Trilogy Book One
Trilogy #1 - What kind of serial killer methodically slays members of one family over three generations?
They tried to keep it from the children, but Jack watched them take his mother. The next night he they put a box at the front gates; Jack looked inside and knew his mother would not be coming home. The deaths of the Burcher family members were never talked about, not until three generations of mysteries could no longer be covered up.
He became the Chief Medical Examiner of Hillsborough County and would avenge his mother's death and stop the family monster.
The FBI believes his fiancé is part of the twisted scheme that would explain the Burcher family mystery. When Kayda vanishes without a trace and more people die, Jack decides to hunt alone.; he is determined to rescue the girl he loves and to stop the family nightmare.
Trilogy #2 - KAYDA release targeted Winter 2026/27
Six years after Kayda Webster vanishes from the Burcher estate a national security crisis unfolds in Washington DC. Family members of the President's Cabinet are taken. The POTUS turns to the world-renowned forensic sleuth Dr. Elliott Sumner.
Elliott soon discovers the DC Assault has sinister roots that run to Hillsborough County and the home of his close friend and Medical Examiner, Dr. Jack Burcher.
The POTUS holds off taking military action to neutralize the bizarre national threat as the two internationally acclaimed forensic sleuths join forces to solve the spiraling evil puzzle. Soon they realize they are hunting a new kind of beast, one that lives in a world of illusions.
Can the combined forces untangle the web of lies before the POTUS must take action to save the country held hostage? Can Sumner and Burcher find and stop a real monster in time? Is finding Kayda Webster the key to winning this evil battle, or is she a calculated mistake, the most magnificent illusion of them all?
The Bell Trilogy - Elliott Sumner hunts a Monster
A monster steps from the fog of urban legend and haunts a midsouth community. The chilling pursuit of an unstoppable serial killer by world-renowned forensic sleuth Elliott Sumner soon reveals a family secret with profound world implications. Can the Butcher be stopped?
The hunt for a monster plunges Elliott Sumner into unfathomable realms where the great wealth and power of a secret sinister society nears the completion of their century-old mission. Will they take control of the greatest evolutionary leap of mankind?
An utterly plausible genetic solution for life extension is upon us. Who will have access to immortality? What kind of world can support a growing population of people who never die? This genetic breakthrough is woven into an epic battle between good and evil. Who will win?