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Crossroad
For the second time in as many weeks, I cross the spine of Shatter Hill at midnight and spot fire at the crossroad below . .
“This pulse-pounding tale begs to be read in one sitting.” Full Review
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Print • ISBN 9781643852805
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Edited by Shannon Jamieson Vasquez
Cover design by Melanie Sun
Book design by Jennifer Canzone
Property of the State
At times, we may all dream of escape. For Joey Getchie, that moment comes when a false accusation at school provokes a violent clash with his foster father. But on the run and in hiding, he finds out just how tough it can be to go it alone.
Starred Review, Kirkus
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Published by Poisoned Pen Press
Paperback • ISBN 9781929345229
eBook • ISBN 9781929345236
The Skin Kadash Series
County Line
Day One
Chasing Smoke
Lost Dog
Lost Dog
2008 Rocky Award Nominee
2008 Spotted Owl Award Runner Up
Early on a sodden Portland, Oregon morning, Peter McKrall, unemployed smart-ass and kleptomaniac, goes to the park to find his niece’s lost toy dog. He doesn’t realize his search is being watched by the paranoid killer of the dead hooker he finds instead.
Chasing Smoke
2009 Spotted Owl Award Runner Up
★ Starred review from Library Journal
Homicide detective Skin Kadash just wants to survive cancer treatment. When his partner asks him to look into a series of deaths, he’s not interested — he’s sick and doesn’t need the grief — until she says the victims all suffered from cancer and all shared a doctor. Skin’s doctor.
Day One
2011 Spotted Owl Award Runner Up
A young woman flees abuse; a teen runaway hides a dark secret; an ex-cop chases his own past. All three converge at the harrowing end of a trail of violence stretching from the high desert to the streets of Portland.
County Line
2012 Spotted Owl Award Winner
★ Starred review from Publishers Weekly
The discovery of a dead man in Ruby Jane Whittaker’s tub leads Skin Kadash on a frantic search through the haunted past of the woman he loves.
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