Bøker av T S Worthington

Brian Graff is about to relearn what evil really is.For over a decade he has been one of the top homicide detectives for the Phoenix Police Department. In that time he has seen the pits of deprivation and the pain and anguish that people routinely inflict on each other. He has decided after ten years that he just doesn't want to do it anymore. His heart is no longer there. He is beyond burnt out and he is searching for something more.Then a series of murders strikes the heart of the city. Innocent people are being skinned alive by a demented madman in crimes that have been dubbed "The Copycat Murders" by the press because of their resemblance to the work of a serial killer in the area who Brian is directly responsible for putting away. In fact, Brian has been married for the past nine years to an amazing woman named Amber, who just happens to be the last attempted victim of the original killer, known in the area as the Carver.She has recovered remarkably well since then, thanks to counseling and Brian's unwavering support. They even have two wonderful kids together. On the surface life is pretty beautiful for Brian Graff. But all that is about to change.As Brian takes on this one last case he will come face to face with evil that he never knew could possibly exist and he will find it coming closer to his doorstep than he ever dreamed possible.

Joe Payton has it all. Perfect wife, perfect business deal after perfect business deal, more money than he can ever spend, two amazing daughters, and a close knit group of friends. He has the entire world by the tail. But when his wife is murdered in a brutal fashion he finds himself the prime suspect, with hard physical evidence at the crime scene that could put him away for life. With the whole community and the police department convinced he did it and looking for a quick trial and quicker verdict Joe finds himself in the biggest pit of hell he could ever have imagined.Joe knows that he is innocent and he has a short window of time to find out who murdered his wife and who is trying to set him up for it. Armed with his best friend Attorney Alex Denton, and a quest to find the truth, he finds himself in way over his head with danger around every corner. Every new lead sends Joe right into another dark secret that he had hoped would be forever buried. His wife was not the person he thought she was and now the people that lived in this secret world are upset that Joe is bothering the delicate balance.Someone wants Joe behind bars and they will stop at nothing, even murder, to make sure that happens.

Bill Russell has just found the love of his life in Nancy Johnson. She is sweet, beautiful, sexy, and married to a psychopathic, abusive husband named Jake. Bill has tried to talk her into leaving the volatile marriage that she has resigned herself to. He knows she loves him just as much as he loves her, but Jake has her too afraid to get away from him.Bill is content to keep seeing Nancy in secret-for now. One night when leaving Nancy's house Bill has a car accident that leaves him in a coma fighting for his life for three months. When he awakens he finds that his love Nancy has killed herself for fear that he will never wake up.Distraught and wounded Bill nevertheless tries to return to normal life. For the most part he succeeds, quickly getting his body back in perfect working form after weeks of dedicated rehab therapy and soon he is ready to go home.But on his first night back home he realizes something is very wrong. Bill Russell is beginning to discover strange things in his home that he cannot explain. Strange things such as human ears in his closet and a secret video of someone torturing a beautiful young woman to death. All left for him to find like breadcrumbs on some bizarre scavenger hunt.Bill has no one to turn to and no way out of the madness.Someone has decided to play a game with Bill. Someone dangerous. Someone psychotic. Perhaps someone who is himself...

Detective John Anderson is adjusting to life back in his small hometown of Belpre, Ohio when a series of gruesome murders rocks the peaceful community. The police department is ill equipped to deal with anything of this magnitude, but they are lucky that John has arrived fresh from a twelve year stint in the capital city of Columbus' Police Department. He has dealt with more psychos and ritualistic serial killers than he would ever care to discuss.But right from the start there is something different about these gruesome and violent murders ripping through this small town. There is something familiar about it all, at least for John. When he was eight years old he accidentally ended up in the lair of a serial killer and watched his twin sister murdered right in front of him, barely escaping with his own life. The killer was never apprehended. Now that John is back the murders are starting up again and this time it seems to be personal to him.When he begins receiving threatening messages directed towards him at each new crime scene John knows he has to confront his past and face down an adversary that has been hunting him for thirty years. As the body count rises will John piece together the evidence to unmask the killer and give him the showdown that he desires? Or will he end up buried beneath a fight thirty years in the making?

Dallas James has just moved into his dream house. It is his dream house simply because it is the house where the murder of Lola Gaines happened thirty years ago. It is the case that pulled Dallas into the world of True Crime writing and set him on a beautiful career path that keeps getting bigger and bigger. The house has just become available after the previous resident passed away from a heart attack and Dallas has managed to snap it up for a steal. He plans to work on a novel about the Gaines murder and he hopes it will be his ticket to a publishing deal with a big company.All is well and good until he starts receiving the phone calls. A menacing voice telling him to get out of the house or he will be sorry. At first Dallas chalks it up to silly pranks by neighborhood kids or someone else who has it in for him. But then the harassment escalates to threatening letters and strange packages. When he finds a neighbor's dog dead in his home one day Dallas knows that he is in grave danger. He has been targeted by some madman who will stop at nothing to destroy his life. Aided by the beautiful girl across the street Anna Grimes, and his new friend Detective Pat Cruise, Dallas is about to find out what happens when he goes from writing true crime to living true crime as he races to find a savage psycho right out of the pages of one of his books. Will Dallas survive The Grip of Night?

He committed the perfect murder.But someone saw what he did. And now they want him to do it again.Declan Pierce is a decorated fifteen year veteran of the NYPD narcotics division. He is hard working, tough, thorough, and all the other cops value his wisdom. On top of that he has a perfect wife and what he thought was an idyllic marriage.But he was wrong.When the evidence tips him off that something is not quite right in paradise he investigates further, discovering that his wife is in fact having an affair... with his new partner, John Farnsworth.Declan loves his wife and can't bear to be without her or to see their marriage end. He realizes he needs to be the man his wife first married, the man she still wants. Fifteen years of the job have worn him down, changed him, and destroyed his taste for life.But the news of the betrayal has ignited his taste for murder.He decides to kill John Farnsworth.After completing the job in what is essentially a perfect crime, everything about Declan's life and marriage begins to improve. He stops drinking, starts working out, starts to make plans with his wife for the future, and even life in the bedroom improves.But then the phone calls start. "I saw what you did, and now you are going to do the same for me."Someone has witnessed Declan's perfect murder and now they are forcing him to kill again.Declan has become the pawn in a madman's scheme of pure evil. Will he be able to kill again? Or will he find that there are some lines that even he won't cross...

Jimmy and Cassie Tate have the good life. They live in a big house, they are well-respected by their friends and community, and Jimmy is one of the top architects in all of Ohio. But under the surface there is an air of discontent that has been brewing for a long time.Cassie is bored, frustrated, and becoming increasingly lonely and isolated in her marriage. Since being laid off from her job she has become much more dependent on her husband, which is fine considering they are trying to start a family. The only problem is that Jimmy is a workaholic whose dedication and commitment to getting ahead are wreaking havoc on his marriage.Their relationship is in need of a major overhaul.That is when Cassie plans a romantic weekend getaway for them into the mountains of West Virginia. It is just the time away from everything and the relaxation ticket they need to start to work on their marriage and let go of all the petty, stupid grievances they may have.But unbeknownst to them being in the wrong place at the wrong time has put them right in the path of darkness.After being awakened in the middle of the night Jimmy and Cassie come face to face with a couple whose car has broken down. They have been mugged and are in dire need of some help.But that is when the nightmare begins. Kyle and Lisa Butler are not stranded victims of a violent crime. They are in fact two drug addicted violent psychopaths who are hell bent on destroying everything that is in their path.And what they want now is Jimmy and Cassie. God help them...

They said it was a suicide. Melanie Jenson was found hanging by the neck in her apartment. The police investigated and the Medical Examiner agreed with them that this was an open and shut case of suicide. But what if it wasn't?Kim Jenson refuses to believe that her sister Melanie killed herself. Melanie was Kim's older sister by two years and ever since they were little the two had been inseparable. The two girls were even attending the same college, as was their dream since they were kids. Melanie was Kim's hero and when she died her whole world died with it. Melanie had everything going for her: she was a great athlete, a natural born leader, full of charisma and charm, and she had the brains to match her amazing beauty. She had no reason to do it. And Kim is going to prove it.After moving into Melanie's apartment and digging through her belongings Kim starts to piece together a puzzle that will uncover secrets about her sister's other life and the company she kept that will plunge Kim into a world that she does not understand and is desperate to escape from. It's a world where around every corner is another trap just waiting to send her down the same road that Melanie walked. Someone knows that she is snooping around and they don't like it. In fact, they will do anything they have to do to make sure that some secrets stay...Buried Inside...