The Hillsborough Trilogy #1
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 saw someone take his mother. Then he saw them put a box at the front gates. Inside he found a heart and knew she was not coming home. Later he learned other family members died mysteriously over three generations.
Jack Burcher becomes the Chief Medical Examiner of Hillsborough County. He is determined to avenge his mother's death and stop the family monster. Decades pass with more unsolved deaths, and then five years of peace. Is it possible their monster is dead? Can the family nightmare be over at last?
The FBI believes Jack's fiancé is part of the multigenerational scheme to drain the billionaire Burcher family fortune. When Kayda vanishes without a trace and more people die, Jack decides he must to it alone. He will rescue the girl he loves and together they will stop the family nightmare.
Is Kayda Webster Jack's road to the family monster, or is she the road to Dr. Jack Burcher's dead end?
Trilogy #2 - KAYDA release targeted Fall 2026
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?