Diana Freel

Women keep disappearing after boarding San Diego's trolley. No one has ever seen them leave.One woman barely escapes.She's the only witness to a predator moving through the city unseen.Then a mass grave is uncovered beneath one of San Diego's most visited landmarks.The victims have nothing in...

She watched her mother die. She hasn't spoken since. The only witness to a brutal murder is a little girl trapped inside her own silence. Fresh out of the FBI Academy, Special Agent Samantha Hayes is unexpectedly pulled into the politically charged investigation after realizing she met the young...

When Claire Anderson finally opens the doors to her dream bakery in the quiet town of Willow Creek, it feels like a long-overdue fresh start. But her peace is shattered when her best friend—beloved local photographer Liam O’Connor—is found dead near the town’s scenic overlook.

When a fatal bite at Willow Creek’s botanical gardens fundraiser puts her new bakery at the center of a murder investigation, Claire Anderson must expose which trusted neighbor turned her signature cupcake into a weapon before her fresh start collapses.

Still Standing is not a story about moving on.It is a story about surviving, remembering, and learning how to live without erasing what was lost.Written over the course of nearly three decades, this memoir traces a woman’s journey through abuse, grief, systemic failure, and the long aftermath...