B.D. Smith Books in Order

A killer stages ritualistic murders of young women and leaves their bodies in a Maine lake. Detective Doug Bateman and investigator Anne Quinn join forces against an offender who appears determined to humiliate them and may have a deeper motive.

Murders of resort-development opponents draw Doug Bateman to Moosehead Lake, while Anne Quinn investigates a disturbing series of assaults. A persistent reporter complicates their parallel cases as each investigation suggests that its apparent explanation may conceal something larger.

A powerboat regatta divides a Maine lakeside community and draws increasingly hostile protests. When two apparent accidents prove to be murders, Doug Bateman and Anne Quinn investigate whether environmental conflict or more personal motives lie behind the deaths.

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Arkansas settlement contend with a corrupt sheriff, clashing research priorities, and disturbing phenomena around its temple mound. Valuable discoveries attract an ambitious professor, intensifying the struggle for control as the dig takes unexpected turns.