"The mythical beast goes by many names. Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Yeti. In Black Wolf County, he's called...the Ursulina. But to Deputy Rebecca Colder, the beast is no myth. A serial killer has taken on the identity of the monster--and with each body left behind, there's a chilling message written in blood: I am the Ursulina." -- Inside front jacket flap.

Hilary and Mark Bradley are trapped in a web of suspicion. Last year, accusations of a torrid affair with a student cost Mark his teaching job and made the young couple outcasts in their remote island town off Lake Michigan. Now a teenage girl is found dead on a deserted beach, and once again, Mark faces a hostile town convinced of his guilt. Hilary is determined to prove Mark is innocent, but it's a lonely, dangerous quest. Even when she discovers...

Homicide detective Frost Easton doesn't like coincidences. When a series of bizarre deaths rock San Francisco as seemingly random women suffer violent psychotic breaks, Frost looks for a connection that leads him to psychiatrist Francesca Stein. Frankie's controversial therapy helps people erase their most terrifying memories and all the victims were her patients. As Frost and Frankie carry out their own investigations, the case becomes increasingly...

"Jonathan Stride's best friend, Steve Garske, makes a shocking deathbed confession: he protected Stride by covering up a murder. Hours later, the police dig up Steve's yard and find a body with a bullet hole in its skull. Stride is pretty sure he knows who it is. Seven years ago, an out-of-town reporter disappeared while investigating anonymous allegations of rape against a prominent politician. Back then, the police believed that the reporter drowned...