STIFF

Mattie Winston, RN, is wryly cynical, politically incorrect, and inherently nosy, traits that suit her well when she trades in her hospital scrubs and OR table for a plastic apron and autopsy table. As a Deputy Coroner, Mattie gets to poke her nose into everyone else's business, but her first case -- a murder -- hits a little too close to home. The victim is Karen Owenby, Mattie's former coworker and the woman who had an affair with Mattie's soon-to-be-ex-husband, David.

As Mattie tries to determine if her husband is a killer, her judgment is clouded by her attraction to the darkly handsome homicide detective in charge of the case, though her romantic notions are dampened by the fact that her own name is at the top of the suspect list. Unable to pursue the case officially, Mattie launches her own investigation, aided by a cast of quirky characters who help her uncover a trail of sordid secrets, deadly betrayals, and missing underwear. Can she identify the real killer before she ends up as the next victim on the M.E.'s autopsy table?

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STIFF

Halloween night in Sorenson, Wisconsin, usually resembles any other small town: trick-or-treaters, costume parties, and lots of cheerfully scary decorations. But Deputy Coroner Mattie Winston is finding this year a little different, because among all the fake carnage is a very realm, very dead body. When Mattie and her boss/best friend, Izzy, are called to the home of waitress and part-time model Shannon Tolliver, they find the ghoulish decorations just a bit too authentic. For among the fake blood and skeletons is the corpse of Shannon herself – and the evidence screams murder.

Since the whole town knows Shannon recently had a very public argument with her estranged husband, Erik, he’s suspect #1 for tall, dark, and blissfully blue-eyed homicide detective, Steve Hurley. But Mattie believes Erik truly loved his wife and is incapable of such a brutal act—even though he owns the exact same caliber handgun as the murder weapon. Determined to unearth the truth—and maybe spend a little quality time with Detective Hunky—Mattie puts her scalpel-sharp medical skills to work and digs a little deeper. What she uncovers is stranger than anyone could have imagined. It seems Shannon’s murder is just the tip of a very deadly iceberg. Now, in order to solve a case that’s getting more dangerous by the minute—and to save Erik from the slammer—Mattie will have to risk everything to catch a killer who, if cornered, is capable of doing anything. And this time it’s not just Mattie’s life that’s on the line...

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An acclaimed investigative journalist, Marlie Kaplan was headed for stardom until a story she was working on undercover went terribly wrong, leaving her blind.  But with experimental surgery, she miraculously gets back partial vision—and something more.  Now she can also see unexplainable things, things beyond the naked eye...

Eager to jump-start her career, Marlie lands an exclusive interview with a charming yet enigmatic politician.  Then the unthinkable happens: A colleague is murdered and Marlie's the only witness.  What began as a promising new start suddenly dissolves into a terrifying web of deception and death, a nightmare from which there is only one escape—if Marlie can see it in time.

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SLIVER OF FATE

A freak accident.  A tiny unnoticed fragment of metal is embedded in an infant's brain.  Eight years later, the bizarre is triggered, a phenomenon that goes undetected by medical personnel, but which may save America from a sinister conspiracy. 

Widowed Jennifer Bolton is desperate to deny the strange voices that her young son Tanner has started hearing.  But when their home is ransacked and their lives threatened by fearful, unseen forces, Jennifer decides to flee.  What she is about to discover is that the fate of millions hangs on the strange, paranormal gifts of her innocent son.  How he will use them is now left up to two people.

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ABDUCTED

A woman is missing.  There is no evidence of foul play, but certain small, disturbing signs indicate the young mother didn't leave of her own volition.  The only answer to the mystery lies locked in the mind of her terrified, silent child.

When the police bring little Jace Johansen to psychiatrist Kerri Whitaker for assessment, she knows that her own troubled past should prevent her from taking on Jace as a patient.  But the child's anguish is a wordless plea for help that instantly moves her.  Then she coaxes him to speak and his story seems a nightmare impossible to believe.  But as the people around them start to die, Kerri realizes that if she doesn't act soon, she and Jace will be the next to disappear...forever.