"An unusual quandary is at the axis of this involving whodunit." US Review of Books
"A powerful, top recommendation." Midwest Book Review
A brilliant plastic surgeon.
A computer guru with a disturbing past.
A fireman whose disfiguring burns ignite a chain of long buried secrets.
What would you do if you woke up one day looking like a completely different person?
After Dr. Thea Donovan performs reconstructive facial surgery on severely injured fireman Malcolm Dean, she is ecstatic with the results. The Reflesh procedure she pioneered with software guru Erik Sorenson far exceeds her expectations. There's just one problem: the patient doesn't agree. In fact, the surgery altered his appearance to such an extent that it seems to have changed his personality from a caring, bereaved father and husband, to a man with psychopathic tendencies. Then when a series of unsolved murders point toward Malcolm Dean Thea must confront the possibility that she has created a killer. And as she uncovers evidence to prove her patient's innocence, she inadvertently reveals a thirty year old murder mystery.
**The Jigsaw Man is the first book in the St. Augustus Chronicles series. The second book, Limboland, is also available. Watch for the third in the series, The Manipulators, to be released in 2017.
A criminal mastermind makes a bold move against a wealthy client to put himself in a position to retire in comfort. He has no idea what he's up against when a young widow, desperate to make ends meet, sets her eyes on earning the bounty set on his head.
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Newly widowed housewife Melody Scott needs to earn some major cash, fast. When her bright and busy children learn that a priceless ruby bracelet has been stolen and a six-figure reward is being offered, they convince her to try to do what the police, museum security, and the best private investigators have failed to do. Working against them is a notorious thief who has met people from around the world, but who has never once encountered a woman like Melody Scott. When the sweet innocence of the Scott family clashes against criminal forces more dangerous than they ever imagined, Melody is all too aware that a mom's got to do what a mom's got to do to protect her family.
The Widow, Melody Scott is a 2021 Watty Award Winner!
Content Warning: This story does contain depictions of stalking behavior.