It began with a corpse with a swastika carved into its forehead. Was it a neo-Nazi hate crime? Or something even more sinister? As bodies mutilated with the emblem of the Third Reich begin to pile up, the investigators of the Special X police team uncover a conspiracy that takes them deep into Germany’s dark history and a secret that lies buried to this day. A secret that some would kill to keep from getting out.

“Swastika will please anyone who enjoys a good thriller with a historical bent.” —Quill & Quire

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From the author of There Was an Old Woman comes a novel about a professional organizer with a deadly problem she may not be able to clean up.

"Clever... Ephron's tidy approach to stowing clues, arousing suspicions, keeping the chaos of the climax under control, then tying up loose ends makes her a professional organizer of this type of entertainment." —Kirkus Reviews

Parker, a young, overconfident psychiatrist new to his job at a mental asylum, miscalculates catastrophically when he undertakes curing a mysterious and profoundly dangerous patient.

“A clever cocktail of psychological thriller and supernatural horror.” —Kirkus Reviews

Recently widowed and rendered penniless, Julia Bishop is eager to start anew. So when a stranger appears on her doorstep with a job offer, she finds herself accepting the mysterious yet unique position: caretaker to his mother, Amaris Sinclair. But when she arrives at the Sinclairs' enormous estate on Lake Superior, Julia begins to suspect that there may be sinister undercurrents to her "too-good-to-be-true" position.

"A brisk thriller tinged with gothic elements." —Kirkus