Patricia H. Rushford

Jennie McGrady's whirlwind life revolves around one guy: her adorable five-year-old brother, Nick. But when he and a playmate disappear one evening, Jennie's world crashes at her feet....

A headline murder. A rookie investigator. A race against the clock—and against the past. With his newly minted detective badge, “Mac” McAllister reports for his first assignment with the Oregon State Police: a particularly gruesome homicide. It’s a headline case, as the victim—Megan...

Jennie McGrady's summer has just settled back into a comfortable lull when her chemistry teacher, Tom Mancini, turns up dead from a drug overdose in his lab at Trinity High School....

Dr. Kincaid, the director of a prestigious convalescent home, is dead from an apparent heart attack....

When a police shootout results in the death of a 12-year-old boy, Officer Angel Delaney is blamed, convicted, and condemned by the media and the Sunset Cove community, before the case even goes to trial....

Uncovering the family tree spells trouble for Jennie McGrady....

Has Jennie stumbled into something she'll never escape?....

With a dangerous criminal on the loose, will Jennie make it to safety in time?....

In Abandoned, a dangerous mystery shows up in the most unlikely of places: the front page of the school newspaper....

A controversial move sets off a dangerous feud....

Jennie McGrady's enthusiasm for the new school year is extinguished when the culturally diverse Trinity Center, home to her church and school, is destroyed by fire....

Jennie McGrady plans to spend the last weeks of summer relaxing and hanging out with her boyfriend in her grandmother's coastal hometown....

Jennie McGrady is anxious to fly to Montana after her uncle, a full-blooded Indian and the owner of Dancing Waters Ranch, is injured by a bomb explosion meant to kill....

When Courtney disappears, the police suggest she ran away, but Jennie's instincts tell her this mystery has the sickly smell of drugs and money surrounding it....

Allison Beaumont is beautiful, popular, wealthy, and she's just been crowned the Rose Festival Princess....

Jennie McGrady thinks her vacation is doomed when a bomb threat delays her flight to a dolphin research lab in Florida. But then she meets Sarah....

Jennie McGrady loves to read mysteries, drive her mom's Mustang, and think about Ryan Johnson....

Ex-policewoman Helen Bradley is mystified by two things: marriage and murder....

Mac is dealing with three difficult cases, two dead bodies . . . and a decision of the heart. It’s been just three months since Detective “Mac” McAllister solved his first homicide case with the Oregon State Police. Now he’s working the search for a ski instructor who has mysteriously...