by Lia Matera
First published 2021
A serial killer stalks the city's homeless population, using ice and water as weapons of choice. A defense attorney finds herself in a deadly race against time to unmask the murderer before police arrest her innocent client for these brutal crimes. Meanwhile, an attorney meets her recently cleared lover in secret, but their clandestine encounter spirals into something far more dangerous than either anticipated. In 1918 America, as influenza ravages the nation, a wealthy family's nanny awakens to discover everyone believes she has died. Her supposed death becomes the least of her worries as darker threats emerge. On an Oregon coastline within Native American territory, a couple weighs marriage when an unexpected visitor disrupts their private moment. These dozen tales from the creator of the Willa Jansson and Laura Di Palma mystery series weave together lawyers, lovers, and lethal secrets across different eras and settings.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, race-against-time
Setting: America, Oregon
Period: 1918
294 pages · Kindle Edition · MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Content warnings: violence