Bøker av Debra Walden Davis

While serving in Afghanistan, Army Ranger Zane Carr is injured in an IED attack. Suffering the effects of a traumatic brain injury, Carr receives an honorable discharge and returns home to Highlandville, Missouri. Six years later he is killed in an auto accident.High school classmates John Hutsell and Elle Wyatt aren't the only ones providing support to Zane's widow in the aftermath of his death. James Reyes, with a military background similar to her husband's, steps in to help Randee Carr with the family's small cattle ranch--or so she thinks. Family members and friends become alarmed as Reyes uses Randee's grief to isolate her from those with her best interests at heart.Suspecting Reyes guilty of identity theft, stolen valor and gaslighting, John Hutsell of Gambit Investigations in Springfield, Missouri, enlists the director of his crime lab, retired Army MP Lt. Colonel Todd Jayson, in a probe of Reyes' military career.Aware of Gambit's efforts, Reyes seeks to derail Hutsell's investigation. As the case reaches critical mass, Hutsell has one question: Is Randee Carr a victim of Reyes' schemes or a willing participant?

February 15, 2019 is an icy night in a small town outside Springfield, Missouri, when State Senator Claire Nelson Hutsell feels a homeless man has taken refuge in her greenhouse. Wary of her name being on the airwaves, she calls her son, a former Greene County deputy, to come and quietly handle the situation. But instead of a homeless man, John Hutsell, and his partner Rick Hadley, discover a young woman with a barcode tattoo. Believing the tattooed woman is a victim of sex-trafficking, they set out to find her true identity and those responsible. In need of a female presence, Hutsell cousin Elle Wyatt is called in along with medical professional Jenise Alexander, whom Elle describes as the woman most assumed in the summer of 2013, would become Mrs. John Hutsell. The case broadens to include a murder and another victim with close ties to Hutsell. He is no longer reined in by law enforcement--how far will John Hutsell go to find the man at the top?

The Anniversary Killer wants Lydia Janssen to have someone to mourn during The Day of the Dead Celebration. He's given her three anniversary presents so far. 'Who' will he present her with for the fourth?Tennessee Deputy Sheriff Rick Hadley has a couple of unsolved murders. St. Louis Detectives Trish Rankin and John Hutsell have a stalking victim. As fate would have it, their cases are connected. The three investigators solve the case and gain national attention. They are celebrating in a St. Louis bar, when John receives a message from his aunt in Springfield, Missouri, "Elle's in trouble again." Out of a sense of family obligation, Hutsell begins a search for his cousin, Elle Wyatt. Hadley joins his friend and provides a new take on the 'Elle' situation. Elle doesn't know it yet, but her greatest challenge won't come from her past.

Lesa Bergmann and Shellie Matheson were best friends attending junior high school in Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri from 1967 to 1968. As army brats, moving every few years, childhood friends were hard to come by. When their fathers retired from the military, Shellie moved to Springfield, Missouri, while Lesa moved to her adoptive father's home town of Beavercreek, Ohio. As often happens when people are separated, the two girls lost touch. Fast forward fifty years to 2017. Sixty-four-year-old Shellie is fed up with the political scene. She hasn't seen this much hatred and divisiveness in America since the 1960s. To distract her attention from news headlines and social media bickering, she begins to search in earnest for Lesa. But, instead of finding respite from hatred, Shellie comes face to face with it as she encounters remnants of Nazi Germany on her journey, stumbling onto a 35-year-old unsolved murder in the process. Aided in her quest by friends and a former lover, Shellie sacrifices her innocence to find truth and meaning in American society and her personal life.If you like Lee Child, Michael Connelly and Linda Fairstein, read Debra Walden Davis.