Dan Padavona

A missing boy. A frantic mother.And a deadly secret awaits Sheriff Thomas Shepherd.Hannah never takes her eyes of her son around strangers. So when her child vanishes at an amusement park, Hannah fears the worst.Working beside Chelsey Byrd and her...

He’s hunting a psychopath. And now the killer wants him dead.After he’s shot in the line of duty, Detective Thomas Shepherd returns to Wolf Lake to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. Living beside the water, he finds peace…until the body of a...

Cold, terrified, and hunted. Can a teenager escape a cold-blooded killer?When a criminal defense attorney is stabbed in her home, the police name her disturbed son, Shawn, their top suspect. But no one can find Shawn.In a last-ditch effort to locate...

Revenge is a dish best served cold.A few weeks have passed since Sheriff Thomas Shepherd rescued Deputy Aguilar from a deranged serial killer. He's burned out and exhausted, struggling to hold the Nightshade County Sheriff's Department together.Then a...

The night holds dangerous secrets. And a girl who cried wolf is caught in a murderer’s crosshairs.Only twelve hours have passed since Violet saw her teenage boyfriend. Now his body lies in the morgue, riddled with stab wounds. And the evidence points...

A missing woman and a graveyard of bones.Can Thomas Shepherd stop a deranged madman?On the night Karley leaves town to meet with her friends, she disappears. Her husband swears they have the perfect marriage, but Sheriff Thomas Shepherd isn't...

A shocking murder awakens forgotten memories.Sheriff Thomas Shepherd knows what it takes to catch a murderer. But when he discovers a dead woman buried in the forest, he believes a new killer is stalking Nightshade County.Nightmares afflict Thomas's...

The night holds dangerous secrets. And a girl who cried wolf is caught in a murderer’s crosshairs.Only twelve hours have passed since Violet saw her teenage boyfriend. Now his body lies in the morgue, riddled with stab wounds. And the evidence points...

He's a wolf in sheep's clothing. And he's watching you tonight . . .When a distraught husband hires PI Chelsey Byrd to help him find his missing wife, Harmony, Chelsey realizes there's more to this case than meets the eye. Working with Sheriff Thomas...