H. K. Christie

Thirteen years ago, crime reporter Natalie Sloane’s parents were murdered while chasing a story no one wanted told. The police called it a robbery gone wrong. Natalie never believed them. Now a crime reporter herself, Natalie is trying to move forward after surviving a nightmare of her own.

A decades-old photo. An unknown child. A secret someone would kill to keep buried. When private investigator Martina Monroe is hired to identify the infant in a decades-old photograph, the case seems simple enough.

This boxed set includes the first three books in the Martina Monroe crime thriller series: What She Left (Book 1), If She Ran (Book 2), All She Wanted (Book 3).

Martina Monroe knows some cases leave scars that never heal. After a year that nearly destroyed her life and threatened her family, she’s sworn off anything that could pull her back into danger. That is, until a desperate and heartbroken father walks into her office.

A PI in a vicious tailspin. An innocent in danger. A case that could claim them both. Private Investigator Martina Monroe has no room for grief. Nearly a year after she failed to prevent her husband’s death, a battered woman depends on her for safety. But when she arrives too late and finds...

Three months. Three missing women. One PI determined to discover the truth. Back from break, PI Martina Monroe clears the air with her boss at Drakos Security & Investigations and is ready to jump right into solving cold cases for the CoCo County Sheriff’s Department.

Our eyes lock, and I know my life is about to end. The desperation and determination in their face sends a shiver down my spine. But it’s not until I see the glint of the blade, that I realize how quickly it will all be over… When beloved local teacher and devoted mother, Claire Nelson, is...

You kissed your daughter goodnight. By morning, she’s gone. Two days ago, FBI Agent Val Costa came face to face with a serial killer known as the Bear. One of only two women ever to survive, she's forever branded with his signature: a curling “S” carved into her skin. Val knows it’s only...

Zoey Monroe planned to surprise her mother, PI Martina Monroe, with one final Friday movie night before her wedding—a cherished tradition since childhood. But after landing in the Bay Area, Zoey vanishes without a trace. Her phone goes dark. And Zoey is gone.

A missing woman. A chilling connection to a baby trafficking ring. Will the Cold Case Investigators stop the killers before another woman is taken? Martina and Detective Hirsch, still reeling from their last high-profile case, agree to reopen the missing person case of Sadie Jarreau, a friend of...

A tragic death. A massive cover-up. PI Martina Monroe must face her past in order to reveal the truth. PI Martina Monroe has found her groove working cold cases alongside Detective Hirsch at the CoCo County Sheriff’s Department. With a growing team of cold case detectives, Martina and Hirsch...

A haunted past. A thirty-five-year-old mystery. Can Martina uncover the truth in time to find a missing woman and keep herself from falling victim to the city’s darkest elements? With haunted eyes, a survivor steps into the offices of Drakos Monroe Security & Investigations, asking for...

Five years on from the adrenaline-fueled days of the Cold Case Squad, PI Martina Monroe is now a managing partner at the renowned, Drakos Monroe Security & Investigations. She spends her days running the firm—a safe desk job—allowing her to spend more time with her sixteen-year-old daughter.

A string of puzzling murders. A skilled and dangerous killer. Will the Cold Case Squad discover the truth in time to save one of their own? PI Martina and Detective Hirsch accept the new sheriff’s request to reopen a ten-year-old serial killer case. Not that they could refuse. One victim was...

Twenty years earlier, a set of female eighteen-year-old twins went missing in the Bay Area. There were no news reports or national coverage. The original investigators had barely touched the case, and like so many other cases of missing teens, were quickly labeled runaways.

Five years ago, she tried to kill the man who abducted her sister. Now she’s living next door to a psychopath hiding in plain sight. Allison Smythe is barely clinging to sanity. After blaming and nearly killing an innocent man for her sister’s unsolved kidnapping, she’s ready to consider a...

After escaping a violent past, Selena Bailey starts her first semester of college determined to put it all behind her - until her roommate is attacked at the Delta Kappa Alpha house.

Ten years earlier, two teenage girls were found murdered by what appeared to be a satanic sacrifice. The case had dominated the news headlines for months before the original investigators failed to arrest the perpetrators of the crime—despite multiple suspects....

A missing mother and child. A secret past revealed. Will Martina and Hirsch discover the truth before they meet their end? In the thick of the current cold case investigation, PI Martina Monroe receives a hand-written letter from a desperate mother pleading for Martina and Hirsch to reopen the...

Detective Leslie, once a key figure in the Cold Case Squad, is convinced she’s closed the case on Darren, Martina’s brother, for a cold-blooded murder. But Martina, shaken by her brother’s guilty plea and an anonymous tip claiming his innocence, starts questioning the conviction.