Three novels. Three descents into the places people hide from themselves.

In this gripping Samantha Leary collection, observation becomes survival as Samantha enters lives shaped by neglect, obsession, deception, and the slow damage people inflict long before violence begins.

In Asphalt Murder, three women move through loneliness, invisibility, and emotional abandonment—until one of them doesn’t make it out. Samantha uncovers a tragedy that began long before the body was found.

In Alice Was Here, an old disappearance still poisons the family left behind. Desire curdles into control. Secrets pass from one generation to the next. As Samantha closes in, the line between need and danger begins to vanish.

In What She Didn’t See, the murder of an online performer opens a world where attention is currency, trust is weaponized, and predators hide behind ordinary faces. Samantha and Detective Greg Dickson must navigate a landscape built on illusion before more lives are consumed.

Across these three psychologically charged thrillers, Samantha Leary confronts a truth few want to face: violence rarely arrives all at once. It grows quietly through silence, manipulation, entitlement, and wounds left untreated.

Dark, intelligent, and emotionally precise, this volume delivers suspense rooted not only in crime—but in what crime reveals about people.

For Mature Audiences Only