Lisa Unger

Lisa Miscione

Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by St. Martin's Press in 2002.

Angel Fire

A detective has her hands full trying to clear a friend of her second husband's murder--after her first husband died exactly the same way.

Twice

A former writing student of Lydia Strong has vanished--after calling Lydia to ask for help. Now it's up to Lydia to follow the missing woman's trail, which leads to a mysterious organization named The New Day.

Smoke

Lydia Strong's old writing student, Lily, has been missing for weeks. Before her disappearance, Lily had left a strange phone message for Lydia, asking for her help. But until now, Lydia did not pay much attention to the message because Lily tended to call occasionally. But when she learns that Lily had been looking into her brother's suicide, Lydia becomes concerned. In this fourth of Lisa Miscione's intense and gripping thrillers, Lydia teams up with her husband, ex-FBI agent, p.i. Jeffrey Mark, to uncover the truth behind Lily's disappearance.

Haunted by the memories of her mother's brutal murder, Lydia Strong, a best-selling true crime writer determined to bring killers to justice, joins forces with PI Jeffrey Mark, the ex-FBI agent who solved her mother's murder, to catcher a twisted killer who preys on reclusive people with no family and few friends. A first novel. Reprint.

Receiving an anonymous plea for help in her fan mail, Lydia Strong investigates a girl's disappearance and a dangerous snuff ring, discovering when her mother's murderer is prematurely released that someone wants her to stay away from the case. By the author of Angel Fire. Reprint.

A Novel

The Darkness Gathers

Lisa Miscione's first two mysteries featuring Lydia Strong, Angel Fire and The Darkness Gathers, received praise for their lyrical prose and achingly suspenseful plotting. Now Miscione delivers her best novel to date: Lydia and her partner, P.I. Jeff Mark, must confront not only a brutal murderer but the demons from their own past. Julian Ross, a brilliant and acclaimed New York City artist, has been charged with brutally killing her second husband. She was found at the scene, hysterical, over his bloody, lifeless corpse. She maintains her innocence, but the cops are having trouble believing her: Ten years ago Julian was indicted and acquitted of murdering her first husband in exactly the same way. Julian's mother, Eleanor, is convinced of her daughter's innocence and hires Lydia and Jeff to clear her name. A cold woman, Eleanor nonetheless seems dedicated to her family, even looking after Julian's five-year-old twins. But Lydia and Jeff, who are still dealing with the aftermath of a confrontation with Lydia's mother's murderer, dive into the case only to discover that little about the family is what it seems to be. In a gripping, tense and surprising thriller, once again the talented Lisa Miscione delivers a complicated novel about the nature of evil, and the redemption of survival.

When her former writing student, reporter Lily Samuels, vanishes while looking into her brother's supposed suicide, crime writer Lydia Strong and her husband, private detective Jeff Mark, launch an investigation into Lily's disappearance.

The bloody murder of her mother when she was a teenager made Lydia Strong into a woman obsessed with bringing brutal killers to justice. Now thirty years old, she is a reclusive bestselling true crime writer and investigative consultant whose intuitions never lie. The latest case to capture her attention is the disappearance of three adults, each the kind of loner whose sudden absence isn't missed-they have no family, few friends. The Santa Fe Police don't see a pattern, just three people who left their empty lives behind. But when another woman turns up missing, her apartment streaked with blood, even the police have to admit that something is wrong in their usually quiet town. Lydia and P.I. Jeffrey Mark, the ex-FBI agent who solved her mother's murder, begin a relentless investigation. But it is only when the killer ups the ante and goes after Lydia herself that, just like fifteen years ago when she put the FBI on the trail of her mother's killer, the real hunt begins...

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