Sarah Spillman Books in Order

This brief supernatural tale builds dread fast, mixing eerie atmosphere with the sense that death is never far away. Pawlish keeps the story compact, unsettling, and sharp.

A dark short mystery about desperation, secrets, and a death that may not be what it first seems. It is a quick, moody read with a noir edge.

This lean short crime story turns one bad decision, and one cheap gun, into a tense night of trouble. Pawlish keeps the pressure high and the fallout close.

A missing boy's body is found in a dumpster, and soon a second death complicates the case. Sarah Spillman has to uncover the hidden link between two seemingly separate tragedies.

Sarah Spillman investigates the rape and murder of a young woman with very few clues to follow. As she pushes deeper, she realizes the killer may be much closer to home than she expected.

A charity gala at wealthy Niles Mayfield's house should be festive, but murder ruins the evening fast. Sarah Spillman has to sort through a crowded suspect list before the night gets even deadlier.

A murdered sex worker and a drowned homeless man seem unrelated at first. As Sarah Spillman investigates, she starts to suspect the city's most vulnerable victims may be linked by something far uglier.

When two judges are murdered and identical notes are left with the bodies, Sarah Spillman knows she is chasing a killer with a purpose. The trouble is figuring out the link before another judge falls.

A doctor is found dead in her car, and the scene looks like suicide. Sarah Spillman is not convinced, and her search for the truth forces her to confront secrets in both the case and her past.

Three people are shot in one summer evening, and Sarah Spillman is the only one who survives. While she fights for her life, her partners scramble to find the links before the shooter strikes again.

Back on the job after a near-fatal shooting, Sarah Spillman investigates a man gunned down in his Mercedes. The more she digs into his life, the more motives and hidden fears she finds.

A woman is found dead near a church, barefoot and carrying only her ID. Sarah soon realizes her top suspect may also connect to a woman who vanished twenty years earlier.

A self-proclaimed psychic predicts a murder, and then the victim turns up exactly as described. Sarah Spillman has to look past the obvious and find the real killer before another death follows.

A suburban high-school graduate is found drowned along Denver's Platte River. Sarah Spillman and her team have to dig through teenage secrets, nervous parents, and shaky stories to find out why.

Gloria Lott's death looks like suicide, and most people are ready to close the case. Sarah Spillman is not, and her doubts uncover motives that make the truth far more dangerous.

When popular Denver food critic Piper Randall is shot outside a restaurant, Sarah Spillman steps into a case shaped by fame, jealousy, and revenge. Piper's curated life turns out to hide plenty of enemies.

When key evidence vanishes from a murder investigation, suspicion falls on Sarah Spillman and she is suspended. To save her badge and her name, she has to expose whoever is manipulating the case.