Carrie Stuart Parks

A Gwen Marcey Novel

1 - A Cry from the Dust (Aug-2014)
2 - The Bones Will Speak (Aug-2015)
3 - When Death Draws Near (Aug-2016)
4 - Portrait of Vengeance (Aug-2017)

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  A Cry from the Dust
  

  • Aug-2014
  • / Thriller
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  A Gwen Marcey Novel - 1
  

  In the shadow of the Mormon church, a 19th-century conspiracy is about to be shattered by a 21st-century forensic artist. In 1857, a wagon train in Utah was assaulted by a group of militant Mormons calling themselves the Avenging Angels. One hun...

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  The Bones Will Speak
  

  • Aug-2015
  • / Thriller
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  A Gwen Marcey Novel - 2
  

  A killer with a penchant for torture has taken notice of forensic expert Gwen Marcey ... and her daughter. When Gwen Marcey’s dog comes home with a human skull and then leads her to a cabin in the woods near her Montana home, she realizes thereâ...

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  When Death Draws Near
  

  • Aug-2016
  • / Thriller
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  A Gwen Marcey Novel - 3
  

  Gwen Marcey takes death in stride. Until she’s faced with her own mortality. Forensic artist Gwen Marcey is between jobs when she accepts temporary work in Pikeville, Kentucky -- a small town facing big-city crime. But before Gwen can finish her...

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  Portrait of Vengeance
  

  • Aug-2017
  • / Suspense
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  A Gwen Marcey Novel - 4
  

  An unsolved case. A tempest of memories. The future’s at stake -- and time is running out . . . Gwen Marcey has done a good job keeping the pain of her past boxed up. But as she investigates the case of a missing child in Lapwai, Idaho, details ...

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  Formula of Deception
  

  • Jul-2018
  • / Thriller
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  An artist hiding from an escaped killer uncovers one of World War II’s most dangerous secrets -- a secret that desperate men will do anything to keep hidden. After the murder of her twin sister, Murphy Anderson changed her name and appearance an...

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  Fragments of Fear
  

  • Jul-2019
  • / Law Enforcement
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  FBI-certified forensic artist Carrie Stuart Parks infuses her real-life expertise into her award-winning suspense novels. Evelyn McTavish’s world came crashing down with the suicide of her fiancé. As she struggles to put her life back together ...

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  Relative Silence
  

  • Jul-2020
  • / Thriller
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  There are dark closets in every powerful family’s mansion. Fifteen years ago Piper Boone’s only child died in a boating accident, and Piper’s almost perfect life came to an end too. After living through a divorce and losing her job, she retr...

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  Woman in Shadow
  

  • Jul-2021
  • / Christian
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  Award-winning author Carrie Stuart Parks combines her expertise as a forensic artist with her talent for crafting a gripping story in this page-turning web of light and shadow.A woman off the grid.Darby Graham thinks she’s on a much-needed vacation...

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  Fallout
  

  • Sep-2022
  • / Christian
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  Her carefully crafted life is about to be demolished.After a difficult childhood, Samantha Williams craves simplicity: jigsaw puzzles, lectures at the library, and the students she adores in her role as an elementary school art teacher in the dusty f...

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  Escaping the Wilderness
  

  • Oct-2025
  • / Romantic Suspense
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  Love Inspired Suspense - 1204
  Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 1204
  

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Award-Winning Books by Carrie Stuart Parks

Fallout
2023 Carol Award -- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Portrait of Vengeance
2018 Carol Award -- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Relative Silence
2021 Christy Award -- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
When Death Draws Near
2017 Carol Award -- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
2017 Christy Award -- Suspense