Brandilyn Collins Books in Order

Collins's first book is a true-crime account of a murder case revived by a daughter's claimed memory years later. It follows the investigation, the trial, and the unsettling questions surrounding memory and justice.

Orphaned as a teen, Jessie plans to leave tiny Bradleyville, Kentucky, and follow her mother's path of service. But labor unrest, fresh love, and rising violence force her to decide where she truly belongs.

Chelsea Adams sees a young woman's death in a vision and cannot simply shrug it off. As public attention and skepticism build, she must decide what to do with a gift that frightens her.

Celia Matthews returns to Bradleyville to care for her father after his stroke, and old pain comes rushing back with her. The deepest wound is the one between Celia and the mother whose love she never trusted.

Chelsea Adams is still trying to live with the frightening visions that invade her life. When another glimpse points toward danger, she has to follow it, even if doing so risks her peace and her credibility.

Collins adapts ideas from method acting into a practical guide for novelists. The book focuses on seven techniques for creating characters who feel vivid, motivated, and emotionally real on the page.

After her mother's death, teenage Jackie Delham is trying to hold her Kentucky family together. Then her father falls for a complicated woman from town, and Jackie's own heart starts pulling her in new directions.

Annie Kingston moves to Grove Landing for peace and finds herself pulled into a murder case instead. A traumatized girl saw her mother's killer, and Annie must draw the face before the real man strikes again.

Forensic artist Annie Kingston agrees to age the face of long-vanished killer Bill Bland for a television manhunt. But the deeper she goes into his world, the clearer it becomes someone wants her stopped.

A serial killer is terrorizing the Redding, California area, and Annie Kingston stumbles onto the sixth body near her own home. As she helps identify victims, the case grows more personal and more terrifying.

Paige Williams slips into her hot tub one night and comes face to face with a corpse. Hiding from a dark past, she must decide how much truth she can risk as murder closes in around her.

After Annie Kingston witnesses a shooting, Chelsea Adams is hit with a terrifying new vision. Together they chase a case built on lies, greed, and danger, where being ignored could get someone killed.

Reporter Leslie Brymes heads to work and finds a corpse in her car with a message pinned to it. The murder pulls Kanner Lake into a chilling case where the impossible starts to feel disturbingly close.

Realtor Carla Radling is showing a lakeside estate when her client pulls a gun instead of making an offer. To survive, she must confront a buried secret from her teenage years and the powerful people tied to it.

A Saturday gathering at Kanner Lake's Java Joint turns into a hostage crisis when three gunmen storm the cafe. Their demands are broadcast through a blog, and failure could cost a dozen lives.

Kaitlan Sering comes home to find a dead woman in her bed and evidence pointing to her boyfriend. Pregnant and terrified, she flees to her estranged grandfather, a suspense novelist who may be her only chance.

Sixteen-year-old Shaley O'Connor is on tour with her rock-star mother when she finds a friend murdered backstage. Threatening messages and relentless paparazzi make it clear the killer may not be finished.

Kaycee Raye is known for writing about her own fears, so nobody is quick to believe her when terror turns real. Dead-man photos and unnerving visions push her toward answers that may break her.

A dying man's last words leave Shaley O'Connor reeling after the murders on the Rayne tour. To learn whether the danger is over, she has to dig into the painful history of her mother and father.

Skip tracer Joanne Weeks has always believed Baxter Jackson killed her best friend. When his second wife dies too, Joanne chases the truth into a tangle of lies, fear, and a missing foster child.

Shaley O'Connor's dream day shatters when she is kidnapped just before her mother's wedding to Shaley's long-lost father. As the adults race to find her, Shaley realizes she may have to save herself.

Janessa McNeil is infected with Lyme disease by a man determined to punish her husband, a doctor who denies chronic Lyme exists. If Brock will not change his public stance, their young daughter may be next.

Widowed and broken by grief, Lisa Newberry volunteers for an experimental brain-chip trial meant to treat severe depression. Hope gives way to dread when the procedure opens the door to something far more dangerous.

A serial killer has terrorized Amaryllis, Mississippi, and fear has settled over the town. As three very different women start asking questions, the hunt for the Closet Killer turns dangerously personal.

Hannah Shire and her mother stop to help a crash victim on a rural California road. One whispered warning sends three generations of women running for their lives, unsure whom they can trust.

Ben Dearing brings his shy fiancee Christina home to meet his loud, loving Mississippi family. But Christina's abusive childhood has left deep scars, and fitting into the Dearings may feel more frightening than comforting.

Ben and Christina Dearing's wedding weekend should be joyful, until Christina's abusive, alcoholic mother crashes the celebration. Family loyalty, forgiveness, and hard-won boundaries all get tested as the Dearings try to hold the weekend together.

Delanie Miller has built a quiet new life in Kentucky and plans to keep her past buried. When she finds her friend Clara murdered and an innocent young man is blamed, staying silent may cost more than exposure.

A short craft guide for novelists who want less predictable plots. Collins offers a practical method for finding surprising twists that still grow naturally out of character and story.

Six contestants arrive on a remote island for a reality show built on secrets and live votes. When the game turns on the seven deadly sins, each person must face the truth that could ruin them.

A compact craft book about reader reaction and story effect. Collins helps writers think through why some novels deeply connect, and why others fall flat, in a clear, practical way.

Cara Westling moves to small-town Idaho hoping for a safer life for herself and her daughter. Then her respected new boss murders a woman and forces Cara to help hide the body, trapping her in a nightmare with no clean escape.