Eugenia Parrish

Bartender Betty Ann Beaumont's life changes forever when Deputy Sheriff Pete Branson reveals they've found her ex-husband, Tom Stearns. After thirty-five years, Tom's been pulled from the bottom of Blue Lake. With three murders in as many years, the patrons at the End of the Line ought to take the news in stride. But no one in a town like Del Sue o is above suspicion. Betty Ann finds herself trying to tie up all the loose ends from Tom's life. To her horror, she discovers that there may be much more to her ex-husband's past. A past that circles back to the violence of the 1960's. It soon becomes apparent that Tom's murderer is also tying up loose ends. And one of those ends is Betty Ann herself

Deputy Sheriff Pete Branson's latest case rocks the desert town of Del Sue o when he finds the victim beaten to death behind the infamous local watering hole, The End of the Line. Yet what at first glance appears to be a simple killing drags Pete into a web of intrigue...when he finds out that the murderer may be striking out against a specific group of people: ones who carry a special hidden tattoo At turns helped and hindered by a state senator's daughter, his own brother, and a slew of shady characters from the gay underground, Pete must unravel a raft of lies and misdirection. And the clock is ticking...before the killer crosses another name off the list

Kate McGonagle arrives in the tiny desert town of Del Sue o, intending to meet up with Josie Hadding, her best friend since childhood. But Kate's plan to spirit the two of them off to the beach for sun and fun goes horribly awry. Josie's embroiled in conflict with the town council over the End of the Line, a shabby bar with a shadowy past and clientele who swill beer for breakfast. Mystified by Josie's loyalty to the Line and the stand-offish town dwellers, Kate is nevertheless persuaded to stay and help tend bar. But when she finds Josie's bludgeoned body one dark night in the back office, the town's citizens and local police force seem a little too eager to write off the killing as a random burglary gone bad. Remembering how Josie once stuck to her guns to prove Kate's innocence in a long-ago crime, Kate refuses to let the murder get swept aside. She's not leaving Del Sue o until the truth comes out. But small towns and long-buried secrets have a very nasty way of coming back to bite...