Bøker av Stacy Claflin

Someone is burying teenage girls alive.It's been nearly a full year since there were any local kidnappings, but now girls are going missing left and right. There are few commonalities linking them together, and the only evidence Alex Mercer has are the ransom notes left on each victim's front door.Tensions mount as clues point to the notorious kidnapping ring driven from town twelve months ago-the same ring that's tormented him and his loved ones for years.With so many young lives on the line, Alex is desperate. And he works tirelessly to solve the crimes before anyone dies. But if the ring has returned?No one could be more determined to shut them down for good.OTHER ALEX MERCER THRILLERS: Girl in TroubleTurn Back TimeLittle LiesAgainst All OddsDon't Forget MeTainted LoveTake On MeDanger ZoneLady in RedWhite Wedding

Another corpse, another day...If Vanessa and Chris had known how common death was in and around their hotel, they never would have moved in with their kids. The latest body is proving the most problematic - because it disappeared. Seemingly on its own. But that's impossible. Isn't it?The only way it could have crawled away is if he's still alive. And that would mean a murderer is on the loose. Again.Not only that, but the kids have secrets of their own. The things they're hiding could jeopardize them all, especially if the killer is still alive and roaming their halls.Vanessa fears her husband is unravelling fast, and she knows she needs to protect her family before they lose everything. But she doesn't know if she has the strength.The Corpse's Secret is the stunning conclusion to the Recluse Island trilogy that will keep you turning the pages well into the night!

Someone is going to great lengths to destroy Alex Mercer's life.On the surface, the Mercers are finally settling into a comfortable routine-Alex's job is going great, he's accepted his unusual family dynamics, and they're even planning a dream vacation. Things couldn't be better.Or could they?Dig a little deeper, and the problems are growing out of control. Someone is threatening to ruin Alex, his wife is harboring a shocking secret, and their daughter is hiding a dangerous new relationship.If Alex's cyber-stalker doesn't get him first, his family could implode on its own. If he can't unravel the tangled mess in time, he might lose everything-and everyone-he holds dear.Other Alex Mercer thrillers: Girl in TroubleTurn Back TimeLittle LiesAgainst All OddsDon't Forget MeTainted LoveTake On Me

Betrayals. Secrets. Tragedy. It started as a day like any other for Alex Mercer. Then he heard the news. Something that only happens in other places is happening in his hometown. Just a few miles away at his daughter's middle school, a shooter is on the loose. Alex does what every other parent in town does-he races to the school to find out if his loved ones are safe. His world falls apart around him, and he can't turn to his best friend because they're both dealing with scathing terror.As the motive behind the shooting comes to light, secrets and betrayals spiral out of control. Will Alex give into old temptations in the face of the current situation, or will he be able to move past everything and help those he loves the most?

A dangerous cult disbanded years ago. Now they're back, and they want revenge. Alex Mercer spends his spare time operating a blog for missing children-a pastime inspired by his daughter's recent disappearance. Another relative goes missing. As he follows up on leads coming into his site, the police department is inundated with a rash of missing persons cases. The incidents seem unrelated until evidence ties the cases to a dilapidated apartment building known for its unsavory clientele. Suspicion falls on a disbanded cult. The same cult Alex's own relatives had managed to escape from and bring down a decade earlier. The cult leaders, recently released or escaped from prison, reassemble their members and mandate a new mission to capture and kill all those responsible for the breakdown of their community. After another loved one disappears, Alex is ready to rescue the missing people from certain death. But will he get there in time? Turn Back Time is the second book in a series of exciting standalone novels spun off from the USA Today bestselling Gone Trilogy. If you like heart-pounding suspense, page-turning action, and characters you'll never forget, then you'll love Stacy Claflin's engrossing series. THE COMPLETE ALEX MERCER SERIES: Girl in TroubleTurn Back TimeLittle LiesAgainst All OddsDon't Forget MeTainted LoveTake On MeDanger ZoneLady in RedWhite WeddingCareless WhisperNever Surrender SIDE STORIES: The Gone TrilogyNo ReturnDean's List OTHER CLAFLIN THRILLERS: The Brannon House SeriesLies Never SleepDex ROMANTIC SUSPENSE: When Tomorrow Starts Without MeThe Only Things You Can TakeWhen You Start to Miss Me

He's dedicated himself to finding missing people, but will it be enough when he becomes one? Alex Mercer traded in his troubled past to protect the powerless. His blog for tracking down missing people got his foot in the door at the police academy. But on his first day of training, a heroic act drops him into the hands of the captors he once hunted. Zoey planned to tell Alex how she felt the night he disappeared. As she and Alex's family discover the bloody signs of his fate, past regrets and dark secrets begin to come to light. It's enough to tear Alex's loved ones apart. Without hope of rescue, Alex must rely on his cunning to escape captivity. In his line of work, he knows all too well that each passing hour could kill his chances of survival... Little Lies is the third captivating standalone novel in the Alex Mercer series of thrillers. If you like edge-of-your-seat suspense, complex characters, and unflinching explorations of real-world problems, then you'll love USA Today bestselling author Stacy Claflin's pulse-pounding novel. Read Little Lies today to be held captive by an exhilarating page-turner.

Alrekur Vidarsson had to wait three thousand years to finally fall in love. He spent two thousand years searching for her, but then she found him, awaking him from death. Unfortunately, she was engaged to another, and Alrekur had to wait another eighty years. Finally, he won her over and they got their happily ever after...except that it won't be that easy. The birth of their daughter has awakened the entire dragon species, who had been sleeping since before Alrekur was born. The dragons have their sights set on Alrekur's family, and they'll stop at nothing to get what they want, not caring if they destroy everyone he loves in the process.

When things can't get any worse, they always do... Alex Mercer and his fiancée Zoey have weathered many storms, but this latest one might be too much for even them. She's hiding a secret she fears will send him running for the hills, and she has to tell him before he finds out on his own. Time is definitely not on her side. But with his busy hours at the police academy, there hardly seems a moment to open up to him. Alex knows something is wrong with Zoey, but he's too preoccupied to dig into it. Not only is the academy leaving him physically and mentally drained, he's convinced he's seeing Flynn Myer, the man who is supposedly in jail for abducting his daughter. No one believes him, but then he starts getting texts trying to arrange a meeting between him Myer. Meanwhile, Alex's boss and mentor, Captain Nick Fleshman, is on the case of a serial killer whose burial ground has been unearthed at the home of one of his deputies-one he has a secret relationship with. While he considers the implications of recusing himself, her father becomes the prime suspect. Alex wants to help Nick and needs to help Zoey, all while trying to put the Myer case to bed for good. But everyone's secrets are slowing him down, and the killer is on the prowl again. Alex needs more time, but that's the one thing no one has left.

When the son of an infamous kidnapper gets abducted, nobody is safe.Alex Mercer could use a break. But, as usual, he can't catch one. He's overburdened with best man duties, familial changes, and work obligations. The three responsibilities collide when his daughter's boyfriend is taken, his best friend is targeted, and officers and agents go missing. He knows there must be a link, but he's the only common denominator-a fact that doesn't bode well for job security. Or his loved ones' safety.On top of all that, another teen is missing, and Alex lands the case. But this time, the kid is a suspect in a double homicide. He's on the run, and the cops have no leads.One little town shouldn't have so many big problems. Alex is in the middle of all of them, and he's running out of time...OTHER ALEX MERCER THRILLERS: Girl in TroubleTurn Back TimeLittle LiesAgainst All OddsDon't Forget MeTainted LoveTake On MeDanger ZoneLady in Red

It's a new generation of royal vampires. Alexis' daughter Eylin is nearly grown, in the beginning of her transformation. Born with the mark of the dragon and placed under a spell as in infant, the young princess finds herself in the middle of an age-old battle between mortal enemies. Eylin starts to fall for the son of their enemy: the one who kidnapped Eylin years earlier. Pulled between the ties of family and romance, she must decide between two different worlds. Depending on the decision she makes, someone will end up sacrificing their life.

She appears only at night. Watching. Waiting... When local children begin to vanish, Officer Alex Mercer is positive the cases are tied to recent threats against his family-especially since the first girl to go missing is his best friend's daughter. It all ties back to Alex. He's sure of it. The only solid link to the missing kids is a mysterious woman in a red dress. But that isn't enough to go on, and Alex has orders to focus on another case. As if that will stop him. He stumbles upon something so chilling, it finally provides the proof that he was right all along-the kidnappings are part of an elaborate worldwide scheme. And he and his family have landed on the bad guys' radar. Alex will stop at nothing to take down the dangerous criminal empire... if they don't end him first.

If you can't trust family, who can you trust?After a body is unearthed near Chris and Vanessa's newly-acquired hotel, all eyes are on them. They may be the owners, but they're also the newest residents. Everyone suspects them.Not only that, but Chris is hiding multiple secrets from his new wife and rather than opening up her, he buries himself deeper in his troubles.Meanwhile the oldest daughter is secretly dating one of the hotel staff - and only Chris knows how dangerous the boy is. By the time he finds out about their relationship, it might be too late to save his stepdaughter...

A traumatized girl wakes in the hospital with no memory of how she got there. Or of anything else. Her only thought is to find the one person she remembers-her Uncle Alex. When the authorities contact Alex Mercer, he rushes to the hospital. He's surprised to find it's his cousin Ayla. Shocked to see the condition she's in. Stunned to learn her parents are missing. Alex welcomes her into his home, and the family rallies around her as she tries to recover. But progress is slow, and for every step forward, she backslides. Compounding the problem is the mounting evidence that none of this was an accident. And the answers to the mystery are locked in her fragile mind. Ayla is scared she'll never remember. Even more frightened she will-and she won't like what she recalls. But when she comes face to face with the worst memory of all, she realizes so much more than her history is at stake. And it might be too late to do anything about it.

Two alluring vampires. Ancient prophecies. One determined queen. Cliff Montgomery and Alrekur Vidarsson both want to marry Alexis. One is an arrogant three thousand year old ancient ruler who has waited his entire life for her. The other is the love she has waited for all her life. The prophecies say she'll choose the ancient Alrekur, and they are supposed to never be wrong, but Alexis is determined to find a loophole. When she is forced to spend time with Alrekur and begins to see his charm, she is torn. Her heart still belongs to Cliff, but would it be so awful if the prophecies were fulfilled?

A creepy old hotel, a newly blended family, and a murderer on a rampage... Chris and Vanessa have seven kids between them, and they can't fit everyone into either of their homes. So they pack up and move to Recluse Island, where they've inherited a hotel. Locals say the building was an asylum for the criminally insane decades earlier - and that the previous residents never left. But ghosts are the least of their problems.Before the family has time to settle in, the kids discover a death threat on a wall in dripping red script. All of the hotel staff is suspect... until one of them is found dead. Now nobody is safe.Chris and Vanessa will defend their family at any cost. However, after the twin daughters discover one of the hotel's most dangerous secrets, there may be nothing anyone can do to protect the girls.

Alex Mercer thought his worst days were behind him... Instead, his life is falling apart from the seams. Again. While his marriage is on the brink of divorce, his daughter is once more the target of a potential abductor. Alex will do whatever it takes to keep her safe while working to get to the bottom of the infamous kidnapping ring once and for all. He believes one of his superiors in the police department to be involved with the criminal mastermind, and he will do anything to prove it. But if his suspicions prove wrong, it will end his career. Alex must weed out friend from foe before his daughter disappears. His focus is being pulled in so many directions, something is bound to fall through the cracks-and soon. If he can't keep both his family and job intact, he will lose everything. And this time, there will be no salvaging any of it. ALEX MERCER THRILLERS: Girl in TroubleTurn Back TimeLittle LiesAgainst All OddsDon't Forget MeTainted LoveTake On MeDanger ZoneLady in RedWhite WeddingCareless WhisperNever Surrender

There's no cross like a double-cross. Except maybe a double-double-cross.Assassin Brad Morris has finally been arrested for murder, but not for a murder he actually committed. Now he's cooling his heels in jail - his lawyer seems to have forgotten him, and his boss might have betrayed him.Just as he's starting to lose hope, he gets a visit from the CIA. Agent June Bancroft has an offer for Brad: full immunity, if he's willing to spy on his boss and fellow assassins for her. Worse, Bancroft wants his daughter Hadley's help, too.Brad agrees, but soon finds out how hard it is to answer to two bosses while pursuing an agenda of his own.Can Brad keep his family safe while operating as both a CIA asset and an assassin? Or will his double life destroy everyone he loves?Wake The Dead is the fourth book in the new Stacy Claflin and Nolon King thriller series, Dead For Good. Pick up your copy today!

When your only alibi is a dead man, you don't have much of a defense.Brad Morris likes to think of himself as one of the best: an assassin at the top of his game. For years, he's juggled work and family - attentive husband and loving father by day, cold-blooded killer by night.But when the charismatic neighbor that Brad openly despises turns up dead on the same night he was out on a hit, Brad suddenly finds himself a prime suspect. His wife lies to the police but her lie only lands him deeper in trouble, and it's clear she thinks he might be guilty too.Brad's being framed and he knows it, but it's nearly impossible for him to prove his innocence without admitting he's an assassin.Can he catch the killer without endangering his family - or blowing his own cover?Dead For Good, Book 1 is the first book in the new Stacy Claflin and Nolon King thriller series, Dead For Good. Pick up your copy today!

A mommy blogger gone bad... Jess McAdams dotes on her four children and gives advice and suggestions to parents all around the world. No one would ever question her love and devotion to her children, let alone suspect her of murdering one.But Alex Mercer does.Alex has plenty of experience investigating crimes involving missing kids. So when he senses something is wrong, he trusts his instincts.He receives a tip that Jess has suddenly stopped posting about one of her children. It's almost as if he never existed, except her old blog posts show otherwise. The deeper Alex digs, the more twisted and sinister things look...His only chance at finding the proof he needs is by using resources he's been denied. But Alex will stop at nothing until he finds the mommy blogger and saves the children he knows are in danger-even at the risk of losing his dream job-because he knows he's right.And with young lives on the line, there's a lot more at stake than his career.