Cole St James: 2 books

Part I: In the Colorado mountains, a hiker discovers a mass grave. Sheriff Jake Galleon investigates, but with a friend interfering, with his job at stake, with his wife's illness, and with the return of a former lover, Galleon will have his hands full. Part II: With emotional wounds healing and with new horizons before him, Galleon investigates the murder of an art gallery owner.

Two members of the VanLeewen family are found dead in their home, and a third is missing. Detective Max Cooper has asked his brother, Dutch, a former professional boxer with a mysterious past and a fondness for snooping, to look into the case. With a psychopath afoot, will Dutch be able to solve the case—and protect his young lover and his precocious eight-year-old daughter?