Detective Callie Forde Mysteries

The Perfect Girls

Book 3

Coming September 1st

When five couples escape to a mountain mansion for a winter getaway, what could go wrong?

Sister social media influencers Tess Hunt and Marnie Betts have their vacation all planned. Along with their husbands and friends, they’ll spend a few days on Hampstead Mountain in style. Catered dinners. Wineries and shopping. Hiking and snow. It’s exactly what they’d hoped, but when one of their husbands turns up dead, their dream trip soon turns into a nightmare.

Arriving on scene, neither Detective Callie Forde nor her partner are prepared for the winter storm that hits the mountain, stranding them at the house with the victim and a house full of suspects. As the hours pass, relationships are tested, tempers boil over, and secrets are exposed. The detectives are left wondering who among the group can be trusted when your enemies are your friends and your friends are your enemies. The only thing they know for sure is that someone in the house is not who they seem. Someone in the house is a killer.

A locked room mystery for readers who love Knives Out and And Then There Was None.

The Murderer’s Girl

Book 2

In the tiny town of Hampstead, a killer hides…

Fifteen years ago, the double murder of two local women rocked a small Virginia town. Justice was served when Harry Lawson was arrested and found guilty in the brutal slaying of his wife and friend—or so the town believed.

When new evidence surfaces proving Harry’s innocence, the town and police are thrust into the national spotlight. After the initial medial flurry fades, only one true crime podcaster remains—Gordon Little, a man with a lot to prove and a dubious connection to Lynnleigh, Lisa and Harry’s only surviving child.

Inheriting the stone-cold case and determined not to repeat the mistakes of the past, Detective Callie Forde must investigate a town harboring long-buried secrets in a race to find the true killer before he strikes again.

Last Girl Missing

Book 1

She wanted to avenge her father. She needed to save herself.

When Detective Callie Forde is called to the home of a missing teenaged girl, she doesn’t initially suspect foul play. Hampstead is a quiet college town. It’s safe—if you don’t count the other girl. But as the hours wear on with no sign of Natalie, the police are forced to consider the teenager might have been abducted.

No one is more surprised than Callie when all their leads are eerily similar to that of another case, the five-year-old cold case that ended with a botched investigation, a shooting, and her father in a wheelchair.

Determined not to make the same mistakes he made, Callie races to find the girl, avenge her father, and maybe, stop history from repeating itself.

Praise for the series

“K.L. Murphy has done it again! The Perfect Girls, the third book in the Callie Forde series, is expertly plotted, showcasing once again this author’s considerable writing talent. Packed with suspects and brimming with tension, this locked room mystery kept me guessing until the very end. Engaging, enjoyable, and a great addition to the TBR list.”
—Jennifer Sadera, award-winning author of I Know She Was There and Maybe You Lied
The Perfect Girls didn’t disappoint. It’s a delicious mix of Trad Wives, social media influencers, men (and women) behaving badly, and murder—in short, K.L. Murphy’s best so far.”
—John DeDakis, author, writing coach, and former CNN editor
“Five perfect couples together for a perfect weekend getaway during a perfect winter storm. A perfectly horrible murder. In The Perfect Girls, K. L. Murphy delivers another stellar installment in the Callie Forde Mysteries series and proves that ‘perfect’ may not be all it’s cracked up to be.”
—Michael Rigg, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity nominated author of the Jonathan Gray, M. D. Mystery series
“K.L. Murphy kicks her thriller game into high gear with this new novel: Last Girl Missing has everything readers want from a good thriller—a perplexing mystery, a ticking clock, plenty of secrets, and characters who pop off the page. You won’t be able to put it down.”
—LynDee Walker, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Fear No Truth
“Clear your calendar, because once you start Last Girl Missing, you won’t want to put it down. With deft plotting and high emotional stakes, Murphy’s latest outing brims with immersive detail and edge-of-your-seat suspense. This is a writer who has mastered the art of making suburbia sinister.”
—Mindy Quigley, award-winning author of the Deep Dish Mysteries
“K.L. Murphy is a master of suspense…”
—Heather Weidner, Author of the Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries and Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries
“Callie Forde is an excellent protagonist—complex, compelling, and compassionate.”
—John DeDakis, award-winning author of the Lark Chadwick series