Susan Alexander Books

When the body turns up in Joanna Bryce's apartment, police suspect the murder to be the inevitable conclusion to a deeply-troubled relationship between two brilliant female professors. As they pursue an investigation of their prime suspect, however, other possibilities begin to emerge: Peter Sullivan, a belligerent student enraged by the failing grade which would prevent his graduation; Maureen York, a young professor contemptuously cast aside by the deceased; even, Police Chief Thad Taylor muses, an unknown killer moved by motives beyond their understanding. Assisted by friends, and the woman to whom she is increasingly attracted, the professor initiates her own investigation in order to clear her name and pass through the nightmare of murder and loss. Then, as events speed towards their tragic end, the shadowy figure of the killer, increasingly mad, and compelled by the spider's song, strikes again.

She loved Max too much to marry himSophie Carter was good at her job, the best her agency had to offer. When the von Hartogs, an eminent Austrian family, needed a substitute nanny, she was asked to fill in.Sophie never socialized with her employers. Maximilian von Hartog, however, uncle of her two charges, refused to take no for an answer.In the quaint snow-covered village of Kitzbuhl, Sophie fell in love with the determined baron. But when Max offered marriage she refused. There was so much he didn't know about her--so much she didn't want him to know.

In the author's previous novel, Spider Song, Marci Gray makes a cameo appearance as an enigmatic woman who drifts into Keene, New Hampshire, and six months later drifts away again. In her wake she leaves many unanswered questions. Who was she? Where had she come from? Where had she gone? Arid why?Allison Recalled picks up her trail and follows her to the small town of Jordan, Ohio. Driven by a growing need to understand her past, and aided by a slender clue indicating Jordan as her birthplace, she settles into the community and initiates a search for the first four years of her life.Jordan seems to dream through the rich autumn season, as innocent as a painting. In those first days, Marci can almost feel that she has stepped into the scene. She locates a charming cottage to rent; she is befriended by one of Jordan's most influential citizens; she meets and quickly becomes involved with a lovely woman. Yet almost immediately a darker side is revealed. As Marci pursues her investigation and begins to discover a history of crime and deception, the sleeping dogs of the past are roused. In an ever-escalating show of force, threats are made, vile pranks are played. Eventually, people die.Moving inexorably towards its bitterly ironic conclusion, ALLISON RECALLED explores the themes of revenge and forgiveness, the price one may pay for truth, and the dark wonders of the twisted strands of good and evil, which occupy the human heart.