Riley Crane woke up fully dressed, a gun under her pillow, and covered in blood. Even more frightening, she didn't remember what happened the night before. In fact, she barely remembered the previous three weeks. An ex-army officer, now a federal agent assigned to the Special Crimes Unit, Riley was a chameleon--a clairvoyant who could blend in with her surroundings, be anyone or anything she chose to be. The SCU's expert on the occult, she'd been...

San Diego Homicide Detective Seamus Moynihan thinks he's seen it all when it comes to human violence, but a naked man killed in a snakebite ritual might be his most gruesome case yet... Moynihan's search for the killer will propel him on a journey through the underground world of ancient eroticism, black-market reptiles, and religious cults, ultimately leading him to a Biblical scholar whose theories about the dawn of time provide a surprising link...

After a hit debut novel, Penelope is desperate for inspiration and arranges a research trip with an assortment of friends and professionals to investigate a legend about a witch in the Pacific Northwest and recent disappearances in the area. When members of her team disappear, then reappear as bodies, the remainder are forced to solve the mystery of the Stone Witch or leave the killer as the last one alive.