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"The Dark End of the Rainbow grabbed me by the throat and pulled me into its world." -Sandra Balzo, Author of the Maggy Thorsen Mysteries and Main Street Murders"The opening pages of The Dark End of the Rainbow will have readers eagerly searching for the pot of gold at itsend." -Theodore B. Hertel, MWA's Robert L. Fish Award-winning authorTeenager Xandra Byrd plans one final drug drop to finance her budding skateboard career. High school principal Leah Davis returns to work after maternity leave, so stressed by the change in routine that she forgets her infant is in the car. Then both Xandra and the baby vanish. Now Detective Joe Zetts, whose own career is on the line, must solve the puzzle of the twin disappearances before the baby's mother is indicted for murder. This emotionally powerful tale examines the corrosive effect of keeping secrets and the healing power of love, uniting the protagonists in a race to save themselves from falling into the dark end of the rainbow.

"A well-told, hook-you-into-reading-it mystery by the winner of the first Whodunit Award (the Jeremiah Healy Mystery Writing Competition). You'll see why she won when you crack the pages of this outstanding book." - Shirrel Rhoades, co-founder Mystery Fest Key West When teacher Cammie Rose finds an old photograph hidden in her father's den, she begins to question her family history and the truth about all the men in her life, including the one who is stalking her. Soon, she begins a deadly game of cat and mouse with the mystery figure. As the ghosts of the past rise, Cammie races to discover the identity of her tormentor before she becomes his next victim. In this return to Hopewell, the setting of her award-winning The Dark End of the Rainbow, J. E. Irvin introduces a compelling new cast of characters, a decades-old secret, and a killer who threatens to break all the rules.

"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.

It's October in Saugatuck, and everyone is hiding something.Desperate to keep the family jewelry business viable, Veronica Simon has designed a line of expensive rings with rare gems not normally found in this resort town. Her identity as the creative genius is a well-kept secret and part of the shop's allure for customers. But her beloved grandmother, repository of the Simon family history, lies ill, the secrets from their past and the key to their financial survival about to die with her.Handsome and arrogant Cal Castro, a frustrated musician, has yielded to pressure from his father and joined the family realty business. He has also drifted into a relationship with Genevieve Townsend, who guilts him into a proposal. But before she will say yes, Vivi insists he find her the perfect ring.Cal's hunt leads him to SIMON's and the ring Vero has designed for herself. Sparks fly between them, but in the end, Cal buys Vero's ring.When Genevieve fails to appear for her own engagement party, Cal becomes the principal suspect in her disappearance and Vero his only alibi. Forced to work together to save each other's reputation, Cal and Vero fight their growing attraction until a break-in at Vero's apartment forces one more encounter and the sparks become a conflagration.In Saugatuck, everyone has something to hide. Whose secret is worth killing for?