When Denver's girlfriend is badly beaten soon after Denver is released on bail, Claire's fears for her family intensify. Claire has attracted another stalker.The clock is ticking.

A Disinterment ... A Ghost ... A murdered actorJamie Aldrich Mazie and Sam have moved to Ponca City, OK, for new challenges, but signs point to trouble the very first weekend.OSBI 'cold case' investigator Chase Longhorn delivers the first unsettling news: an investigation has begun into the death of Sam's first wife, Reba, a decade ago; her body is being disinterred. Then, Jamie learns that a fellow teacher and cast member in the high school production she is co-sponsoring has been murdered. The drama, which the teacher was co-writing, focuses on the Ponca City Grand Prix races, held for over 20 years on a road track at Lake Ponca.Finally, when Cousin Trudy brings Jamie's pets to her, she drops the final bombshell: she's seeing ghosts in her old Pawhuska home and one of them is Reba. Jamie's mother ices the disaster cake: she's moved in with them and finds her situation at Sam and Jamie's house-including two dogs and a cat-unendurable.As life goes from bad to worse, Jamie realizes someone has a vendetta against Sam, and it encompasses everyone-and everything-he holds dear.

When Claire Northcutt, a journalist, travels to Persimmon, Oklahoma on Route 66 to research an article on The Mother Road, she senses a coverup. Does it concern the local meth head selling drugs to kids, or something even more sinister? Her sometimes boyfriend Holt, undercover with the DEA, is also in Persimmon guarding Austin Veterinarian Renee Trammell, who is hiding in the Witness Protection program and working in a Route 66 diner as Rhonda until she can testify against a brutal Texas drug ring.The two women meet through Holt, and both face the wrath of criminals intent on continuing their evil pursuits.