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     Three separate homicides.   Three unrelated victims.    One grisly secret.

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Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles and Kathy Reichs, comes an explosive debut thriller about a team of two strong women and a crime that will shake you to your core.

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             About A Desperate Place
                A McKenna and Riggs Novel
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When the body of famous actress Niki Francis is unearthed from its shallow grave by a hungry bear, the residents of Medford, Oregon are alarmed, but sure the murder is a singular crime. After all, there should be plenty of motives and suspects--Niki had fame, wealth, beauty. Shockingly more murders soon follow and all are linked to the same gruesome clue, setting the whole town on edge.

  About Jennifer

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 Jennifer began her writing career as a journalist. She graduated from California State University, Fresno with a degree in journalism and English Literature. While still in college she worked as a crime reporter for the Fresno Bee.

 

     Interested in foreign affairs she traveled to Russia in the late 80’s and lived in London studying art and literature.

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The long awaited sequel is here!
Launched October 13, 2026


 

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​    A Twisted Place 

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McKenna is recovering from her harrowing experience with Dr. Frankenstein, but a long forgotten serial killer will not wait.

 

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     Midnight on a snowy Christmas Eve Whit McKenna is called to cover a murder. Her first assignment since a near death experience four months before. Still grieving for her husband and frustrated with spending so much time at home, she decides jumping back into the crime writer's world is the best medicine.

     Best friend Katie Riggs, medical examiner detective, is already at the scene of the gruesome vigilante killing. The victim's dark secrets emerge in a chilling discovery. 

     The clues lead both women down a twisted, long forgotten trail to a new awakened serial killer who has come out of dormancy and will not stop. His focus soon turns to McKenna in a way that ignites a relentless determination to find this madman.

     The community is on edge as another teen disappears, but all the forensic evidence points to a dead man. With the homicide team in public distain over their apparent mishandling of the case the pressure is on. How can they possibly find a murderer who by all available resources  does not exist?

         A non stop thrill ride!

         Turn the first page and you're hooked.


—Jeffrey Deaver, #1 international bestselling author of The Bone Collector and Solitude Creek

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