The novels
Six novels in the Brookvale Crime Series — 4 available on Amazon, 2 coming soon. Family businesses, strained marriages, ordinary rooms.
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A Brookvale Crime Novel
Claire Ward’s husband is found dead at the family business. Three drops of blood at the scene appear to belong to Claire. She insists she was never there.
Three drops of blood place pregnant Claire Ward at the scene of her husband’s death. She knows she wasn’t there—but when DNA becomes the strongest witness against her, proving innocence means questioning evidence everyone trusts.
An Erin Kelleher investigation · Reads as a standalone
Mike Whitmore goes to the park where he proposed after receiving a message from his wife: I’m ready to talk. Our spot. Before leaving, he tells their daughter, I’ll call you after. By morning, he is dead.
A husband follows a message to the park where his marriage began and is found dead by morning. Detective Erin Kelleher must untangle the couple’s private life to learn who sent the message—and why.
An Erin Kelleher investigation · Reads as a standalone
A man with a severe peanut allergy dies after dinner at a restaurant that knew about the allergy. Detective Erin Kelleher has to determine how an ordinary dinner became fatal—and whether it was an accident at all.
A careful restaurant knew about David Mercer’s severe peanut allergy. He died anyway. Detective Erin Kelleher reconstructs an ordinary dinner one detail at a time to determine whether his death was accident or design.
A Brookvale Crime Novel
Tessa Nguyen finds her mother dead at home. Hours earlier, her brother had asked their mother for a $200,000 loan. She said no.
Tessa Nguyen finds her mother dead hours after a bitter argument over a $200,000 loan. As police investigate, Tessa must examine her own family as evidence—and decide how much loyalty can survive the facts.
Coming soon
A Brookvale Crime Novel
Grant Perrin leaves home for an after-hours job his company never assigned. When he turns up dead at an unfinished building, Detective Erin Kelleher follows his past back fifteen years—into an old case where the paperwork tells one story and the people who lived it tell another.
When Grant Perrin is murdered at an unfinished building, Erin Kelleher traces his past to a fifteen-year-old case that looked settled on paper. The records say one thing. The lives behind them say another.
Coming soon
A Brookvale Crime Novel
Grant Brennan works corporate investigations. Leah Cormier is the daughter of a man connected to one of his firm’s cases. Their relationship begins just as the questions surrounding her family start becoming more serious.
Grant Brennan’s corporate investigation collides with his relationship with Leah Cormier, whose father is tied to the case. As professional questions become personal, ordinary details stop looking ordinary.