Bøker av Elle Gray

It should be the season of joy, but one inmate has a secret he's taking to the grave... FBI agent Blake Wilder is basking in the holiday spirit.When she receives a phone call from an old high school friend regarding a murder case.She reluctantly agrees to visit him in prison. There he begs her to investigate his case to prove his innocence.He is currently serving a life sentence for a murder he claims he did not commit.While glossing over his case, Blake notices that there are potential discrepancies in the original investigation.It seems her friend, the inmate, has been keeping secrets from her.And as Blake dives deeper into the case, she finds a trail of illicit affairs, abuse, incompetence, and a shocking twist that no one saw coming. Lust, pride, envy, deception, and murder. Some have secrets they'd kill for.This inmate has a secret worth taking to the grave.

It's the perfect time to enjoy the winter snow.Unfortunately, there are things brewing in Sweetwater Falls that neither coffee nor hot cocoa can solve... It's Founders Day in the once idyllic town, as well as the beginning of the festive holiday season.Contrary to the beautiful scenery, being the sheriff of Sweetwater is not quite as cozy as Spenser Song imagined. Nor did she think she would meet her match with her grumpy neighbor turned confidant, Ryker Makawi. When her evening out with Ryker is interrupted by the daughter of one of the town's most powerful families. Spenser gathers her forces and launches a hunt for the supposed missing matriarch of the Gilchrist clan. It's a hunt that grows increasingly strange with little making sense and even less being what it seems. When her body is uncovered in a surprising way. The list of suspects is long.Nothing and nobody are what they appear to be and when the finger pointing starts, Spenser doesn't know who to believe. As she peels back the layers of the Gilchrist family, the answers she uncovers are far from what she expected them to be. It's wintertime in Sweetwater Falls and the bodies are falling like snow.Will Spenser, with Ryker's aid, solve the chilling case before the blizzard of chaos buries the whole town?

The end is near. As the small town of Storyville tears itself apart and the residents turn on each other, Cora sees the worst in humanity.Voices whisper in the back of her mind, telling her that perhaps Uriel and Sandra aren't entirely wrong.That perhaps the darkness bleeding across the world has spread too far and can't be reined in. She recognizes that she-and humanity as a whole-is being tested. Judged. And she begins to fear that perhaps humanity is beyond saving. That it is beyond redemption. The world is on fire and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. And with the Apocalypse bearing down on them, Cora finds herself in the fight of her life. She has been burdened with powers she never asked for and a destiny she never wanted. But with enemies all around her, Cora doesn't know who to put her trust in. Or if she can put her trust in anybody at all. The competing visions for the world and humanity are bleak and Cora finds herself in despair. But from that darkness, Cora sees a path that might allow her to help save the soul of humanity without giving in to the outside forces.She believes it might even allow her to save and redeem her own soul. The beginning is the end and the secret of the unseen is about to be brought to light.The only question is... Are you ready for the truth behind Storyville?

Spenser Song could have never imagined that her career in the FBI would lead to her husband's death.She moved to Sweetwater Falls and accepted the job as the town's Sheriff to escape from the pain of her dark past.But a fresh start in the once idyllic town came with many unexpected twists... Fortunately, with her new friends, a new sense of family and community, and a blossoming relationship with Ryker, Spenser felt a sense of peace and contentment. A feeling she thought would be lost to her since the night of her husband's murder and her near death. Unfortunately for Spenser, good things never seemed to last.Unbeknownst to her, the past was rising like a dark shadow, intent on destroying the people she loved and the community she vowed to serve. When Spenser is called out to a brutal sexual assault, she uncovers a pattern of similar assaults in the surrounding towns. More disturbingly, Spenser finds that the women in this string of assaults all bear a striking physical resemblance to her.Each attack is more vicious and brutal than the last, and it isn't long before Spenser's worst fears are realized. How do you fight a monster that seems to know you better than you know yourself?There's a dark shadow covering the Falls and Spenser will need the help and comfort of Ryker and his Lab, Mocha more than ever before.

It's summertime at the Falls, and this season revenge tastes even sweeter... Sheriff Spenser Song thought she would get a much-needed break after aiding FBI agent Blake Wilder on an international trafficking ring.Shortly upon her return to the Falls and to Ryker, the place is once again in an uproar. When the town's star athletes are found dead due to a drug overdose.Once again, it's up to Spenser with a bit of aid from Ryker to get to the bottom of the string of drug related deaths. Mean girls, star athletes, and class clowns.Leaving high school is easy, but the memories you make there will always stay with you.

Most of us have a code we live by.Some live their life altruistically, while others live by a more sinister code.A code that only their victims know. A code to kill... Fresh from a grueling joint operation with Spenser Song, FBI agent Blake Wilder continues to find herself being stalked and hunted down by an unknown culprit. The worst part is that they may be after her loved ones as well. Still unable to identify her stalker, Blake meets up with Kit at a coffee shop.There Kit gives Blake crucial intel about an arms dealer, with advanced weaponry.A dealer that's on a bloodthirsty path, a path that claimed the life of someone close to Kit. As Blake and her team investigate the case, they uncover a web of aliases, and a cryptic code name with a string of deaths connecting to it. Dirty bombs, advanced weaponry, and a trail of silent victims.Who is this elusive arms dealer? As Blake races against time to unmask the truth.The only thing that is certain is this weapons dealer is on a path of bloodshed.And killing is not just a choice, it's the only code they live by...

When a congressman's daughter goes missing, FBI agent Blake Wilder and her team are sent to Iowa to find the missing girl. Already dealing with a mysterious figure who keeps sending her body parts, now Blake finds herself under attack from within her own unit. Against the backdrop of an impending OPR review, Blake and her Black Cell team head to Iowa to search for Teagan Stills, the missing daughter of Congressman Elton Stills, at the behest of the Director of the FBI himself. When they touch down in the Hawkeye state though, Blake gets caught up in a mystery unlike anything she has ever encountered before. With a list of suspects that's a who's who of the D.C. elites, Blake's team uncovers evidence that the Congressman's daughter has been living a secret double-life. A life that not even her father had a clue existed. As they are hit by a host of unsavory revelations, the focus of the investigation turns on those closest to her. As Blake slowly starts to unravel the case, she discovers a twisted and sordid tale that leaves her shaken. They say the truth will set you free, or in this case... it might just kill you.

Welcome to Storyville, where twisted dreams come to life... For over a year, FBI agent Coraline Pratt had been tracking the sadistic Postcard Killer.Forced to play his game, she followed the trail of breadcrumbs that stretched across the entire country to Storyville.A town with many mysteries and possibly even answers to Cora's hidden past.From the moment she arrived in town, Cora felt something was different.But while Cora hunts for the elusive killer, a young girl from town is abducted.As she pivots to assist the local sheriff with finding her, Cora finds herself enveloped by a series of events that deepen the unknown.Ultimately, she learns that the killer she had been hunting has an army of acolytes working against her. While attempting to untangle the web she finds herself in the center of, she bears witness to strange things in town, things that defy rationality.The townspeople believe that it's a malevolent omen, a sign of terrible things to come.And soon it seems that the killer drew Cora to Storyville believing she plays a key role in the twisted and terrible events that loom over the town...

It seems that supernatural forces have taken a hold of Storyville, Maine... and unfortunately for FBI Agent Cora Pratt, things in town are only getting stranger. After being led on a cross-country pursuit of one of the most prolific serial killers either one of them had ever seen, FBI Agent Coraline Pratt and her partner, Nolan Rogers, found themselves at the end of the line: Storyville, Maine. And almost immediately, strange things that had nothing to do with the Postcard Killer began happening around Cora. But when a woman she was connected to ended up brutally murdered, it felt like forces were conspiring behind the scenes to keep her there.Now, Cora is racing against time to find another murderer. As the case takes a series of twists and turns she never expected, she finds herself more mystified than ever before. Mysterious figures in masks, unexplainable displays of power, disembodied music, spirits of little girls, and abduction victims returning years older than when they were taken.All the killings aside, things just kept getting weirder, and the questions are mounting - with Cora finding herself in the center of it all. It's a race against something otherworldly and for Cora the answers to Storyville's mysteries will have dire consequences, not just for her and the townspeople but possibly the world...

Who killed Lexi Wise? Former FBI agent Spenser Song thought she was leaving the chaos behind her after taking the job as Sheriff of Sweetwater Falls.But when a monster from her past catches up with her, she finds herself fighting for her life once again.Despite the danger, Spenser begins to settle in, making new friends and earning the respect of the local townspeople. Just as she starts to feel at home, a new mystery rocks the community.The body of Lexi Wise, a local girl who vanished fifteen years ago, has suddenly turned up.As tensions rise and old wounds reopen, Spenser is thrust into the middle of a web of secrets and lies.Everyone wants to know who killed Lexi Wise, and they're all looking to Spenser for answers. As Spenser's investigation deepens, she realizes that nothing is as it seems in Sweetwater Falls. With every clue she uncovers, the town's foundations start to crumble, leading her down a path that will change everything she thought she knew about the people she's come to call her new friends. Leading to a shocking conclusion that no one saw coming...

I see you. As Paxton launched into his new endeavors, he finds himself in the sights of a serial killer.Forced to play a part in the killer's deadly games.Paxton enlists the help of his friend, FBI agent Blake Wilder.But when she gets caught in the killer's trap.Paxton must do everything to survive, outwit the killer, and save his friend. To win this great and deadly game Paxton will have to go down a dark path.A path he vowed long ago to never walk again. The game has just begun. The danger has never been higher.To save Blake's life as well as possibly learn the answers to questions about his wife's death.Paxton will have to do the unimaginable to outlast, outwit, and win.Winning and losing will mean the difference between life and death.

You better watch your back. You better do your best to hide.Because at Whitehorn there are strange forces at play.Someone or something is watching.And the bizarre death within a secured room is only the beginning... Within a short period of time FBI agent Blake Wilder has had to overcome many life altering events. From the relief of discovering the truth of her past and having the reunion she had always dreamed of.To becoming suffocated by the feelings of grief and failure, feelings that nearly resulted in her death.Safe to say, Blake Wilder is far from looking forward to the festivities to come. Blake and her team are summoned to a small town in northern Washington to investigate the mysterious death of a patient at Whitehorn.A case with no prints and no evidence that anyone had entered the victim's room the night of her death.A strangely perplexing and unfathomable death. And the patients and staff at Whitehorn believe that it was the spirit of the woman's boyfriend-a man she'd killed-coming back from the grave to have his revenge. When Blake discovers that the victim is not what she appears to be and the case takes a more shocking turn. Blake finds herself in an inescapable fight, a fight of the ghosts of the girl's past and Blake's very own ghosts of present and future to come. You better watch out. You better hide.Because a night at The Asylum could bring forth a darkness that may lead to an untimely demise.

In Las Vegas the booze is always flowing, and sinful indulgence is endless.If you're lucky, a hangover is the only thing you're left with.But for two unlucky girls the outcome of a simple mix up turns into a case of kidnapping, extortion, and fatal consequences... After finally closing the chapter of Blake's painful past.FBI agent Blake Wilder and her team are sent to Las Vegas where two young women have gone missing after a night out.Both are socialites, with well-earned reputations as party girls.One of the women is the daughter of Dylan Powers, a wealthy tech mogul, casino owner, and power player in Sin City politics.Unfortunately, the list of people who would love to take Powers down is longer than the Vegas Strip itself.And as Blake digs deeper into the case, she finds herself on a troublesome path of betrayal and false trails that leads to a grisly death. In Sin City, pleasure and excess can be found in every corner.But some sinful endeavors come at an unforgiving cost.

When a deadly bomb goes off in a small town outside of Dallas, FBI agent Blake Wilder and her team are called to the case.Could this crime be a case of terrorism or is it murder disguised within a massive disaster? Soon Blake's unit discovers a plot that's far more complex.And when they unearth a revenge plot spurred on by a massive conspiracy.The layers and nuances to the bomber's plot reveal a story that puts Blake in a position she's never been before... morally conflicted and sympathizing with the criminal. Does adversity and pain create the monster? Or does it simply allow a monster that already exists to reveal its true nature? The countdown has begun, and this time many lives are on the line, even Blake's...

After the bodies of six young girls were discovered in a shipping container that had been dumped in a scrapyard, FBI agent Blake Wilder is summoned onto the horrific scene. A closer inspection of the bodies reveals strange markings, similar to Spenser's victims in Sweetwater Falls. Could it be the markings used by the ruthless Yokai Syndicate, led by the shadowy figure called Enenra? The Syndicate responsible for the disappearance and death of hundreds of young girls over the years. Fearing blood in the streets and containers full of young girls' bodies popping up everywhere, Blake reluctantly turns to her old ally, Fish, for help. As betrayal and deceit surrounds her at every turn, Blake isn't sure who she can trust. With the help of her former colleague Spenser Song, and Caitlin Tanaka will Blake be able to put an end to The Syndicate's sadistic crimes for good? It seems to be reunion time in the Seattle field office for Blake Wilder. Unfortunately, with death knocking on their doorstep the reunion may be short lived...

There are monsters among us.They live in disguise, prowling in the shadows.They commit unimaginable atrocities.They target the innocent and the most vulnerable.Regardless, the victims will eventually find peace and the evil-doers will forever be condemned to a fiery inferno... To many that know her, FBI agent Blake Wilder is a pillar for truth and the dealer of justice.When faced with threats and adversity, you can count on her to continue to fight for what is right. With her sister Kit clinging to life after being attacked, Blake and her team are called away to solve a case in North Dakota. Teenage girls from prominent families are going missing and the local Sheriff is at a loss to understand who's taking them-or why. As Blake and her team start investigating, they find themselves caught up in a power struggle between the town's locals and a community of indigenous people.But when the girls start turning up dead and the pressure to find the killer starts ramping up, Blake finds herself peeling back the layers of a monstrous series of murders. And the deeper they go down that rabbit hole, the more incomprehensible it gets.As heroes are unmasked and they're proven to be the monsters that lurk in the shadows hunting children, a small town is left horrified and shocked. It's a case that will leave scars on everybody involved and will change them all. Who is the monster behind the lost children?And who is the culprit behind Kit's attack?Evil converges and the truth finds itself trying to escape its buried darkness to come into the light.

After answering the job posting for Sweetwater Falls, former FBI agent Spenser Song thought that she had finally escaped her painful past. Unfortunately, she quickly learned some things you just can't ever run away from... When a local girl goes missing and another one turns up dead, Spenser finds clues that connect to a grim reminder of another fatal mistake in her past. Years ago, Spenser was kicked off a task force dedicated to bringing down a notorious human trafficking network. She made a mistake that cost a woman her life.Unexpectedly she finds evidence linking to the network in her area, and she's forced to confront her past when she calls the woman who'd been her superior on the task force-the woman who'd fired her. Blake Wilder. After so many years had passed and so much unresolved animosity had developed between them, Spenser and Blake find themselves thrown together once again. New town, new job, new grumpy neighbor but the same inescapable past.Every new beginning has a price, each time more unforgiving than the last.

Searching for a fresh start and a serene place to heal from both mental and physical wounds, Agent Spenser Song found herself answering the job posting for the quaint town of Sweetwater Falls... After a series of tragedies turned her world upside down, FBI Agent Spenser Song felt like a woman adrift in a sea of chaos.Her brush with death and the tragic murder of her husband left her questioning everything in her life.And when it became clear that Bureau politics will trump justice, Spenser realized she needed a fresh start. Looking for a slower pace and needing to heal, Spenser is hired on to be the sheriff in the idyllic town of Sweetwater Falls.The town is everything her best friend said it would be and all in the Falls was seemingly perfect.With the exception of her cantankerous landlord, Ryker Makawi, a former Navy SEAL with issues and a past of his own.When a local woman is murdered, the case proves to be far from simple and Spenser finds herself forced to work with the ill-tempered Ryker. With her past trying to reach into the present to pull Spenser into a cold dark grave.Spenser soon realized that the chaos she fled from had found its way back into her life.Spenser Song came west to find peace. But the new girl in the Falls soon finds herself in the fight of her life.