Böcker av Chris Bedell

Four siblings deal with the murder of their father-the CEO of a wealthy fashion company. Each sibling has a secret. But the biggest secret of all is what their father did over a decade ago, which might've been motive to kill him.Numerous people had a reason to murder Mr. Crawford, including his children...Colin knew his father was having an affair with his ex-mistress and was going to leave his mom.Phoebe was laundering money through the family's fashion company to deal with her husband's debt to a notorious drug cartel.Carla isn't really Carla-someone paid her to assume the identity of the oldest Crawford child.Levi is bisexual and ashamed to come out despite having a secret and supportive boyfriend.But the Crawford children having motive to kill their father doesn't mean they're actually guilty of murder. And if the truth about the murder doesn't come out sooner rather than later, one or more members of the Crawford family might go down for the murder.

17-year-old Connor doesn''t believe his best friend''s death was an accident. Falling down the stairs was random, and Connor can''t help but wonder if someone might''ve pushed her...Determined to find out the truth, Connor starts his own investigation. Along the way, he discovers Evelyn''s secret affair with a married man and thought she was pregnant before she died. Connor thinks he''s found her killer, but an airtight alibi forces him to look in a new direction...perhaps closer to Evelyn''s home.Complicating the situation more is Connor''s own secret - an unexpected hook-up with Evelyn''s twin brother, Liam, at a party the previous spring. Afterward, Liam goes on a homophobic rant and punches Connor, leaving him confused. His confusion deepens when, after Evelyn''s death, Liam apologizes and they start to hook-up secretly.Liam is trapped between his attraction to Connor and his abusive father. Connor struggles with his growing attraction for Liam. Their secret rendezvous are fun, but if Connor is going to have more with Liam, he''ll have to be honest about his feelings and his suspicions on who killed Evelyn. Will eithersurvive the truth coming out?

September 2018. 17-year-old Chad becomes intrigued by the new kid-Archie-when they flirt during their first interaction. But Chad's best friend, Mallory, asks Archie out first. Pursuing Archie allows Mallory to get revenge against Chad who recently rejected her. Except Chad refuses to lose Archie to Mallory. Not when he might have a real chance at love-Archie identifies as bisexual like Chad. Although if Chad wants Archie, then he must eliminate Mallory as the competition. Even if doing so means proving she was involved in the disappearance of her ex-boyfriend, Tommy.Three months later-December 2018. Tommy resurfaces, and Mallory accidently kills him while Archie and Chad are witnesses. Mallory, Archie, and Chad can't go to the police, though. Mallory blackmailed Tommy to leave town last Fourth of July with a sex-tape after discovering Tommy cheating on her. And Archie, Chad, and Mallory must unite if they don't wanna go down for murder. Except Chad is even more threatened of Mallory now that he and Archie are dating-Chad remains uncertain if Mallory harbors lingering resentment for rejecting her. If Chad wants Mallory gone, then he must continue making difficult choices. Even if destroying Mallory means Chad pretending to be Mallory's friend while finding a way to implicate Mallory in Tommy's death without him and Archie getting in trouble.If you like the nonlinear storytelling of ABC's HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER and the toxic love triangle of WINK POPPY MIDNIGHT, then BETWEEN LOVE AND MURDER is the book for you.