Multi-award winning Heather Graham needs no introduction. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write. Since then, she has written over two hundred novels and novellas including category, suspense, historical romance, vampire fiction, time travel, occult, sci-fi, young adult, and Christmas family fare. She’s been published in approximately thirty languages and has 70 million books in print, and I can testify that she throws the most fun writers conferences of all time.

The Murder Machine, April 29, 2025

This state-of-the-art smart home has everything: a next-generation entertainment system, an ultramodern kitchen where every appliance is online, a personal AI, and a dead owner. FBI agent Jude Mackenzie is faced with the daunting task of discovering how the woman was killed by her own home. Enter Special Agent Victoria Tennant, whose familiarity with cybercrime reveals the stark truth: a machine can only do what it’s been directed to. As the number of grisly “accidents” begins to rise, the pair must race to uncover the perpetrator—and there’s nowhere to hide when danger may be as close as the very phones in their pockets.

Heather likes to kick back with unsweetened iced tea, or good, strong coffee with a little vanilla or hazelnut creamer. If off duty, a Guinness, preferably while snacking on peanuts, cashews or pecans. She also makes the world’s best parfait with a strawberry or blueberry yogurt base and loaded with granola and fruit (not just sprinkled on top like some shady deli might give you!).

Adam Plantinga been in law enforcement for twenty-three years, seven with the Milwaukee PD and sixteen with the San Francisco PD. He is currently a sergeant with the San Francisco Police Department. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife and daughters. He has written two nonfiction books about urban law enforcement and his debut novel The Ascent came out in January of 2024.

Hard Town, April 8, 2025

Ex-Detroit cop Kurt Argento is ready for some quiet. Still working through his grief over the passing of his wife, Argento finds himself house-sitting for a friend. Then Kristin Reed shows up, begging Argento to find her missing husband and son. But Fenton, Arizona is more than meets the eye—the large, overly equipped public safety team, the unusual financial boosting of failing small businesses by the U.S. government, and an unnamed man with unprecedented control over the town. Fenton, Arizona is going to push Kurt further than he’s ever had to go. And along the way, he may just lose a part of himself. Because justice isn’t as black and white as Argento would like to believe.

Kurt’s favorite drink is Lowenbrau, and in Hard Town he gets to pair it with apple fritters.

D.M. Rowell comes from a long line of elders, historians and storytellers of the Kiowa tribe. During her thirty-year career as a Marketing Media Content Strategist for Fortune 1000 clients and innovative start-ups in Silicon Valley, she often escaped to produce independent documentaries. From there she began a new chapter as a novelist; the first in her Mud Sawpole series was the Mary Higgins Clark Award nominated Never Name the Dead.

Silent Are the Dead, November, 2024

While back on tribal land, Mud Sawpole uncovers an illegal fracking operation underway that threatens the Kiowas’ ancestral homeland. But there’s an even greater threat: a local businessman involved in artifact thefts is murdered, and a respected tribe elder faces accusation of the crime. After being roped in by her cousin, Denny, they begin to investigate the death while also pursuing evidence to stop frackers from destroying Kiowa land, water, and livelihoods. Mud and Denny race against the clock to uncover the real killer and must face the knowledge that there may be a traitor—and a murderer—in their midst. It’s already too late for one victim, and Mud may be next.

Mud’s favorite drink is a cup of hot dark chocolate. Even on a warm day, she can sink into the comfort of chocolate. 😉 Favorite snack is popcorn! Gotta be the a-pan-on-the-stovetop made from kernel kind of popcorn, not microwaved!

Matt Goldman is a New York Times Bestselling author and Emmy Award winning television writer and nominated for the Shamus Award and the Nero Award. Matt’s television writing credits include Seinfeld, Ellen, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, two dogs, and two cats.

The Murder Show, April 15, 2025

Showrunner Ethan Harris had a hit with The Murder Show, a crime drama featuring a PI who solves cases the police can’t. But after the fourth season is cancelled, he returns home to Minnesota looking for inspiration. His timing is fortunate―his former classmate Ro Greeman is now a local police officer, and she’s uncovered new information about the hit and run that killed their mutual friend Ricky the summer after high school. She thinks if Ethan portrays the killing on The Murder Show, the publicity may bring Ricky’s killer to justice.

It doesn’t take long for them to realize they’ve dug up more than they bargained for. Someone is dead set on stopping Ethan and Ro from looking too closely into Ricky’s death―even if keeping them quiet means killing again…

Favorite drink: Rye Manhattan. Favorite snack: cashews.