Thrillers and Mysteries

As the execution nears of the man who tried to kill Tessa Cartwright 18 years ago, she faces old ghosts and recurring nightmares of that night she was buried alive with the other “Black-Eyed Susans,” the nickname given to Tessa and the unidentified girls found in a field of those same flowers. Is the killer still free, and is he the one who has been planting those crazy, creepy flowers in her yard every year since she was found? Pick this twisted novel for your next read!

Innocence Byrd and her mom move around a lot, but all she wants is to stay in one place, meet a nice boy and have a normal life. Her mom has had a long string of boyfriends. The last one ended badly, and they had to leave town quickly again. When her mom is arrested for murder, Innocence learns that the Byrd women have a mysterious secret, and modern-day mythology becomes real life.

Check your fear meter before diving into this novel. Lo Blackwell finally gets her dream job as a travel writer when she’s invited on the maiden voyage of the Aurora, a boutique cruise ship, but did she really just hear the woman in the next cabin scream and then a body-sized splash? With suspicion at every turn and the unexpected surprise of a jilted lover on the ship, is Lo’s dream job becoming a nightmare?