Deadly Target (Rocky Mountain Courage Book #2)
By Elizabeth Goddard (Revell)
Release date: November 2, 2021
Criminal psychologist Erin Larson\’s dreams of a successful career come to a screeching halt when she nearly loses her own life in a boating accident on Puget Sound and then learns that her mother tried to commit suicide. She leaves her job as a criminal psychologist to care for her mother in Montana. At least she is able to produce her podcast, which focuses on solving missing persons cold cases. Nathan Campbell\’s father was investigating such a case when he was shot, and now Nathan needs to enlist Erin\’s help to solve the case. She\’s good at what she does.
Deadly Ties: A Novel (Crossroads Crisis Center)
By Vicki Hinze (Multnomah)
Release date: February 8, 2011
HER ENEMY WILL STOP AT NOTHING FOR CONTROL…SHE WILL RISK EVERYTHING FOR FREEDOM. A horrific crime shatters Lisa Harper’s idyllic childhood. Her father is dead and her desperate mother, Annie, quickly marries Dutch Hauk, an abusive monster who soon reveals his hatred for Lisa. To protect her, Annie defies her ruthless husband and forfeits custody to a trusted friend. Enraged, Dutch vows to keep Annie and Lisa apart—and he does.
Deadly Treasure Hunt
By Sommer Smith (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: February 20, 2024
A search for a murderer…and a hunt for buried treasure. Sheriff Caldwell Thorpe is investigating his wife’s homicide when her cousin, Jayde Cambrey, arrives on the island of Deadman’s Cay looking for the same answers. Only, her arrival draws the attention of the killer, leaving Caldwell to protect Jayde. Someone doesn’t want them discovering what happened—or the connection to a legendary lost treasure. And the only thing more dangerous than buried secrets is a murderer hiding the truth….
Deadly Vengeance
By Jodie Bailey (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: February 21, 2023
The easiest way to murder someone
is to make sure they don’t exist…
Someone has erased profiler Gabe Buchanan’s identity…and now they’re trying to kill him. And although Chief Warrant Officer Hannah Austin betrayed him in the past when she was undercover investigating his friend, now she’s his only hope to stay alive and restore his name. With the clock ticking down, can they track down the killer who wants to silence him permanently?
Deadly Wilderness Showdown
By Weaver, Lisa (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: June 30, 2026
Hunted through the wilderness…can they survive animals and criminals?After surviving a serial killer’s attack, Abbie Renforth finds refuge in the Maine wilderness—until she’s tracked down by the killer’s brother and bullets start flying. Game warden Ethan Knight is stunned to learn the woman he once saved from the Spitting Image Slayer is in danger again, but he’ll stop at nothing to keep her safe. As they evade relentless attacks, Abbie discovers evidence capable of dismantling the family’s entire criminal operation. With enemies anticipating their every move, Abbie and Ethan must expose the deadly truth…before they are buried with it. From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage.
Deadly Yellowstone Secrets
By Kari Trumbo (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: October 24, 2023
Yellowstone National Park hides a secret and uncovering it could be fatal. Someone’s hunting bears in Yellowstone National Park—and now Tamala Roth’s the next mark. With a killer at her heels, Tamala must trust Ranger Clint Jackson to safeguard her while searching for the poacher. But when a blizzard traps them in with a criminal who will stop at nothing to silence them, survival becomes a dangerous game.
Death Be Not Proud (The Secret of the Journal)
By (Lion Fiction)
Release date: April 19, 2013
Following the vicious attack by a psychotic colleague, and reeling from the discovery that Matthew Lynes is not all that he seems, Professor Emma D’Eresby flees the university college in Maine to her home town in England. Broken physically and emotionally, Emma drifts until, fearing for their daughter’s sanity, her parents invite a family friend to assess her. In the course of their conversation, Emma discovers that he spoke to Matthew over thirty years before, and she concludes that Matthew must be hiding a profound secret. Spurred into action, she traces Matthew’s family name back, making a startling discovery – that Matthew was betrayed during the English Civil War where a clash with his uncle left him fighting for his life. But instead of dying he not only lived, but persisted, growing steadily in strength and surviving events that would have killed any other man.
Death Dangles a Participle (Miss Prentice Cozy Mystery Series)
By E. E. Kennedy (Sheaf House Publishers)
Release date: July 11, 2013
Winter can be harsh in the North Country. When the reckless teenaged Rousseau brothers, J. T. and Dustin, attempt to cross a frozen Lake Champlain in their ancient VW, what they find plunges them into hot water, not cold. Their guilt in a brutal murder is obvious to everyone except English teacher Amelia Prentice Dickensen, freshly returned from her honeymoon with new husband Gil, who is determined to find the clue that will prove them innocent: a single bullet.
Death at Thorburn Hall (The Drew Farthering Mysteries Book 6)
By Julianna Deering (Farlinford Press)
Release date: July 1, 2025
Investigating a suspicious accident leads Drew on a path that points to international intrigue and ever-growing danger. Drew Farthering arrives in idyllic Scotland for the 1935 British Open at Muirfield hoping for a relaxing holiday with his wife, Madeline, and friend Nick. But death meets him once again when Lord Rainsby, his host at Thorburn Hall, is killed in a suspicious riding accident—only days after confiding in Drew his fears that his business partner was embezzling funds. Thorburn Hall is filled with guests, and as Drew continues to dig, he realizes that each appears to have dark motives for wanting Raisnby out of the way. Together with Madeline and Nick, he must sort through shady business dealings, international intrigue, and family tensions to find a killer who always seems to be one step ahead.
Death by the Book (The Drew Farthering Mysteries Book 2)
By Julianna Deering (Farlinford Press)
Release date: June 17, 2025
When the village of Farthering St. John is stunned by a series of murders, Drew Farthering is drawn again into the sleuthing game. Drew Farthering wanted nothing more than to end the summer of 1932 with the announcement of his engagement. Instead, he finds himself caught up in another mysterious case when the family solicitor is found murdered, an antique hatpin with a cryptic message, Advice to Jack, piercing his chest. Evidence of secret meetings and a young girl\’s tearful confession point to the victim\’s double life, but what does the solicitor\’s murder have to do with the murder of a physician on the local golf course? Nothing, it would seem–except for another puzzling note, affixed with a similar-looking bloodied hatpin.

