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Product: Expire (Dr. Schwartzman Book 4)
Description: Alone, held captive, and left in the dark, a woman’s worst fears come true in this gripping thriller by the award-winning author of Expose.

San Francisco medical examiner Annabelle Schwartzman has spent eight years looking over her shoulder. Stalked by her vengeful ex-husband, Spencer, she’s always known they’d meet again. Has her nightmare come true? Abducted, blindfolded, yoked, and tethered, she’s being held prisoner in an isolated cabin in Idaho. But it’s the unknown that terrifies Annabelle now. Because the man’s voice in the dark, though eerily familiar, is not Spencer’s.

Annabelle’s partner and lover, Inspector Hal Harris, knows in his gut that Annabelle’s disappearance is tied to the past. Except Spencer is fifteen hundred miles away. To save Annabelle, Hal is tracking every move Spencer makes. But is it drawing him closer to finding Annabelle? Or is it luring him farther from her desperate cries for help?

As a cruel game of retribution begins, Annabelle must rely on her wits, her will to survive, and a plan of escape. But time is running out. And her captor’s three chilling words make her fear that the worst is yet to come: sweet dreams, Bella.
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Product: Expose (Dr. Schwartzman Book 3)
Description: Examining the dead will help her solve present crimes and uncover past secrets in this page-turner thriller for fans of Patricia Cornwell and Rizzoli and Isles.

With her vindictive ex-husband out of prison, San Francisco medical examiner Annabelle Schwartzman is trying harder than ever to move on with her life—by focusing on her job to speak for the victims who can’t. Summoned to a homicide in Golden Gate Park, she realizes that she’d seen the victim just hours before, alive and well in a parked Jeep with a small boy. Now, the woman has been stabbed to death and stripped of her burka, and the child is nowhere to be found.

When an African American student is found dead, bearing knife wounds identical to those of the woman in the park, the press jumps on them as hate crimes. If only they were so easy to explain. There is a connection—but Schwartzman believes it’s something even worse. Her fears are confirmed with the discovery of the next victim.

Now, to stop a vicious killer whose work has only just begun, Schwartzman and Detective Hal Harris must untangle the twisted thread that links it all to the missing boy and a crime buried in the past.
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Product: Excise (Dr. Schwartzman Book 2)
Description: Medical examiner Dr. Annabelle Schwartzman was not meant to be idle, which is why she’s back at a murder scene even while reeling from recent chemotherapy treatments. Having undergone a double mastectomy, all she wants to do is dive back into her medical examiner job. It’s a gruesome world, yet Schwartzman takes comfort in its science and precision.

But the crime she’s dealing with brings her right back to the cancer ward: the victim is her own oncologist, dead from ingesting the very chemical used to fight her disease. Now, Schwartzman and homicide inspector Hal Harris must figure out why and stop the culprit before he can act again.

For Schwartzman, the case becomes even more personal. Her abusive ex, Spencer, who’s in prison and seemingly out of the picture, is never far from Annabelle’s mind. But to solve the mystery behind the death of the doctor who saved her life, she’s got to put aside everything else.
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Product: Exhume (Dr. Schwartzman Book 1)
Description: Dr. Annabelle Schwartzman has finally found a place to belong. As the medical examiner for the San Francisco Police Department, working alongside homicide detective Hal Harris, she uncovers the tales the dead can’t tell about their final moments. It is a job that gives her purpose—and a safe haven from her former life at the hands of an abusive husband. Although it’s been seven years since she escaped that ordeal, she still checks over her shoulder to make sure no one is behind her.

Schwartzman’s latest case is deeply troubling: the victim bears an eerie resemblance to herself. What’s more, a shocking piece of evidence suggests that the killer’s business is far from over—and that Schwartzman may be in danger. In this pulse-pounding thriller from award-winning writer Danielle Girard, a woman must face her worst nightmare to catch a killer.
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Product: Blood on the Tracks (Sydney Rose Parnell Book 1)
Description: An Amazon Charts bestseller.

A young woman is found brutally murdered, and the main suspect is the victim’s fiancé, a hideously scarred Iraq War vet known as the Burned Man. But railroad police Special Agent Sydney Rose Parnell, brought in by the Denver Major Crimes unit to help investigate, can't shake the feeling that larger forces are behind this apparent crime of passion.

In the depths of an icy winter, Parnell and her K9 partner, Clyde—both haunted by their time in Iraq—descend into the underground world of a savage gang of rail riders. There, they uncover a wide-reaching conspiracy and a series of shocking crimes. Crimes that threaten everything Parnell holds dear.

As the search for the truth puts her directly in the path of the killer, Parnell must struggle with a deadly question: Can she fight monsters without becoming one herself?
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Product: Chasing Darkness: A Taut Psychological Domestic Thriller
Description: Winner of the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award!

The most dangerous place to hide is in the dark.

“A taut psychological thriller…swift pacing and high tension,” Publishers Weekly

A tough special-agent with the Department of Justice, and a dedicated single mother to her orphaned nephews, Samantha Chase is unbreakable. Until two women, both from the shadows of Sam’s past, are discovered strangled.

“A real thriller, a tantalizing story with an an ending that packs a punch,” RT Magazine

For Sam, the most unnerving detail is the eucalyptus branch tucked behind the victims’ ears—the signature of a notorious serial murderer already convicted and executed for his crimes.

A copycat killer on the loose, and Sam is the only link.

“Girards keeps the suspense high,” Midwest Book Review

To detective Nick Thomas, the only link to the copycat killings is Sam herself. And when she becomes the target of threats—each one more menacing than the last—his feelings for her just might jeopardize the case.

But to understand the killer’s twisted motive is to explore Sam’s past—and a crime she’s spent a lifetime trying to bury.

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Product: Dead Center: A Gripping Suspense Thriller (The Rookie Club Book 1)
Description: A predator is on the hunt. An aggressive monster who preys on a specific type of victim. Female. Police. Officers.

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The heart-stopping thriller that “has everything—murder, intrigue, scandal, friendship, and a tough-as-nails heroine. Prepare yourself for the roller coaster ride that is Dead Center.”

For San Francisco Sex Crimes Inspector Jamie Vail, no case has ever hit closer to home.

The brutalized women are her colleagues. Her friends. Her job is everything. Divorced and alone, Jamie vows to end the violence and capture this deranged criminal. Nothing else matters.

Within days of the latest attack, a female police officer is murdered and Jamie’s ex-husband is the primary suspect.

She shouldn’t care. She tells herself she doesn’t... until she learns that the details of the murder are eerily similar to the case she is working.

Jamie realizes the killer and her predator may be one and the same.

Now, Jamie must confront her past and solve the murder of her ex-husband's lover to stop a serial rapist. But he has Jamie in his sights and time is running out before she becomes the killer's ultimate prize.

“A thrilling read, packed with suspense that left me breathless to the very last page...”

“This series is addictive. Get ready for a pulse-pounding ride that will have you reading until you can't see straight…”

Fans of Lincoln Rhyme, DD Warren, Will Trent, Tracy Crosswhite and Lucas Davenport will love Jamie Vail.

PRAISE FOR DEAD CENTER AND THE ROOKIE CLUB SERIES:

“A fantastic series. Buckle up for a heart-stopping ride along with the rookies. A new character in each book keeps the series fresh and the reader on their toes until the last, unforgettable page.”–T. Heschel

“Serial killers, human trafficking, sharpshooters, political intrigue, and more. This series has it all.” –Amazon Customer

“Let’s just get this straight - Girard belongs beside John Grisham, Patricia Cornwell, Robert Parker, Mary Higgins Clark, Elizabeth Peters, and other top-notch mystery and crime novelists.” –K. Burch

“I’m in love. Phenomenal book. Phenomenal series. Phenomenal author. The series is truly exciting with spine-chilling plots mixed with realistic but fierce characters who are battling crime on the streets of San Francisco and in their personal lives. Amazing female protagonists and a great mix of good ole boys and kind, supportive men make up the police department in this suspenseful thriller series.” –BookNerd

“This writer is amazing, I am hooked. I've read all the Rookie Club books and several of her standalone books. I WILL be reading each and every one. Her crime scenes are insane. The books are intense. I cannot put them down.” –A. Daughtry

“I bought this book without ever reading anything by this author before. I am SO glad I took a chance. Loved it so much upon finishing it I immediately got the next one in the "Rookie Club" series!”–J. West

Dear Reader,

If you’re a fan of Karin Slaughter, Lisa Gardner, Robert Dugoni, Lisa Unger, Lisa Regan, Kendra Elliot, Melinda Leigh, or James Patterson, chance
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Product: Rookie Club Thriller Series Box Set: Books 1-3: Dead Center / One Clean Shot / Dark Passage
Description: From USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author Danielle Girard comes the first 3 books in the Rookie Club Series: DEAD CENTER, ONE CLEAN SHOT, and DARK PASSAGE.

Save 40% when you purchase books 2 and 3 at the same time as book 1.
PRAISE FOR THE ROOKIE CLUB

"High Speed, High Stakes, High Suspense" – NYT Bestseller Lee Child
"Utterly Riveting" – NYT Bestseller Lisa Gardner
"Gripping" – NYT Bestseller Phillip Margolin
If you like James Patterson’s women’s murder club, you will be hooked on the Rookies. – C. Downey

DEAD CENTER:

A Serial Offender…
A Dead Cop…
A Suspicious Husband…

A predator is on the hunt. An aggressive monster who preys on a specific type of victim. Female. Police. Officers.

For San Francisco Sex Crimes Inspector Jamie Vail, no case has ever hit closer to home. The brutalized women are her colleagues. Her friends. Divorced and alone, Jamie vows to end the violence and capture this deranged criminal. Nothing else matters.

Within days of the latest attack, a female police officer is murdered and Jamie’s ex-husband is the primary suspect. Now, Jamie must confront her past and solve the murder of her ex-husband's lover to stop a serial rapist. But a violent criminal has Jamie in his sights and time is running out before she becomes the killer's ultimate prize.

ONE CLEAN SHOT:

A crooked politician…
A series of unconnected shootings,
And the evidence that threatens a secret she said she’d die to keep…
Two of San Francisco’s most powerful residents are murdered. Each shooting is linked to the powerful NRA. Is the killer making a political statement? Or is the message more personal? When the case falls in Homicide Inspector Hailey Wyatt's lap, rumors are that the assignment has nothing to do with her investigative ability and everything to do with her senator father-in-law.

The case has the media in a frenzy and the brass in a panic. The entire city is on high alert. The evidence makes it impossible to deny that Hailey’s family is at the center of the case.
The police chief’s message is clear. Solve the case. Quickly. Or else. As the evidence points closer to home, Hailey's partner questions her dedication to the pursuit of justice. Because Hailey has secrets of her own. Secrets she’s vowed to protect. Secrets she’s willing to die for.

DARK PASSAGE:

An undercover operation gone wrong…
A cop murdered in front of her eyes…
And the sharpshooter who will do anything to find the truth…

Special Ops Agent Cameron Cruz is working with her tea
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Product: Savage Art: A Chilling Serial Killer Thriller
Description: From USA Today Bestselling Author, Danielle Girard!

Her Debut Novel.

Death was his art. She would be his masterpiece.

They called him Leonardo—a master skilled in the art of murder. One year ago, Cincinnati was his canvas. A scalpel was his tool. And women were his works-in-progress. FBI profiler Casey McKinley was one of them, a victim of Leonardo's twisted genius. She has the scars—and the nightmares—to prove it.

For Casey, a new city means a life far from the one she left behind in Cincinnati. In San Francisco she finally feels safe. Until a series of eerily familiar slayings plunges her back into Leonardo's game.

Now she must catch this clever killer before he can unveil his ultimate masterpiece. Only this time she'll play by a different set of rules—hers.

“Scary fast action. Hard to put down. Lock your doors and turn on the lights. This has one terrifying villain."

“Well, it's 4:00 am and my heart is racing...This was a real thriller all the way through.”

“I lost sleep reading this book, I could not put the book down. If you like suspense, intense characters, action, and a great story, this is for you.”

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Product: Dark Passage: A Gripping Suspense Thriller (The Rookie Club Book 3)
Description: Cameron Cruz is a trained special ops sniper for the SFPD, dedicated to the pursuit of justice.

Until the man she loves is framed for murder and the rules of justice are turn upside down.

Now, she must trust her heart above her head to save them all.

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“A gripping story with a strong female cop at the heart. The twists and turns keep coming and the pace doesn’t let up until the very last page. I already ordered the next rookie club book!”

Special Ops Agent Cameron Cruz is joining her team to shut down a massive human trafficking operation, working out of San Francisco Bay.

Coming back to work after the birth of her son, she is ready. She is strong.

Until she witnesses a colleague shot and killed before her eyes. The death is shocking, but the reality is much, much worse.

The shooter is someone she trusted. Someone she loved. Someone she thought was killed during an undercover assignment—her son’s father, Diego.

Despite what she's seen, Cameron's love for Diego is as alive as he is. But someone is working hard to frame him. Before she will accept his innocence, she has to help him prove it.

Even as she works to clear his name, the evidence against Diego mounts—evidence that he’s guilty of kidnapping and imprisoning the very people he’s sworn to protect and serve, that he’s guilty of betraying their teammates, and the entire police department. Guilty of betraying her.

At the same time, Cameron is fighting to break a sex trafficking ring in her own city. The closer she comes to identifying the traffickers, the closer her investigation brings her to the police department’s front door.

Suddenly, she must question who she can trust. And who is willing to risk it all to send her—and the truth—to the grave.

Fans of T.R. Ragan, Kendra Eliot, David Baldacci and Harlan Coben are going to love Danielle Girard.

PRAISE FOR DARK PASSAGE AND THE ROOKIE CLUB SERIES:

“I can't put these Rookie Club books down. Now I’m on to her standalone books. I read six books in six days and am going to read each and every book by Girard. Great characters, realistic stories and insane crimes/crime scenes. You won't regret these purchases!” –A. Daughtry.

“These books are just great! Each one keeps me wanting more!” –Verna G.

“Loved the plot and suspense. Enjoy the whole Rookie Club series. It’s similar to the James Patterson series. Really enjoy the continuing characters.” –Donna

“WOW! Another great story about strong female police officers. Each book gets better and better.” –Peg

“Another great story in this series that kept me guessing until the very end. There were twist and turns throughout the entire story. This one kept up way too late on more than one night.” –Jen

“If you like crime drama series, you will love these books.
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Product: Cold Silence: A Chilling Psychological Thriller
Description: From bestselling author Danielle Girard! Winner of the Barry Award!

A widow and ex-FBI agent of hard-earned courage, Cody O'Brien is finally enjoying the quiet life, providing a good home for herself and her eight-year-old son, Ryan.

Then Ryan is kidnapped in broad daylight.

And Cody knows why. Her life is a dangerous lie, easily exposed by the killers responsible for her husband's murder.

"The heart-stopping thriller that “has everything—murder, intrigue, betrayal scandal, friendship, and a tough-as-nails heroine. Prepare yourself for the roller coaster ride that is this book."

Failed by the Witness Protection Program, she's on the run again, trusting only herself to save her son while heading blindly toward a past that wants only one thing from her: cold-blooded revenge.

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Product: Dead Center: A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War
Brand: Audible
Description: Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there - the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at 17, then being wounded in Santo Domingo during the Dominican crisis, Kugler arrived in Vietnam in early 1966. As a new sniper with the 4th Marines, Kugler picked up bush skills while attached to 3d Force Recon Company, and then joined the grunts. To take advantage of that experience, he formed the Rogues, a five-sniper team that hunted in the Co Bi-Than Tan Valley. His descriptions of long, tense waits, sudden deadly action, and countersniper ambushes are fascinating. In Dead Center, Kugler demonstrates the importance to a sniper of patience, marksmanship, bush skills, and guts - while underscoring exactly what a country demands of its youth when it sends them to war.
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Product: Dead Center (Andy Carpenter Book 5)
Description: Edgar Award finalist and author of Bury the Lead, a Today Show Book Club pick, returns with a tale of murder and deadly secrets in an ultra-secretive religious community.
DEAD CENTER finds Andy Carpenter reentering the dating scene with comic results. He is surprised at what a hot ticket he seems to be, and this proves to be a mixed blessing at best. His friends are all too eager to provide advice and guidance, but of course they know just as little about the dating world as Andy. Whether the woman he is dating at the moment is terrific or far from it, the spectra of Laurie always hangs over his head. He has strong feelings of bitterness towards her for leaving, but she is, after all, the love of his life. He has had no contact with her at all, and can only assume she is back in Findlay, serving in the number two job on the local police force. Then one day he returns to the office to find Laurie waiting for him. Laurie has arrested a young man for murder and, though the evidence clearly called for his arrest, she believes he is innocent. The accused is the son of Laurie's oldest friend and she believes Andy is the best person to represent him. Andy follows Laurie back to Wisconsin where he must explore a secretive religious community that seems to hold the truth about what really happened to the deceased.
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Product: Dead Center: Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office
Description: A city with eight million people has eight million ways to die

For fifteen years, Shiya Ribowsky worked as a medicolegal investigator in New York City’s medical examiner’s office—the largest, most sophisticated organization of its kind in the world. Utilizing his background in medicine, he led the investigations of more than eight thousand individual deaths, becoming a key figure in some of New York’s most bizarre death cases and eventually taking charge of the largest forensic investigation ever attempted: identifying the dead in the aftermath of the September 11 tragedies.

Now, in this mesmerizing book, Ribowsky pulls back the curtain on the New York City’s medical examiner’s office, giving an enthralling, never-before-seen glimpse into death and the city. Born and raised in New York City’s orthodox Jewish community, Ribowsky seems an unlikely candidate for this macabre profession. Nevertheless he has forsaken a promising career of medical work with the living, descending instead into the realm of the dead, enticed by the challenge of confronting death on a daily basis. Taking you through the vermin-infested Bowery flophouses and posh Upper East Side apartments of the city’s dead, Ribowsky explores in gruesome detail the skeletons that hang in the Big Apple’s closets. Combing through the autopsy room, he also exposes the grim secrets that only a scalpel and a dead body can tell and explains how forensic investigation does not merely solve crimes—it saves lives.

But it is in the aftermath of September 11 that the ME’s office is handed its biggest challenge: to identify as many of the fallen as possible. With poignant descriptions, Ribowsky provides a dramatic account of the office’s diligent and unflappable work with the families of the victims, helping them emerge from the ashes of this tragedy while displaying the strength, grit, intelligence, and compassion that Americans expect from true New Yorkers.

At once compelling and heartbreaking, Dead Center is a story of New York unlike any other, blending the haunting with the sublime, while painting a striking portrait of death (and life) in the city that never sleeps.
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Product: Dead Center: How Political Polarization Divided America and What We Can Do about It
Brand: Sunbury Press, Inc.
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Product: One Clean Shot: A Gripping Suspense Thriller (The Rookie Club Book 2)
Description: A secret she vowed to take to the grave is at risk when a killer forces her hand. Inspector Hailey Wyatt must risk it all—her career, her freedom, her family—in a desperate gamble to catch a killer.

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“Addictive. A thrilling ride you won’t be able to put down until the very last page.”

Two of San Francisco’s most powerful residents are murdered. Is their killer making a political statement? Or is it more personal?

Homicide Inspector Hailey Wyatt is only just pulling her life back together after being recently widowed, when the case falls in her lap. The case has the media in a frenzy and the brass in a panic. The entire city is on high alert.

The evidence makes it impossible to deny that Hailey’s family is at the center of the case.

Rumors in the department are that the assignment has nothing to do with her investigative ability and everything to do with her senator father-in-law.

The police chief’s message is clear. Solve the case. Quickly. Or else.
The deeper they dig, the more questions arise, and the more troubling the case becomes. As the evidence points closer to home, Hailey's partner questions her dedication to the pursuit of justice.

Because Hailey has secrets of her own. Secrets she’s vowed to protect. Secrets she’s willing to die for.

Fans of Rachel Caine, Melinda Leigh, Karin Slaughter and James Patterson are going to love Danielle Girard.

Praise for One Clean Shot and the Rookie Club Series:

“Top-notch and a must read for suspense fans! ONE CLEAN SHOT is a fast paced and well-developed novel.” –Nancy

“One Clean Shot is a hit at "Center Mass" I held my breath, I gasped, I cried, and not to the very end did I exhale! It was thrilling, suspenseful, exciting and gripping. The Rookie Club Series is on my TBR list and I can hardly contain myself. Danielle Girard is a brilliant writer who has developed some wonderfully complex women who are excellent in law enforcement yet very messy in their lives. Loved it! –Hungry Reader

“Great read!! Girard builds edge-of-your-seat suspense and tells a great story. She kept me guessing who did it all the way to the very end. I loved the characters, the relationships, and the tension that abounded between them throughout the pages.” –S. Sharoody

“Captivating from the very beginning. Liked the character interaction and suspense of the story. Would highly recommend this to mystery and thriller fans.” –L. Cottrell

“I read the first of this series and within a month had downloaded the rest of the Rookie Club Series as well her standalone books. All are engaging and page-turners. Download them, you'll be happy you did.” –Kindle Customer

Dear Reader,

If you’re a fan of Karin Slaughter, Lisa Gardner, Robert Dugoni, Lisa Unger, Ken Follett, John Sanford, Gillian Flynn, or James Patterson, chances are you’ll enjoy my books as well.

Not ready to commit to a book just yet? No problem. Come visit me at daniellegirard.
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