Detective Callie Forde Mysteries

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 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