Bøker utgitt av Susan L. Pare

Five minutes after Fran saves her sister, Phoebe, from a rape attack, she makes the biggest mistake of her life. Concerned the cops won't buy the story of what actually happened, she convinces her sister that they should size down the body, bag it, and toss it away in the woods. However, cutting up a body is a lot easier said than done. After one of the man's fingers goes missing and can't be found, thanks to Fran's cat Sammy, the fear of being caught intensifies.Emotions run high and Phoebe, who has spent her entire life being told what to do by her passive/aggressive sister, starts to fight back. But when Fran goes off the wall with her temper, Phoebe finally says enough is enough. Is it possible for sisters to continue to live in the same house, each wondering if she will still be alive in the morning? And, where is that finger?From the first sentence, this book will make you laugh, shudder, squirm, wince a little, and wonder what is coming next. And - you won't put it down until you finish that last page.

Except for the survivors, if there are any, that is, does anyone really know what goes on behind closed doors? If a house could speak, what ghastly tales could it tell?Of course, there's always a slight possibility that there is that one person, still living, who will speak for it. It's 1956 and Samuel Hassel is old and bored and ready to kick the bucket. So, when a couple of curious teenage boys ask him a simple question, he grabs at the opportunity to start talking. There's a house, on Ludington Street, which was built in the early 1900s. Samuel helped build that house, and now, after all these years, he has an audience and he is ready to tell its story.As the two teenagers sit by his side, Samuel recounts the stories of the families who lived and died in that house from 1906 to the present day. A house that was surely cursed from the day the foundation was laid. (1906)Von Schmidt reached for the gun and aimed it at the terrified school teacher's knee. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, the stone mason yelled. "It was me. For God's sake, don't shoot him." Von Schmidt turned the gun away from Flannagan and pointed it at the mason. "You did this? You violated this woman? You confess that it was you?"(1921) "I ran to help him. He was just lying there. There was blood everywhere. I asked him what had happened and he whispered that it was the ghost. He said the ghost had grabbed one of his swords and plunged it into his chest."

A Bad Week in Hollister Melissa Johnson's death has been solved and Sheriff "Cowboy" Berkson figures Hollister, Missouri has finally returned to normal. His plans are to spend his days with his feet up on his desk, drinking coffee, and enjoying an occasional piece of homemade pie from Minnie's Diner. That plan is short lived, however, after a key witness from the Melissa Johnson trial is found floating in Lake Taneycomo. Now, it seems the Sheriff's main problem isn't that he hasn't got a suspect - it's that he's got too many. Never one to play by the rules, Sheriff Berkson walks a fine line, as he tries to narrow down the list of suspects. Just when he figures he's got his man, a new clue points him in a different direction. One thing the Sheriff is sure of, though, is that the killer has a swimming pool. And, he's not going to quit looking, even if it means checking out every single pool in Hollister.Join the Sheriff, Deputy Casey George, and the colorful characters from "Don't Smother Your Mother" in this new and exciting Sheriff Berkson mystery novel, by Susan L. Pare'.

Crossing SydneySydney Geyer first killed at the age of twelve. Now, forty-eight years later, a medical prognosis indicates that death is only months away. With time running out, Sydney decides to come clean to the FBI and confess to multiple unsolved murders. When that plan falls short, Sydney randomly chooses Dr. Gabriel Miller as the psychiatrist to hear the story. Day after day, for five weeks, Dr. Miller listens to Sydney relay the stories of the gruesome and heartless murders that were committed over a period of forty-eight years. Knowing that he is dealing with a psychopath, Dr. Miller wrestles with his conscience regarding doctor-patient confidentiality and his fear of Sydney. Should he turn Sydney over to the FBI now before another murder, possibly his, takes place? Or, should he risk it?Crossing Sydney will keep you totally riveted from the shocking first page to the mind blowing last sentence.