“I’m still not sure who killed Bruce,” I said with a sigh. “Derek claimed it was Hank, but Hank says he didn’t do it.”
“Honestly,” Marco said, propping his legs up on the coffee table and sinking back into the cushions, “I think he hanged himself. He had a lot of people waiting for him to get out of that jail and little chance of walkin’ away with the gold.”
We were silent for a moment, before I asked, “So when do we start bringing down Bart Drummond?”
He released a nervous laugh. “I think we need to get you healed first.”
“He may not have killed Jerry, but he’s wicked all the way through. I’m sure he was behind Seth’s murder, he tried to kill Lula, and—” I cut myself off, realizing I’d forgotten something. “Did you tell Lula about the box at the Drum Savings and Loan?”
“I did.”
“Is she going to find out what’s in it?” It was under her name, so she could retrieve it, key or no key.
He made a face. “Bingham made it very clear that whatever’s in the box is a family matter and not a concern for me or the sheriff’s department.”
“Maybe I can call her.”
“Don’t. I think she wants to tell us, but Bingham is dead set against it. And I don’t have grounds for a search warrant, which is the only way I’d be able to get my hands on it.”
“Then we’ll have to find out another way,” I said.
“Yeah,” he said, sounding discouraged.
I couldn’t help thinking that Todd Bingham potentially had two things on Bart Drummond in his back pocket—whatever was in the bank box and whatever information Emily claimed Bingham had on her husband. What did he plan on doing with them?
“Hey,” I said, running my fingers over the trackpad of my new laptop. “I’m a genius at googling.”
He grinned. “So I’ve discovered.”
“We’ve got a week to lie around and use your brand-new internet to surf the web. Who knows what we’ll find?”
“Yeah,” he murmured, his eyes etched with worry. “Who knows.”
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Carly Moore #6
September 28, 2021
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Untitled
Carly Moore #7
Winter 2022
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A Cry in the Dark
Her Scream in the Silence
One Foot in the Grave
Buried in Secrets
The Lies She Told
Shades of Truth
September 28, 2021
Untitled (last book)
Winter 2022
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Asheville Brewing
Rom com series
Cowritten with A.R. Casella
Any Luck at All
Better Luck Next Time
Getting Lucky
Bad Luck Club
Luck of the Draw
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Family Jewels
Trailer Trash
For the Birds
Hell in a Handbasket
In High Cotton
Up Shute Creek
Come Rain or Shine
Dirty Money
When the Bough Breaks
It All Falls Down
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Rose Gardner Investigations
Family Jewels
For the Birds
Hell in a Handbasket
Up Shute Creek
Come Rain or Shine
When the Bough Breaks
It All Falls Down
(February 2021)
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Neely Kate Mystery
Trailer Trash
In High Cotton
Dirty Money
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Magnolia Steele Mystery
Center Stage
Act Two
Call Back
Curtain Call
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Darling Investigations
(Humorous mystery romance)
Deadly Summer
Blazing Summer
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Rose Gardner Mysteries
Novellas are bonus material
TWENTY-EIGHT AND A HALF WISHES
TWENTY-NINE AND A HALF REASONS
THIRTY AND A HALF EXCUSES
FALLING TO PIECES (novella)
THIRTY-ONE AND A HALF REGRETS
THIRTY-TWO AND A HALF COMPLICATIONS
PICKING UP THE PIECES (novella)
THIRTY-THREE AND A HALF SHENANIGANS
ROSE AND HELENA SAVE CHRISTMAS (novella)
RIPPLE OF SECRETS (novella)
THIRTY-FOUR AND A HALF PREDICAMENTS
THIRTY-FIVE AND A HALF CONSPIRACIES
THIRTY-SIX AND A HALF MOTIVES
SINS OF THE FATHER (novella)
Asheville Brewing
Rom com series
Cowritten with A.R. Casella
Any Luck at All
Better Luck Next Time
Getting Lucky
Bad Luck Club
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The Wedding Pact
(Humorous contemporary romance)
THE SUBSTITUTE
THE PLAYER
THE GAMBLER
THE VALENTINE (short story)
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Bachelor Brotherhood
Spinoff of The Wedding Pact series
ONLY YOU
UNTIL YOU
ALWAYS YOU
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From the Ashes
Paranormal Women’s Fiction
Let it All Burn
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Bluebird Bay
Women’s fiction
Cowritten with Christine Gael
Finding Tomorrow
Finding Home
Finding Peace
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Young adult contemporary romance
ONE PARIS SUMMER
Off the Subject Series
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AFTER MATH
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Curse Keepers Trilogy
The Curse Keepers
The Curse Breakers
The Curse Defiers
Curse Keepers Collection (box set)
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Of Ash and Spirit
Of Fire and Storm
Of Blood and Monsters
The Chosen Series
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Hunted
Sacrifice
Redemption
Book of Sindal
Descended from Shadows
Reign of Mist