If you’re a fan of cold cases and women sleuths, get ready to binge your way through this new series.
If you love a good twisty thriller, sit down.
If you want well written, carefully crafted mystery, then you’re in the right place.
This entire series has over a 4.7 star rating on GoodReads. And Book 4 just released!
Private investigator Jesse Nash is used to working alone. After her abusive husband was taken out by a serial killer, and her step daughter has been returned to her biological mother–despite Jesse’s protests–she’s back to the life she’d originally planned for herself. Her history of investigative journalism is perfect for PI work. Georgia Dunham agrees. So when Jesse, her last hope, doesn’t answer the phone or the door, she breaks in. There’s no way to convince someone to take your case like a good face-to-face meeting. On their couch. Sitting by their empty liquor bottles. Right when they wake up.
Jesse doesn’t want to help find Georgia’s missing birth mother–the assassin Sin. Georgia doesn’t want to take no for an answer. She can’t. She has to know, and no one else will touch a case the FBI couldn’t solve for decades. Georgia’s “help” is more than Jesse wanted, but her innate, borderline-criminal capabilities are useful on a case. What they really need is the psychic Jesse found. One with real data behind her. The one the police departments use. Jesse just needs a minute and a glimpse into the missing Hannalyn Burkhardt. Of course, Cindy Baker slams the door in their faces.
The three women will form an uneasy alliance, solve the cases no one else can and hopefully survive their encounters.
EXCERPT FROM BAD NAME:
Davis McNally was racking up points. He’d day traded for a while, making himself a good amount of money and seeming to handle the stress. Jesse put that as a mark in the con column. The kind of person who could handle the stress of being on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, the way Davis had been, could handle the stress of pulling a knife across someone else’s jugular and then calmly cleaning up the mess.
Bad Name is Book 1 of The Hangman’s Shadow series, a dark crime thriller saga where cold cases become impossible puzzles and familiar faces from AJ Scudiere’s connected worlds rise to take center stage. From a USA Today Bestselling author and multiple Best Suspense & Best Fiction of the Year award winner, this series blends cold case mystery, forensic investigation, multi- POV suspense, reluctant alliances, and twist-filled psychological tension that readers can’t outguess. Prepare for high-stakes suspense that keeps you turning pages and eagerly awaiting the next twist.
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