It’s Kate Bennett’s first day on the job at the Galveston Gazette. She wants to impress her new boss, but her first assignment is one she’d rather skip. She’s already covered one suicide too many.

Kate finds an unexpected ally at the crime scene. Detective Peter Johnson understands the toll investigating tragedy takes.

The jumper’s story is crushingly familiar. Layoffs at work. Trouble at home. A deadly public act rips the scab off a festering personal struggle. It’s the standard suicide narrative.

Kate thinks she knows the jumper’s story. But assumptions can be dangerous.

Get a sneak peek into the lives of reporter Kate Bennet and Detective Peter Johnson. They’re both dedicated to justice but have very different perspectives on truth.

The Jumper is a short story prequel to Look The Other Way.

When a grief-stricken husband turns vigilante, few people blame him. The justice system failed to punish his wife’s killer. What other choice did he have?

Detective Peter Johnson knows how quickly the pursuit of justice can become a thirst for vengeance. But his warnings fall on deaf ears. Even reporter Kate Bennett thinks he’s working too hard to protect a killer.

But violence begets violence … until someone chooses not to fight back. Can Johnson stop the cycle before it destroys everything—and everyone—in its path?

Get a sneak peek into the lives of reporter Kate Bennett and Detective Peter Johnson. They’re both dedicated to justice but have very different perspectives on truth.

He Must Pay is a short story prequel to Look The Other Way.

Six friends looking for a thrill decide to spend an evening alone in Galveston’s most haunted mansion. Only five make it out alive.

None of them can explain what happened during the mysterious attack, but ghost hunter Smiley Turner has an idea. He’s warned for years that Ellie Donaldson would get her revenge.

Reporter Kate Bennett doesn’t believe in ghosts. Neither does Detective Peter Johnson. But even they have to admit the evidence in this case defies obvious explanation.

Can they figure out who’s to blame before the murderous specter strikes again?

Ellie's Revenge is a short story best read after Adverse Events.