Called to the scene of a killing in Bisbee, Arizona, Arizona Department of Public Safety investigator Laura Cardinal finds the body of a teenage girl whose body bears the marks of a ruthless sexual predator and a crime that brings to mind the abducti...
When two newlyweds are murdered in an Arizona campground, Detective Laura Cardinal is enlisted to investigate. Still reeling from a tragedy of her own, and teamed with a partner who's working her last nerve, Laura's already walking an emotional tight...
"As sharp and prickly as a desert cactus. Thoroughly entertaining."---Carol Davis Luce, author of NIGHT STALKERA woman answers a terrified cry for help...A husband betrays his wife one last time...The owner of an isolated hotel harbors a dangerous ob...
A Cyril Landry short storyLandry’s back -- and THE BLUELIGHT SPECIAL’s got him! Cyril Landry, former Navy SEAL, black ops specialist and hardcore horse racing fan from THE SHOP, HARD RETURN, and SPECTRE BLACK, is back -- and this time he’s fig...
“J. Carson Black's THE DEVIL'S HOUR is a superior mystery novel in all respects. Fine prose, terrific suspense, believable characters, and one of the most unexpected and satisfying conclusions I've read in a long time. Highly recommended." -- Jo...
For the first time in one volume, the three novels that introduced J. Carson Black's remarkable Arizona DPS investigator, Laura Cardinal, a New York Times and USA Today best seller. Laura Cardinal: Packs a SIG Sauer P226 9mm. Investigates homicides ...
***** Before J. Carson Black wrote thrillers, she wrote historical novels under the name, Annie McKnight. *****Spellbinding! Tombstone--the time, the place, the people--come alive in these pages. I couldn't put the book down.--- Jane Candia Coleman, ...
DARK HORSEa novel of suspense“A terrific tale of murder and mayhem set on the Quarter Horse racing circuit in the American Southwest. Watch out, Dick Francis!” -- New York Times Bestselling Author J.A. JANCEDespite the accidents plaguing his rac...
My short story, PONY RIDES, came to me all at once. The story wrote itself. The drive on Interstate 10 across New Mexico has always seemed magical to me; a place tethered to an earlier time of roadside diners, old motels, and miles of golden grassl...
DEADLY DESERT: THREE NOVELSFrom #1 bestselling author J. Carson Black, a boxed set of three complete novels -- two of suspense and a ghost story of mystery and horror. Writing as Margaret Falk, Black set these books in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan de...
> Romantic Times Award Nominee for Best First Historical Romance“Delicious romance, inspired setting, and righteous characters make a divine excuse for forgetting to do the laundry. Ms. McKnight revives a good old-fashioned plot with her talent for...
In its heyday, Tombstone, Arizona was “The Town too Tough to Die”. Now it’s scrabbling to survive -- a wide spot in the road. Today’s Wyatt Earps, Doc Hollidays and Big Nose Kates plying the tourist trade on Allen Street are less likely to ...
Detective Tess McCrae investigates a grisly crime scene in the ghost town of Credo, Arizona. To an ordinary investigator, the evidence suggests a cartel drug hit. But Tess, with a nearly faultless photographic memory, is far from ordinary, and she se...
Cyril Landry has been a dead man since he escaped a firefight off the coast of Florida three years ago. In all that time, the former Navy SEAL has been living off the grid to protect his wife and teenage daughter, who have mourned him and moved on. ...
When homicide detective Jolie Burke awakens to intruders in the dark of night, she’s forced to flee. Jolie’s nobody’s victim, but she cannot fight this faceless enemy alone. She reaches out to Cyril Landry, the ex-Navy SEAL who is long on speci...