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Madison Jackson is shot on her wedding day. Bleeding out on the steps of the church, she is frantic wondering what will happen to her young child if she dies. When she regains consciousness in the ICU, Madison is convinced the assassination attempt is because she was once the wife of an infamous Mexican cartel boss who trafficked in human smuggling. Her long-kept secret about the manner of his death is now public knowledge and she finds herself on trial for felony murder.

Madison’s new husband, Texas Governor Dixon Tucker, hires the best legal defense money can buy, but is it enough to keep her from spending the rest of her life behind bars?
Justified Homicide is Kelly Marshall’s third book in the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles.

Bye Baby Bye is a novel that is part of the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles. Madison

Jackson had a tumultuous 2022. Kidnapped, tortured, and forced to marry a Mexican

Cartel criminal, she is now home and the mother of nine-month-old Anna. She awakens one morning to find her daughter kidnapped from her crib.

Was it revenge for someone Madison had arrested or something far more sinister?

Madison’s estranged husband is incarcerated in Supermax. As the second in command

of a deadly Mexican cartel, did he issue the order to abduct their daughter?

Bye Baby Bye has garnered high praise from reviewers

“This novel, the 19th in a series, is a quick read that is well-paced and boasts emotional

heft…an effective thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Bye Baby Bye is a gripping tale that traverses the terrain of love, loss, and the darker shades of humanity, making it a must-read for those who appreciate layered crime fiction.”—Literary Titan Review

A young girl is discovered raped and murdered just outside Magnolia Bluff, Texas. State Conservation Police Officer Madison Jackson is stunned to her core. The sight of that battered and bruised child on a stainless-steel slab in the morgue propels Madison on a perilous trip south of the border. Mexican cartel country is drug-infested, dangerous, and deadly. Madison is kidnapped, tortured, and learns what it means to be a sex slave. Will Madison make it back alive?

Justice became an Amazon #1 best seller in three major categories including screen

writing and graphic design. Justice is also a Global Book Award Winner.

Father Michael Dunne is brutally stabbed to death in the confessional. Was he murdered by a frantic penitent who worried the priest would break the seal of the confessional?  Or did an illicit love affair come back to haunt Michael Dunne? Everyone loved the charismatic priest—with one grave exception. Click "read more" below to order your copy today! 

 ​In the third book of Kelly Marshall's continuing murder mystery series, Seattle spawns a new serial killer who mutilates his female victims in a most personal way. Families and lovers are left to mourn while Homicide Detectives Winston and Strom rush to find the demented person killing their loved ones. 

It's the call no cop wants to get: a dead child found on the shore of Seattle's Lake Union.

Homicide Detectives Nick Winston and Pat Strom race to the scene to find six-year-old Emily Chatburn dressed in her Sunday best, posed perfectly like a porcelain doll. 

As Winston zips up the body bad, he vows to avenge the death of this innocent child.  

6 White Roses is the second novel in the Pat Strom and Nick Winston series.

At the center of Seattle homicide detectives Nick Winston and Pat Strom's attention is sultry radio announcer, Jasmine James.

A crazed fan kidnaps James while her listeners are being murdered one by one. 

Winston and Strom dig working together. He's straight, she's gay. In politically-liberal Seattle, that's not a problem until they both find the same woman irresistible. It's up to the detectives to locate Jasmine, capture the killer and find out who gets the girl. This is the book that started the series!

When widower Paul Bixby discovers Linda's unusual fascination with highchairs, he builds an exquisite chair for her, crafting the chair with love. 

Meanwhile, Linda moves with her boss, Brad, to a different town and secretly shares a home with Brad. Though devastated by Linda's choice, Paul steps aside and wishes the best for her. 

But is Brad the man she hoped he would be? Or is Paul's quiet love what she needs? 

June 6th is a picture-perfect day in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Lynette Frichette leaves for work at The Gazette. Her daughter, Dawn, catches the bus to Bill Mitchell High School and her husband, Jim, drives nails into the walls of the home  he's building on Silent Rain Drive.

Suddenly, the United States is plunged into a nightmare when a fanatic Ayatollah from Iran rains nuclear terror down on American soil. While beneath the Arizona desert, a scientist conducts a grisly experiment to save the human race.