L.S. Stratton Books in Order

Fleeing an abusive marriage, Tasha impulsively rescues a stranger from an angry man. Both women want freedom from their husbands, but their very different ideas about helping each other draw them toward violence and a tangled murder investigation.

After inheriting a haunting portrait, struggling writer Shanice investigates the Harlem Renaissance artist who painted it. The woman’s disappearance and her patron’s century-old murder appear connected to new deaths and the unsettling sense that Shanice is being followed.

A year after her boss’s birthday party ends in murder, assistant Nicole consults on a film about the catastrophe. Trying to clear her name becomes difficult as the production distorts events and disturbing visions keep the past alive.

Vacationing in a Virginia town with a history of racist violence, Naomi is haunted by a girl’s ghost. Investigating two recent disappearances draws her into danger and forces her to confront the trauma of her own missing past.