Mary Stone

A killer is watching...Thirteen years ago, Winter Black came home early from a sleepover to find her parents brutally murdered and her little brother gone--taken by a serial killer called The Preacher. Now a rookie FBI agent assigned to her first murder case, Winter has returned to the small Virginia town where she grew up. But when bones found by a hunter lead to the discovery of a secret burial ground containing the remains of children, the investigation...

He's killing again. He's killing Winter...over and over. The Preacher--the sadistic serial killer who slaughtered Winter's parents--has come out of retirement, leaving the bloody evidence in his wake. Special Agent Winter Black has spent her entire life preparing for this moment, and she intends to see it through--no matter the cost. When she's taken off the case, that cost just might be her FBI career. She doesn't care. Winter won't stop until she...

A blessing? A curse? It's not alway easy to recognize the difference. What at first seems like a standalone bank robbery becomes something much darker as a pair of masterminds hack their bloody way onto the list of the most notorious US heists. It's not a job exclusive to the FBI, but Winter's office nemesis, Sun Ming, is convinced that she holds the key to taking down the murderous criminals hungry for fame. Forced into the spotlight, Winter wants...

Ellie always knew the murderous psychiatrist Dr. Lawrence Kingsley would reappear in her life. Now she races to Oregon before he can spill more blood, but can she stop him in time?

"Some ghosts still live and breathe...Six months ago, on the night Winter Black and her fellow agents took down The Preacher, a mall massacre occurred. Today, one of the gunmen responsible for taking fifteen innocent lives that night is killed--with a well-placed bullet fired from nearly a mile away. Clearly a professional, either military or law enforcement, the sniper leaves zero evidence, other than a note. When more suspected rapists and murderers...

Cross my heart and hope to die... With the death of the serial killer who kidnapped and tortured her as a child, Charleston Police Detective Ellie Kline is finally free. But with a traumatized girl to care for and a new lead detective who questions both her mental health and her investigation techniques, Ellie's problems are far from over. When the body of a young man is found outside a downtown bar, Ellie is pulled off the cold case files and...

"On New Year's Eve, Charleston Cold Case Detective Ellie Kline vows this will be the year she finally brings Dr. Lawrence Kingsley to justice. Not only did the elusive serial killer force her to play his twisted games as a teen, but his reign of terror has killed countless other victims and traumatized the few who survived. When her boss hands her the files containing dozens of trafficked children, she's instructed to close as many as possible. Drawn...

Sometimes, the beginning is the end. For thirteen years, FBI Special Agent Winter Black has been haunted by a man who performed heinous acts. Murdering her parents. Abducting her baby brother. For thirteen years, she's suffered mentally and physically. Often doubted her sanity and ability to move forward to achieve her goal of bringing that brutal man down. Thirteen years of regret. Of hope. Of fear. Of hate. But now, the boy she longs for has transformed...

When the survivors of the massacre at the Riverside Mall are murdered one after the other, the police suspect a serial killer and turn to the FBI. Winter Black is on the case, working to track down the third person involved in the mass shooting that happened the same night she took down The Preacher, the man who killed her parents. The hit list is long while the list of suspects is short, and when the killer ends up dead, the suspect list narrows...