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THE BURN SCAR
DEAD END: A Clearwater Valley Thriller Series — Book Eight

A wildfire destroyed the forest. The rain uncovered what someone thought would stay buried forever.

Two years after wildfire blackened Clearwater Valley, heavy rain sends a mountainside crashing across Charred Timber Road. County heavy-equipment operator Hemene Samuel is...

The River Bend
DEAD END: A Clearwater Valley Thriller Series Book Seven

A drift boat is found floating down Idaho’s Clearwater River. Its motor is still idling. Its fishing gear remains neatly arranged. Not a single person is aboard.

What first appears to be another tragic accident on the river quickly becomes one of the largest homicide...

The wilderness remembers every footprint. The Silver Syndicate logs them into a ledger of blood.

Deep within the unmapped marrow of the Idaho backcountry lies Lost Man’s Hollow—a federal wilderness area that has silently been transformed into an open-air slaughterhouse. For decades, hikers, ranchers, and out-of-state travelers have vanished into...

The winter ice has broken. The floodwaters are rising. And a hidden vault of corporate secrets is about to wash away.

In The One-Lane Bridge, when the high mountain freeze finally breaks in Clearwater County, the massive alpine runoff transforms the peaceful river channels into a roaring, mud-slick torrent of black water. But as the ice sheets...

A frozen mountain road. A locked gate. A vault of secrets that someone will kill to keep buried.

When an unseasonably brutal alpine freeze slams into Clearwater County, young and impulsive Deputy Billy Breckon ignores the storm warnings to chase a suspicious vehicle up the treacherous, unplowed switchbacks of Freezing Creek Road. He finds the...

THE ROCKSLIDE
Book Three in the DEAD END: A Clearwater Valley Thriller Series

A dead-end road.

A catastrophic rockslide.

A killer hiding among the survivors.

When Beatrice Stwyer accidentally turns onto the isolated Canyon Wall Grade during a driving rainstorm, she witnesses something she was never meant to see: local mechanic Corbett Greene...

THE LOGGING ROAD
A DEAD END: A Clearwater Valley Thriller Series Novel

“Some roads are abandoned for a reason. Others were never meant to be found again.”

When an aging logger stumbles upon a rusted gate hidden deep inside Idaho’s Clearwater National Forest, he unknowingly uncovers the first clue to a decades-old mystery everyone believed had...

THE PAVEMENT ENDS. THE SERVICE DIES. THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS.
The DEAD END universe comes a heart-pounding, claustrophobic rural thriller that will make you look twice at every empty road.

If you plunge into the timber of Rimrock Ridge, you might never come back.

Deep in the rugged backcountry of Clearwater County, Idaho, Rimrock Ridge Road is fifteen...

What happens when five determined families hitch up their wagons, point the oxen west, and discover that absolutely nothing goes according to plan?

Inspired by true events, Beyond the Prairie Winds is a heartwarming, laugh-out-loud historical novel that brings the Oregon Trail to life through unforgettable characters, unforgettable mishaps, and...

The Man Between Two Names
“What if the hardest battle of your life wasn’t changing your name... but discovering who you were meant to become?”

Cody was only a little boy when adults made a decision that changed the course of his life forever. Caught between two fathers, pressured into an adoption he barely understood, and forced to surrender the...

Critter Chaos At Brindle Creek
Book 13 of The Golden Years Gone Wrong Series
“Every Gate Was Open. That Was The First Mistake.”

Brindle Creek has spent months preparing for the First Annual Heritage Livestock Festival, the biggest celebration Alder County has ever attempted. Hundreds of volunteers arrive early. Ranchers bring their finest...

NOBODY EXPECTED THE BANJO FIGHT
Things got competitive shortly after the third chorus.

The Brindle Creek Community Music Jam was supposed to be a relaxing evening of bluegrass music, storytelling, local talent, and small-town fun.

That plan lasted approximately twenty minutes.

Before the first set is finished, Charlotte Bell’s carefully organized...

THE POTATO CANNON ALARMED SEVERAL COUNTIES
Somewhere between “science” and “felony,” things escalated.

The residents of Brindle Creek have survived runaway goats, overcrowded festivals, public competitions, internet fame, and enough community disasters to fill several filing cabinets at the Sheriff’s Department. Unfortunately, none of those...

Nobody Planned For That Many Tourists
The Golden Years Gone Wrong - Book 10

Brindle Creek finally decides to do something sensible. That was the first mistake.

The town launches its very first Tourism Festival expecting a pleasant weekend of family entertainment, local attractions, and modest crowds. What arrives instead are busloads of visitors,...

THE RUMMAGE SALE NEEDED TRAFFIC CONTROL
Half the town came shopping. The other half came arguing.

The annual Brindle Creek Community-Wide Rummage Sale was supposed to be simple. People would clean out their garages. Neighbors would buy each other’s junk. The Community Hall would raise a little money. Everyone would go home happy.

That plan lasted...

The Timber Festival Lost Containment
Nothing says community spirit like competitive chainsaws.

The annual Timber Festival is supposed to be Brindle Creek’s proudest tradition. Three days of chainsaw carving, lumberjack competitions, giant logging trucks, horse pulling contests, log rolling, axe throwing, hot saw races, and enough community spirit...

Nobody Expected The Pie Auction Riot
Things turned violent shortly after the rhubarb bidding started.
The annual Brindle Creek Pie Auction Fundraiser is supposed to be simple.

• Bake pies.
• Award ribbons.
• Raise money for Community Hall roof repairs.
• Go home happy.

Unfortunately, nobody accounted for ninety-three pie entries, decades of competitive...

MAVIS BACKED INTO THE SHERIFF’S TRAILER
Technically, she warned everyone to move first.

The Brindle Creek Founders Festival was supposed to celebrate local history, community pride, and a weekend of wholesome family entertainment.

Instead, Mavis Tolliver accidentally backed her truck directly into Sheriff Colton Smith’s department trailer in front...

THAT WASN’T THE CORRECT HIGHWAY
Six RVs. One wrong turn. Endless regret.

The plan was simple.
Drive to the Silver Pines RV Rally & Retirement Expo.
Set up camp.
Attend a few seminars.
Maybe win a campground award.
Possibly buy something nobody needed.

Instead, six retirees from Brindle Creek miss one highway exit and accidentally transform...