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Detective Mattsen is haunted by memories of a cold case - the murder of her adoptive family ten years ago. Feeling nostalgic and melancholic after Christmas, she travels to Ashton Township in New York to investigate. As she delves deeper into the case, new information emerges, and long-buried secrets come to light. But when events from the past start to put her in danger, Mattsen must decide whether to confront an enemy determined to win at al...

Crime fiction writer Ifeanyi Esimai introduces his new character, SIPD Detective Vikki Mattsen, in this gripping murder mystery. The story takes place in St. Ives, New Jersey, where Eve Appleton, a millionaire's wife, has been killed in a devastating explosion at her getaway cottage. As Mattsen and her relentless partner Mike Gomez delve deeper into the case, they discover a complex network of lies and treachery that spans from the affluent ...

When a well-loved interior decorator and bed and breakfast owner is found dead in her home, Mattsen and her partner are tasked with solving the case. As they delve deeper into the investigation, they uncover a tangled web of secrets and lies and soon realize that anyone could be a suspect. With time running out and the killer still on the loose, Mattsen must race against the clock to solve the murder and bring justice to the victim's grieving ...

The sixth book in the Vikki Mattsen crime series follows the detective and her colleague as they investigate the murder of a professor of creative writing. When the victim's wife is caught with the murder weapon, the case seems cut and dry. But with the wife proclaiming her innocence, Mattsen and her colleague must sift through the evidence and suspects to uncover the truth behind the murder.

When a small-town beauty queen and beloved schoolteacher is found brutally murdered, Detective Vikki Mattsen and her partner Mike Gomez are called in to investigate. As they delve deeper into the case, they discover a tangled web of secrets and lies, including acquaintances of the deceased, who may have played a role in the crime. With pressure mounting to solve the case and bring the killer to justice, Mattsen and Gomez race against time to u...

When Zac Callahan's engagement ring is lost in St. Ives Lake, he plunges in to salvage his proposal - but what he finds at the bottom is not what he expected. A body entangled in weeds. SIPD Detective Vikki Mattsen and her partner are called to the scene to investigate the death. As they dig deeper, they realize that the victim's identity is unknown, and they must unravel a web of secrets to uncover the truth behind the death. Was it a tra...

Detective Mattsen and her partner are called to investigate a chilling crime scene just days before Halloween. Cindy Kent, dressed as a vampire, has been found dead in the cemetery with a wooden stake through her heart. As they try to unravel the motives behind the killing, another body turns up, leading Mattsen and her partner on a desperate hunt to catch the killer before they strike again.

A work of fiction inspired by the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram follows the story of Ngozi Balogun Bashiru. Having already become an orphan twice by the age of six, Ngozi is taken in by her uncle, only to be relegated to the role of a servant by her sixteenth birthday. After a domestic argument, she runs away from home. But her quest for freedom takes a dark turn when she's kidnapped and thrust into a w...

A work of fiction inspired by the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram follows the story of Ngozi Balogun Bashiru. Having already become an orphan twice by the age of six, Ngozi is taken in by her uncle, only to be relegated to the role of a servant by her sixteenth birthday. After a domestic argument, she runs away from home. But her quest for freedom takes a dark turn when she's kidnapped and thrust into a w...

When a young woman is found murdered in a park a few days before Christmas-blunt-force trauma-Detective Vikki Mattsen responds to the call. Her investigation focuses on the last people to see her alive and a four-figure ATM withdrawal a couple of hours before. As the list of suspects grows, Vikki must act fast before the perpetrator escapes justice, the investigation hampered by the Christmas Holiday.

Nothing remains hidden under the sun. If something can go wrong, it will. You cannot escape your past. It all rang true for Ngozi.Ngozi survives Sambisa and returns home. Acting on advice from Auntie Halima, she presents herself to the authorities and things quickly take a dramatic turn, and her status as a victim is overturned to the perpetrator.Rescued by people she'd never met before, Ngozi relocates to a new community where she struggles t...

Nothing remains hidden under the sun. If something can go wrong, it will. You cannot escape your past. It all rang true for Ngozi.Ngozi survives Sambisa and returns home. Acting on advice from Auntie Halima, she presents herself to the authorities and things quickly take a dramatic turn, and her status as a victim is overturned to the perpetrator.Rescued by people she'd never met before, Ngozi relocates to a new community where she struggles t...

When the student is ready, the teacher appears. At Akarika girls secondary school, Northeastern Nigeria, something went horribly wrong.Ngozi Balogun Bashiru became an orphan for the third time by the age of six. Taken in by an uncle, she cooked, cleaned, and washed, her transformation from cousin to servant complete by her sixteenth birthday.After a domestic spat, she'd had enough and runs away from home, but soon learns that the grass is not ...

Ngozi Balogun Bashiru became an orphan for the third time by the age of six.Taken in by an uncle, she cooked, cleaned, and washed, her transformation from cousin to servant complete by her sixteenth birthday. After a domestic spat, she's had enough and runs away from home, but soon learns that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. She is taken captive, and the freedom she desperately sought wrenched from her grasp. No...