Böcker av J. E. Irvin

"Haunted by events from their childhood, Peter Stone and his sister, Rose, would surely agree with William Faulkner: 'The past is never dead. It's not even past.' Subtle references to Psycho and to Nightmare on Elm Street add a sense of foreboding to this beautifully written, eerily suspenseful, and totally engrossing novel. As Peter begins to learn why Rose has chosen to disappear, you won't be able to put this book down." - Jill McCroskey Coupe, author of True Stories at the Smoky View and Beginning with Cannonballs."Richly suspenseful, J.E. Irvin's The Strange Disappearance of Rose Stone serves up a cast of beautifully drawn characters and a wildly twisting plot, all of which will keep readers riveted to the final page."- Kristina McBride, author of A MILLION TIMES GOODNIGHT"The Strange Disappearance of Rose Stone offers a poignant and often thoroughly heartbreaking interweaving of past and present as an older brother burdened by guilt searches desperately for his missing sister. Keep the Kleenex handy."- C.L. Pauwels, author of Forty & Out and Burned BridgesTen days after Rose Stone disappears, her brother Peter receives a note and a package containing their most treasured childhood possession. Now he must re-visit the landscape of their traumatic childhood, searching for clues that will help solve the mystery of her vanishing. Aided by fellow detective Tuck Cornell and wife Kelly, Peter confronts the ghosts of the past and the ones still waiting to be found.

A fast-paced, chilling page-turner, with a romance to melt the coldest heart!Emma Pearson believes she has the perfect life in Hopewell, Ohio, until she doesn't. Her husband's murder while working undercover has revealed a secret life, a betrayal too deep to forgive, and his actions have placed her and her children in danger. Declining an offer to enter witness protection, she changes her name and goes on the run to join her best friend Riley in the Adirondacks, a park so vast she can start a new life and hide from her pursuers.After recovering from severe burns and a gunshot wound acquired in a drug bust, Anton 'Tony' Storms struggles with demons of his own. When Emma and her children arrive in Wanakena, he finds his world turned upside down. Then the assassins trailing her show up, and Tony must decide whether to remain apart from all entanglements or risk everything to protect the woman who has stolen his heart.

A young woman with a questionable past...A family struggling to find common ground...A murder victim with no known enemies...Determined to overcome the dark secrets she helped reveal three years ago when she rescued a baby from a locked car and ran away, Xandra Byrd is now a student in criminology at the local community college and an accepted part of her biological family. Still, she struggles to escape the demons of her dysfunctional childhood. But when the woman who helped put her family back together is murdered, and she and her brother implicated in the crime, Xandra must return to the dark side of human nature in search of a killer. Will she solve the mystery and clear her name, or will she become the next victim?This sequel to The Dark Side of the Rainbow is a haunting exploration of the long-term effects of trauma and a sizzling murder mystery with page-turning suspense.

Riley Marie Finn lives a stolid, conventional life, every detail planned and unexpected and dull. But when her boyfriend dumps her and the school district where she teaches releases her due to budget concerns, Riley's whole world turns upside down. Jilted and jobless and determined to change her fate, she heads to the Adirondacks in search of summer employment, where she ends up lost. Rescued by a broody forest ranger who directs her to the hamlet of Wanakena, she is hired in place of a woman whose dead body is discovered at the very place Riley appeared.Josh Waylon is a forest ranger haunted by the ghost of his unfaithful wife, the first victim of the Wilderness Strangler one year ago. With a battered heart and a cloud of suspicion hanging over him, he swears off human contact until Riley invades his territory.Broken and desperate and unable to resist their mutual attraction, Riley and Josh join forces to flush out the 'Wilderness Strangler' and clear their names. Can their growing feelings for each other heal the damage of their past lives? Can they solve the dual murders before one of them becomes the next victim?