Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

In small-town Georgia, digging into dangerous secrets can be deadly—and Detective Rachel Ryder is about to uncover them all. Reporter Layla Rowe made enemies by asking the wrong questions in the right places. Now she's dead, her laptop is missing, and someone in Hamby, Georgia wants her final...

A gruesome countdown relentlessly advances toward a killer’s final mark: Rachel Ryder. Detective Rachel Ryder and her partner Rob Bishop have seen their fair share of brutal crimes in Hamby, Georgia—but nothing like this. Chilling photos of the dead arrive at the police department, the...

When her former colleague is killed undercover, going back in isn't about justice—it's payback. Private investigator Jenna Wyatt walked away from undercover work years ago. But when GBI Agent Sierra Malone—her friend and former colleague—is found dead during a covert operation inside...

They built an empire from their pain—now it’s under siege. Welcome to the world of Battle Scars, an exclusive collective of divorced women who've turned their pain into power as successful businesswomen. But when new member Veronica St. James faces a terrifying home invasion and ominous...

The past comes back to haunt a small town when one murder leads to the discovery of another. When a troubled young woman, Jenn Berman, goes missing at the summer fair in Hamby, her uncaring family fails to notice.

Bessie Frone, the beloved owner of the Enchanted Bookstore and Café, is in BIG trouble. Her family wand, made of pure gold and passed down for generations, has been stolen....

Detective Rachel Ryder stumbles upon a case that will force her to confront her past like never before. At a local fair, Rachel unexpectedly crosses paths with Sean, a familiar face from her past. The encounter, laced with awkward tension, takes a harrowing turn when Sean sends her a cryptic...

A wealthy shut-in is found murdered in his mansion. Five other people were in the lavish home at the time of the crime—one of whom had motive enough to kill. And Detective Rachel Ryder is determined to discover who. But the more she and partner Rob Bishop learn about the wealthy and unsociable...

Every day usually starts out the same for me. A little snuggle time with my pups, and maybe my husband if he’s not already out of bed, a cup of coffee, and a chat with my dead mother. Of course, one in which she participates....

The thing that magicals fear the most has happened—our secret is out. No one knows magic is real except magicals. And now, Jessie Rosenblatt, the most ambitious reporter in Atlanta. She has learned that magic is real, and she's itching to tell the world.

Step back into USA Today best-selling author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson’s Holiday Hills, a magical, cozy town filled with quirky characters—a talking cat, a parrot with a movie quote addiction, shifters, werewolves, you name it—all living together in not-always-so-harmonic circumstances...

Three home invasions in a wealthy golf community have Hamby on edge. At first, only cash is taken. But with each break-in the crimes escalate. Jewelry is stolen. Victims are beaten. Then events take a deadly turn when the fourth attack leaves a young woman dead....

USA Today best-selling author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson returns to Holiday Hills where cozy mystery author Abby Odell writes books and casts spells with the help of her hilarious familiar, Cooper, the cat. My name is Abby Odell, and I’m a witch. Some call me a newbie because I didn’t know I...

What does a psychic medium do when her best friend’s daughter has been accused of murder? Enlists the help of her own dead mother to find the true killer. Of course, even if Angela didn’t ask for Fran’s help, Fran would give it anyway. In my extended family, when a call comes in the...

Months after Detective Rachel Ryder exposed the madman who killed six people, she can’t forget his sinister puzzle...and when the body of a young woman is found on an elite golf course with a familiar set of clues....

Menopause, mayhem, and murder. And ghosts. Did I forget the ghosts? Just a normal day for me, Angela Panther, psychic medium extraordinaire. Thirty-five years ago, Genevieve Ryland stepped off the stage of her high school graduation and disappeared without a trace. For years her mother searched...

A serial killer is leaving numbers as his only clues...but nothing seems to add up. From USA Today best-selling author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson. When the fire department discovers a body near the scene of a suspicious blaze, Detective Rachel Ryder and her partner Rob Bishop are called to...

Dark family secrets and blood-chilling suspense converge in this riveting thriller, by USA Today best-selling author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson. When a prominent surgeon and his wife are found dead in small-town Georgia, Detective Rachel Ryder and her partner, Rob Bishop, are first on the scene...

I try hard to help the restless dead find closure. And usually, I succeed. But this time my detective boyfriend is throwing a wrench into my efforts. I might be able to take the word of a dead guy, but the police sure can't....

Multiple dead teenagers, in a town demanding answers, drives Rachel Ryder into an undercover case that is unlike any she’s faced before. Standing over the body of a teenage boy on the lawn of a wealthy family, Rachel has no idea that three more will shortly follow. However, as the young bodies...