What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. And sets you on a path of revenge.
When The Preacher targets her family for his last kill, Winter Black is the only survivor.
After recovering from the brain injury she received that brutal night, Winter single-mindedly pursues a career as an FBI agent. Her unexplainable talents, discovered after her coma, might be the key to taking down the notorious serial killer… unless he finds her first… Read More
A killer is watching…
Thirteen years ago, Winter Black came home early from a sleepover to find her parents brutally murdered and her little brother gone—taken by a serial killer called The Preacher.
Now a rookie FBI agent assigned to her first murder case, Winter has returned to the small Virginia town where she grew up. But when bones found by a hunter lead to the discovery of a secret burial ground containing the remains of children, the investigation suddenly hits close to home as the past and future collide with each new shocking discovery… Read More
Knowing someone will die is the worst curse…
A bank robbery turns into a blood trail as a pair of unhinged masterminds hack their way through a list of the most notorious US heists. The copycat crimes, emulating famous robberies, escalate as the FBI work with local law enforcement.
But the federal team has problems of its own. Sun Ming, Winter Black’s partner and nemesis, has her own agenda, while Winter can’t keep her mind off The Preacher, the notorious serial killer who murdered her parents and holds the key to finding her missing little brother… Read More
The Preacher is killing again…
The serial killer who slaughtered Winter’s parents has come out of retirement, leaving bloody victims in his wake. Special Agent Winter Black has spent her entire life preparing for this moment, and she intends to end the man who took everything from her and solve the disappearance of her little brother—no matter the cost.
Though she’s taken off the case, it doesn’t take Winter long to discover that The Preacher isn’t after just another victim.
He’s after her… Read More
The cure is to kill…
For more than thirteen years, Special Agent Winter Black has believed her little brother was dead—kidnapped and murdered by The Preacher, the same lunatic who killed her parents. A lead into Justin’s whereabouts brings her out of her hiatus to chase it, but other cases need her attention too.
At the FBI, tensions are high when a body is dug up, encased in a fifty-five-gallon drum. The team soon realizes they aren’t hunting the typical serial killer, but a skilled surgeon. One who experiments on atypical brains—brains just like her new friend’s; brains just like her own—then disposes of their patients like they would a defective organ… Read More
Some ghosts don’t just haunt…they hunt.
A prisoner responsible for a mall massacre that occurred the night The Preacher was taken down is executed, with a well-placed bullet fired from nearly a mile away. The sniper is clearly a professional—either military or law enforcement—and leaves zero evidence, other than a note.
When a series of suspected rapists and murderers turn up dead, the killer’s pattern becomes clear: they’re acting as judge, jury, and executioner for cases that were brushed off by the cops. How could a person not cheer a little? Read More
Some secrets hurt; others can kill…
The Preacher is dead, the case solved, but now Special Agent Winter Black’s missing brother seems to be taunting her, leaving a trail that leads back to their old house in Harrisonburg. As she learns more, Winter must fight the urge to revert back to that primal part of herself that was set on secrecy and vengeance during the investigation of her parents’ murder. Especially now that her best friend and partner, Noah Dalton’s, own past has come back to play… Read More
Human webs are the deadliest…
When Ryan O’Connelly—the unwilling accomplice of a bank robber turned mass murderer—slipped out of the FBI’s grasp, no one expected to hear from him again, much less of his own volition. But when he shows up at the FBI’s doorstep after almost a year of successful evasion, he has information to point Special Agent Winter Black in the direction of a brutal serial killer… Read More
They survived, but survival won’t save them.
When the survivors of the massacre at the Riverside Mall are murdered one after the other, the police suspect a serial killer and turn to the FBI. Winter Black is on the case, working to track down the third person involved in the mass shooting that happened the same night she took down The Preacher, the man who killed her parents.
The hit list is long while the list of suspects is short, and when the killer ends up dead, the suspect list narrows down to a pinpoint… Read More
Sometimes, the beginning is the end.
For thirteen years, FBI Special Agent Winter Black has been haunted by a man who performed heinous acts. Murdering her parents. Abducting her baby brother. Leaving her in a coma that changed her life forever.
For thirteen years, she’s suffered mentally and physically. Often doubted her sanity and ability to move forward to achieve her goal of bringing that brutal man down.
Thirteen years of regret. Of hope. Of fear. Of hate… Read More
‘Till death do us part’ has never been so true…
Armed with a slew of advanced degrees and powerful intuition, forensic psychologist Dr. Autumn Trent is ready to conquer the world and touch the lives of its seven billion inhabitants. She’s prepared to fight for justice, right the wrongs…because she knows what it’s like to be wronged.
As a child, a single blow from her father left her changed forever. Her body survived the aftermath, but her brain was altered in ways that were both good and bad… Read More
Welcome to my bedroom, said the spider to her prey.
Forensic and criminal psychologist Dr. Autumn Trent hasn’t had time to unpack her bag before she’s asked to join the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Team on another case. This time, she and the team head north, where a web of deceit and murder is being spun.
Up the east coast, wealthy widowers make easy targets for a team of black widows wishing to feast on juicy bank accounts. But in Passavant Hills, Pennsylvania, money isn’t the only thing one of their spiders desires. Humiliation, revenge, and human blood is on her menu… Read More
Don’t fear the dark. It’s the light that blinds…and kills.
Forensic and criminal psychologist Dr. Autumn Trent is trying to find her groove in her transition to the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit. But can her soft heart continue to take a beating? Will her impulsive spirit continue to get her in trouble? Probably.
Using her connections, she begins the search for the sister she hasn’t seen since they were both girls. And gets a hit in the Sunshine State… Read More
Revenge has no deadline…and endless rage.
Dr. Autumn Trent returns to Virginia after successfully assisting the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit yet again. Part of her heart remains in Florida with her long-lost sister whose trail has evaporated, but she moves forward to focus on her work as a forensic and criminal psychologist.
Intent on doing just that, she heads to Virginia State Hospital, where the prodigy of The Preacher awaits her return. Justin Black becomes the least of her worries when a new case practically falls in Autumn’s lap… Read More
Guilt is a powerful motivator…
Less than twenty-four hours after yet another near-death experience, forensic and criminal psychologist Dr. Autumn Trent should be resting and recovering, not back at work. But she has no choice. Her best friend, Special Agent Winter Black, is missing.
So is Winter’s baby brother, Justin…a brutal serial killer… Read More
No risk, no reward . . .
After five months of training at Quantico, Dr. Autumn Trent is ready for her first day on the job as an official special agent with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. She left for training with a heavy heart, feeling responsible for all that happened to her best friend and fellow agent, Winter Black. Now, her heart is just as heavy, but her spirit has grown stronger as she and Winter continue their fight against evil… Read More
Strike first, or strike out . . .
Dr. Autumn Trent hasn’t even finished the paperwork from her first official case as a federal agent before she and the rest of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit are called to Washington, DC to investigate a series of home invasions. The six victims have very little in common other than they’re all wealthy couples brutally slayed just hours before hosting a dinner party. Who targeted them, and why?
Most importantly…who’s next? Read More
Not all prizes are gifts…
Special Agent Dr. Autumn Trent is relishing the moments after waking up next to Aiden Parrish when their romantic Sunday morning is cut short by a call from a friend. His niece has disappeared…along with two other teens in a picture-perfect Connecticut community in a case that’s as perplexing as it is concerning. The teens are all strong students with privileged upbringings on the verge of graduating high school. Who would want to hurt them? And why?
More importantly…who’s next? Read More
Traps are meant to be deadly…will someone die in this one?
The pieces of FBI Special Agent Autumn Trent’s life are finally coming together. Her relationship with SSA Aiden Parrish is on solid footing, and she’s finally filed suit against her prior boss for sexual harassment and assault.
The only thing missing is her sister, the little girl who has haunted Autumn for so long. The siblings were forced apart in elementary school, but Autumn has never given up trying to find her.
Never did she dream she’d discover her like this… Read More
Everything’s bigger—and deadlier—in Texas…
Finally free from the claustrophobic worry caused by her psychotic baby brother’s bloodthirsty reign, former Special Agent Winter Black—newly Mrs. Winter Black-Dalton—is ready for a fresh start in Austin, Texas. With her husband and former partner, Noah Dalton, at her side, she’s hoping to shed the skin of her past and return to hunting down criminals, but in a very different way…
Black Investigations is now open for business… Read More
Nice girls finish last. Bad girls finish dead.
When Private Detective Winter Black-Dalton receives a slew of messages from a mother desperate to protect her children after a traumatizing divorce, she takes the case without hesitation. Not only is it a welcome distraction from unpacking boxes, but Winter hopes to assuage the guilt still fusing her to her past.
She should have known better… Read More
Is it lights out for Winter?
Once an FBI special agent famed for locking up serial killers, Winter Black now finds herself on the other side of the law. Who would have guessed she’d be working on behalf of a potential killer as a private investigator? Her new client is undoubtedly a corrupt businessman who has swindled millions, but is he responsible for the chilling electrocutions of three people? Winter doesn’t think so.
But is she willing to stake her life on it? Read More
Swipe right for love. Swipe left for death.
In the aftermath of another harrowing case, FBI agent turned private investigator Winter Black is battling personal demons: guilt, her grandmother’s failing health, a strained alliance with a key detective, and the eerie knowledge that someone has been spying on her family. Amid these trials, Winter’s newest case emerges as a rare glimpse of normalcy, offering a seemingly simple investigation far removed from the deadly threats that have marked her recent past.
Until her new client turns up dead, a knife through his heart Read More
It’s lonely at the top. And deadly at the bottom.
Sexual harassment isn’t the type of case Private Investigator Winter Black usually takes. But it’s a welcome distraction from whoever’s been sending creepy, anonymous text messages to her phone and set up cameras to spy on her home and office. And after her new client reveals that one of her female coworkers hanged herself after fending off their boss’s sexual advances, Winter suspects there’s more to the story.
When another woman disappears, she’s certain.
Posing as an employee, Winter sets her sights on… Read More
Love is the beginning of everything. And the end.
Haunted by dreams of the boy whose life she shattered and burdened by dark family secrets she’s only just begun to understand, Private Investigator Winter Black is trying to keep her life from falling apart. With her husband on a yearlong break from the FBI, the bills are piling up, and Winter has no choice but to take on even the most mundane cases. Serving a summons should be easy.
Until the man she served is found dead the next day. His wife… Read More
You know what you did. So do I.
The man who’s been stalking Private Investigator Winter Black is dead, but he wasn’t working alone. Threats linger in the shadows, and she can’t shake the chilling feeling that she’s being watched.
It’s about to get personal…again.
A flyer advertising her business—Black Investigations—was found on the tenth-floor balcony of a woman who apparently jumped to her death. Except Winter has never seen the brochure before. Stranger still, her two newest clients received the same fake flyer, along with a blackmail letter. Read More
Achievement unlocked. One wrong move, and it’s game over.
Private detective Winter Black finally knows the identity of the puppeteer behind the recent string of murders she’s been entangled in investigating—the same man who’s been stalking and tormenting her for weeks. But when he leaves recent photographs he took of her and Noah, her husband’s eyes scratched out, his vendetta becomes frighteningly real. And terrifyingly personal.
Because Noah is missing.
The nightmare becomes disturbingly real when Noah’s wedding band is placed on Winter’s doorstep, accompanied by… Read More
He tortured her husband. Now he wants her soul.
Private Investigator Winter Black has faced monsters before. But Erik Waller is something else entirely—a sadistic fanboy of her serial killer brother who’s obsessed with proving he’s the ultimate predator. He’s already left her family scarred and bleeding. Now he’s taken a boy.
Just like Justin once did.
But Erik isn’t copying Winter’s past. He’s rewriting it, turning her memories into a blueprint for fresh horrors. And he wants her front and center for the grand finale. Read More
Winter Black didn’t go looking for the next fight. It came for her.
When a covert recruitment event is attacked before it officially begins, Winter is pulled into a unit that isn’t yet approved, isn’t operational.
And may not survive long enough to become either.
Formed under the Department of Justice, CROSS—Cross-Border Risk & Offender Suppression—is designed to operate where no single agency can. No red tape. No jurisdictional limits. It targets the most dangerous… Read More
You’ve followed Winter Black across every case, every close call, every moment she should have walked away but didn’t.
Now go inside the unit she was always meant to be part of.
The CROSS Intelligence Brief is your classified access pass to the Cross-Border Risk and Offender Suppression Initiative — the secretive DOJ unit at the heart of Mary Stone’s next era.
Meet the full team, including Winter Black, Autumn Trent, and Emma Last. Read their psychological profiles. Study the chain of command. Learn what CROSS is, why it exists, and what it’s authorized to do that no other agency can.
This isn’t a novel. It’s something better. And if you’re a Mary Stone fan, it’s not something you’ll want to miss. Read More
You’ve followed Winter Black through every investigation, every sleepless night, every case that left a mark she’ll never talk about.
Now open the file she keeps to herself.
The Winter Black Personal Case File is 170 pages of classified material pulled straight from her desk — the cases that shaped her, the evidence that haunts her, and the details that never made it into the official record.
Inside you’ll find:
Detailed case summaries and hidden evidence
Victim and suspect profiles never made public
Forensic discoveries and autopsy notes
Confidential reports revealing Winter’s darkest investigations
This isn’t a novel. It’s the… Read More
The deadliest weapon in America isn’t a gun. It’s on the menu.
Special Agent Winter Black thought the battle to launch CROSS was behind her. She was wrong.
Now based in Annapolis and working her first official assignment for the elite new unit, Winter is finally part of a team build to chase threats that cross borders, agencies, and jurisdictions—and prove the controversial program can succeed where everyone else failed.
Then people start dying.
A suspicious death at a county fair becomes something far worse: victims across multiple states, connected not by a killer’s hand but by… Read More