Romance/Mainstream. 60964 words long. First published in 2011

In A Killing in the Hills, a powerful, intricate debut from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Keller, a mother and a daughter try to do right by a town and each other before it's too late.What's happening in Acker's Gap, West Virginia? Three elderly men are gunned down over their coffee at a local diner, and seemingly half the town is there to witness the act. Still, it happened so fast, and no one seems to have gotten a good look at the shooter.  Was it random? Was it connected to the spate of drug violence plaguing poor areas of the country just like Acker's Gap? Or were Dean Streeter, Shorty McClurg, and Lee Rader targeted somehow?One of the witnesses to the brutal incident was Carla Elkins, teenaged daughter of Bell Elkins, the prosecuting attorney for Raythune County, WV. Carla was shocked and horrified by what she saw, but after a few days, she begins to recover enough to believe that she might be uniquely placed to help her mother do her job.After all, what better way to repair their fragile, damaged relationship? But could Carla also end up doing more harm than good—in fact, putting her own life in danger?Review"A Killing in the Hills superbly evokes the hard times and wooded beauty of a poverty-stricken county in West Virginia. . .A finely written and engrossing debut."—*Houston Chronicle“A Killing In The Hills* is a gripping, beautifully-crafted murder mystery that shows that small-town West Virginia is no longer Mayberry. Great reading.”—SCOTT TUROW“Julia Keller is that rare talent who combines gripping suspense, a fabulous sense of place and nuanced characters you can't wait to come back to. A must read.”—KARIN SLAUGHTER“A Killing in the Hills is a remarkably written and remarkably tense debut. I loved it.”—DENNIS LEHANE"Julia Keller's A Killing in the Hills is a terrific debut—atmospheric, suspenseful, assured. I hope there's more to come in the story of Bell Elkins and Acker's Gap."—LAURA LIPPMAN"Be careful opening this book because once you do you won't be able to close it. Instead, clear the weekend, silence the phone and settle into Acker's Gap, a place as fascinating and fraught with violence and beauty as Daniel Woodrell's Ozarks or William Gay's Tennessee. A killer novel."—TOM FRANKLIN“Outstanding. . .Keller does a superb job showing both the natural beauty of Appalachia and the hopeless anger of the people trapped there in poverty. . .Unforgettable.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review, Pick of the Week)"A page-turner with substance and depth, this is as suspenseful and entertaining as it is accomplished."—Booklist (starred review)“A fictional debut for a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, born and raised in West Virginia, whose love for the state, filled with natural beauty and deep poverty, pervades a mystery that has plenty of twists and turns and a shocking conclusion.”—Kirkus (starred review) About the AuthorJULIA KELLER was born and raised in West Virginia, and now lives in Chicago and Ohio.  In her career as a journalist, she won the Pulitzer Prize for a three-part series she wrote for the Chicago Tribune about a small town in Illinois rocked by a deadly tornado. A Killing in the Hills is her first mystery.

It's time for Clemmie to go on her first school excursion!Clementine Rose and her classmates are all abuzz. They're off on a springtime excursion to a local farm. When Aunt Violet comes along to help out, no-one is sure just how helpful she'll really be. Things get a little out of control when Aunt Violet and Mrs Bottomley go missing and Joshua is cornered by Ramon the feisty ram. Will Clementine and her friends escape from Ramon and find the missing ladies too?

Black Sun Reich: Part One of three in The Spear of Destiny, the first novel in a new steampunk, horror, alternate history, action-adventure series set in a 1920s where the Nazis have begun their subjugation of the world using the occult, advanced science, and a holy relic with awesome powers.And don't miss the other parts of this serialized novel—Part Two: Death's Head Legion and Part Three: Shadows Will Fall.Trey Garrison recaptures the unapologetic adventure, wonder, and excitement of the classic pulp fiction of the 1930s and 1940s, blending elements of steampunk with deeply researched historical fiction and a good dose of humor. The novel also explores major philosophical and moral issues relevant to our contemporary world: the trade-off between security and liberty, the morality of preemptive war, and what fundamentally separates good from evil.The North American continent is made up of several rival nations, and a Cold War is building among them. The Nazis rose to power a decade ago. People travel by airship, and powerful organizations calculate with Babbage's Difference Engine. The Nazis have hatched a plot to raise a legion of undead soldiers.Enter Sean Fox Rucker and Jesus D'Anconia Lago, two Great War veterans and freelance pilots who are pulled into the quest. They are joined by a brash Greek merchant, a brilliant Jewish cowboy, and the woman who once broke Rucker's heart. This ragtag band of reluctant, bickering, swashbuckling heroes is soon locked in a globe-spanning race against Nazi occultists, clockwork assassins, and a darkly charismatic commando. In a world where science and the supernatural coexist, and the monsters of legend are as real as the necromancers who summon them from murky realms, our heroes alone stand before the rising shadows. But all their efforts may not be enough.

In book seven, Project: Ski Trip, the girls are finally ready to hit the slopes. But beware, boys are involved. Consequently, some of Carlie's friends get a little obsessed with 'primping.' Carlie gets fed up with their boy-crazy schemes. She also gets caught up in competing with her snowboard, and that gets her in trouble.In book eight, Project: Secret Admirer, Valentine's Day is coming, and Amy gets a crush. She also gets notes from a secret admirer and assumes they're from him. But after p

One Christmas eve. One vanishing Corpse. Too much mayhem Christmas Corpse Caper is a 10,000 word short story romantic suspense prequel to the Amazon bestselling mystery "LIQUID LIES."Christmas Corpse Caper: Stuck at work on Christmas Eve, Mark Stevens plans to make the best of it. He may even wrangle a date with a co-worker he's loved since fifth grade. But his plan quickly goes awry when the night turns creepy with strange noises and a broken vase. And when a corpse vanishes, the question becomes whether he'll make it through the night without losing his sanity...or his life. A mysterious and fun prequel to the Amazon Kindle Bestseller "LIQUID LIES."

Megan Williams is eighteen and in love with the boy next door, Victor Evans. It is 1910 and, in the Rhondda Valley, poverty and hardship are taking their toll as troops are brought in to control the striking miners. The only work Megan can find is in a house where the police and soldiers lodge, but she is shunned by friends and neighbours, who believe she has betrayed her class by working for the enemy. Megan's father would rather see his daughter dead than married to a Catholic, particularly one whose father and brother are marked as strike ringleaders. Caught in the middle, Victor and Megan find themselves fighting for the right to love one another, remain together and build a future they can share.

Rachel and Kirsty are off on another exciting adventure - with the Magical Animal Fairies!Rachel and Kirsty are heading to outdoor adventure camp — and another fairy adventure is just around the corner! The Magical Animal Fairies' seven animals are missing. The animals each look after a special kind of magic. If Rachel and Kirsty can't find them fast, nothing will be the same!There's only one magical animal left to find, and it belongs to Caitlin the Ice Bear Fairy. But Jack Frost isn't going to let the magic bear go without a fight! Can Rachel, Kirsty, and Caitlin outsmart him?Find the missing magical animal in each book and help save the fairy magic!

April has a boss who needs to be taken down a few notches, and she sets out to plan an April Fool's Day prank that would long be remembered. April took great pains to plan everything in great detail, even to hiring a videographer to record the entire program, with the prank against Penelope Winslow as the highlight. Everything goes off without a hitch, only, to her horror, the prank snowballs and the humor is quickly lost in the small town. Especially devastated is Penelope, who refuses to leave her house and cries constantly over her ruined reputation. April feels bad, and is horrified that the prank took off in a way she never anticipated! But she refuses to admit it to anyone else, even when Derrick Winslow, Penelope's handsome nephew comes around asking questions. Derrick has never seen his Aunt Penny so upset, and when he finds the person, or persons, responsible, he intends to see them pay. When he learns that the sweet little redhead his Aunty Penny thought he should meet and fall in love with is the guilty party, he decides that a time-honored way of dealing with little brats will work just fine!

Dahken Cor Pelson has found and freed a score of his people from a Loszian necromancer, but now what can he do? With the help of a beauitful and dangerous sorceress, he must find a way to escape the Loszian Empire. Even then will the Westerners and Queen Erella of Aquis accept the Dahken within their lands?And what of the children he has liberated? Dahken they may be, but children none the less.So continues the tale...