author: patricia macdonald

Twelve-year-old Jenny Newhall meets her natural mother, Linda Emery, but the reunion is short-lived--Linda is soon found murdered, and Jenny's adoptive father is the prime suspect

With psychologically perceptive characterizations, emotional realism, and a gripping story line, The Girl Next Door exposes the dark impulses and fierce passions that can rule seemingly ordinary people and showcases Patricia MacDonald at ...

A heavily pregnant young woman returns to her small hometown to discover it’s not the safe haven she had first supposed.

... thoughts , sharing a happiness beyond thought . Shar- ing everything . She never even knew whether he kissed her . It seemed a very long time later , but the sunbeams falling across the dining room had hardly moved . Kaitlyn had her ...

When Lillie's beautiful teenaged daughter Michele is murdered, she is driven by grief to find justice for her daughter.

Seamlessly weaving a psychological portrait of the bond between a mother and son with the breathless intrigue of a murder mystery, Not Guilty is a novel that finds Patricia MacDonald at the height of her celebrated powers.

A nail-biting novel of domestic suspense from a best-selling author - When Morgan Adair arrives at the small seaside town of West Briar on the Long Island shore, she is looking forward to attending the baptism of her new godson, Drew.

Tami Hoag and Francine Mathews fans will devour” Library Journal Starred Review A daughter sets out to discover the truth about her mother’s death in this absorbing novel of psychological suspense.

26-year-old Emma has it all--an inherited fortune, a job she loves, good friends, and a boyfriend who is crazy about her.

Twenty years after helping to convict a man for the murder of her sister, Tessa DeGraff learns that DNA evidence may have exonerated the suspect, a possibility that forces Tessa to return to the New Hampshire town where her sister died to ...

Heart-pounding domestic suspense from an internationally-bestselling author - One morning Caitlin Eckhart receives a phone call that changes her life forever – her much-loved six-year-old stepson Geordie has disappeared from school.

A gripping novel of domestic suspense - Shelby Sloan, a successful Philadelphia businesswoman in her early forties, has one child, a daughter whom she raised on her own.

Struggling after graduating college, Alex is in for a surprise when she searches for her long-lost sister.

National bestselling author Patricia MacDonald spins a tale of nerve-shattering suspense that leads readers down the dark, winding roads of a picture-perfect suburban town.

Someone who refuses to forgive and forget. Someone who would do anything, even destroy innocent lives, to teach the guilty that there is no sanctuary, no escape, for... The Unforgiven

Blair's determined to find him, but the story behind Molly's death is more twisted than she could imagine. If she isn't careful, the killer will ensnare her and bury Blair with his secret.

Now MacDonald delivers her most masterful work to date -- a chilling thriller about a woman who, while investigating her sister's death in a house fire of suspicious origin, uncovers the work of a twisted killer who has taken refuge in an ...

How well do you know the people closest to you?

Meet Karen.

Patricia MacDonald. Praise for national bestselling author PATRICIA MACDONALD and her spellbinding novels of suspense " When I see a new Patricia MacDonald book on the shelf , I buy it instantly , and I am never disappointed . She is one ...

Two estranged sisters.One obsessive boyfriend.A dark secret that could destroy them all.Beth has the perfect life.

Is the man she married the man who wants her dead?

Meet Maddy Blake, devoted wife and mom.Always stood by her husband.Getting her life back together.But now all her hard work is about to be destroyed.A teenage baby-sitter and the baby boy she's looking after are abducted.

Laura has it all.A loving husband, a five-year-old son, a flourishing career and a beautiful home on the shore.New Year's Eve.

Dissection and Its Histories Helen Patricia MacDonald. Turning words into books is the work of publishers and editors as well as writers . I am grateful to Melbourne University Publishing for their belief in this writing , especially to ...