Most Popular Books by Nancy Bush

The New York Times bestselling author of Hush “brings readers a page-turner chock full of suspense and intrigue . . . a solid mystery” (RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars). Only killing stops the pain . . . Callie Cantrell has only fragmented memories of the car accident that killed her husband and son. One year later, she''s still trying to start over, yet she can''t shake her unease. Especially when former LA cop West Laughlin barges into her life, searching for his young nephew. At first he thinks Callie''s lying about who she is and what she knows. But soon it''s clear that Callie and West are linked by a killer who has bent others to his twisted will. The worst night of Callie''s life was just the beginning of his vengeance. And when her turn comes again there will be no escape . . . Praise for Nancy Bush and her novels “Nancy Bush always delivers edge-of-your-seat suspense!” —Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling author “Engrossing . . . twists you won''t see coming!” —Karen Rose, New York Times bestselling author “Pulse-pounding . . . Readers will tear through the pages.” —Publishers Weekly “An imaginative mystery that will beguile the reader . . . an electrifying thriller.” —Mysterious Reviews

SOME SECRETS When Liv Dugan ducks out of work for lunch, it’s just an ordinary day. When she returns, she stumbles onto a massacre. All her colleagues at Zuma Software have been shot. Only luck has left Liv unscathed, and that might be running out . . . WILL FOLLOW YOU Liv suspects the shootings are tied to her past—and to the package she recently received from her long-dead adoptive mother. Sensing she’s being followed, Liv jumps into a stranger’s car and orders him to drive. Her “hostage” complies, listening carefully as her story unwinds. Skeptical at first, he ultimately begins to believe all Liv’s fears are justified . . . TO YOUR GRAVE Together, Liv and her unlikely confidant try to uncover the truth about her adoptive family, her birth parents, and her troubled childhood. Because somewhere in Liv’s past is a secret worth killing for, and a nightmare she can never outrun . .

A group of friends are stalked by evil in a thriller from the New York Times bestselling author who “always delivers edge-of-your-seat suspense!” (Lisa Jackson) Cross your heart In the summer before their senior year, Coby Rendell and her friends take a beach trip together. Around a campfire on a foggy June night, Coby, Rhiannon, Yvette and the others share their darkest secrets, before a tragic accident shatters the bond between them . . . And hope Twelve years later Coby attends a birthday party reunion that ends in horror when Yvette''s sister''s lifeless body is discovered in a hot tub. Soon others in the original group of tale-tellers begin meeting similar fates—unfortunate “accidents” shrinking their numbers one by one . . . To die Conflicted by her growing feelings for Danner Lockwood, the investigating detective, Coby races to unravel a mystery buried in the past. But someone is watching her every move—someone prepared to kill again and again to protect a shocking truth . . . Praise for Nancy Bush''s Blind Spot “Engrossing . . . twists you won''t see coming!” —Karen Rose, New York Times bestselling author “Atmospheric . . . sure to cause shivers.” —Book Page “Bush keeps the story moving quickly and ends with an unexpected twist.” —Publishers Weekly

Some days are just weird city. Take today. Jane Kelly, thirtysomething ex-bartender and current process server, is dutifully putting in slave-labor hours working for Dwayne Durbin, local "information specialist" (i.e., private investigator), and on the road to becoming a P.I. herself. Next thing she knows she''s socializing with eccentric rich people who have a penchant for going crazy and/or dying in spectacularly mysterious ways. A little back story ... Jane''s usual motto in life is never trust anyone too handsome. But she''s willing to make an exception when Jasper "Jazz" Purcell, son of Lake Chinook''s wealthiest and most famously eccentric family, comes to ask for her help. Sexy, loaded, and charming, the guy''s a real catch. It seems the Purcell matriarch, Orchid, is in her eighties and losing her marbles. And since she controls the family fortune, that could be a bad thing. What Jazz needs is somebody from the outside to convince his grandmother to give up control. Somebody neutral. Somebody ... with a dog. Orchid likes dogs. And that''s how Jane and her pug, The Binkster, end up at Estate Creep-O-Rama, babysitting a dotty old lady, surrounded by a clan so hostile they make "Survivor" look like a hug-fest.

From New York Times bestselling author Nancy Bush, a gripping page-turner that explores the dark side of popularity, when "harmless" high school gossip turns deadly... Every word you whisper In high school, rumors can make or destroy a reputation. A thoughtless nickname can turn each day into a living hell. Gossip is irresistible--and contagious. But sometimes, gossip can kill... Every secret you share Mackenzie Laughlin, formerly with Oregon''s River Glen police department, has reluctantly agreed to investigate a local woman''s disappearance. The case reconnects her with Jesse James Taft, a P.I. gifted at getting under Mac''s skin. But when the body is found tangled in river weeds, Mac and Taft realize that the case has changed, from one missing woman to a hunt for a terrifying and relentless killer... Could be your last In his old school yearbooks, they were the pretty, popular ones, confident and callous. Back then, they held the power. But now, it''s all his. He''s been waiting to teach them the lessons they should have learned long ago: that gossip and popularity have a price, and it''s time to pay...

THERE ARE SINS “Do unto others . . .” Carefully, he carves the words into their flesh. The victims are all young, brunette, pretty. But she’s the one he really wants. The others are just a way to ease the rage that has festered for years, until the only thing that calms him is his knife slicing through skin . . . YOU NEVER LIVE Detective September Rafferty—Nine to her friends—recognizes the artwork that arrives in the mail. She created it back in second grade. Now a killer’s words are slashed across it in what looks like blood. He knows her. September’s investigation leads to her old classmate, Jake Westerly. She wants to believe Jake is innocent. But trusting anyone could be her last mistake . . . TO REGRET Every slight, every slur, he remembers them all. They turned him into a monster, and now they will suffer for it. Starting with September, he’ll show them that the past can never stay hidden and that the time of vengeance is at hand . . . “Pulse-pounding . . . Readers will tear through the pages.” —Publishers Weekly

In a chilling, intensely eerie new novel of suspense from the New York Times bestselling author of The Camp and The Babysitter, a woman haunted by unreliable psychic visions must decide how far to trust herself when it comes to stopping a killer. Sometimes, a bad, bad feeling creeps over Veronica Quick. It happened on her tenth birthday, when a voice filled her head: Don’t go in the water. That day, she nearly drowned while swimming with her friends, one of whom was seriously injured. Since then, Ronnie has tried to turn off her premonitions. After all, not every vision comes true. She’s made a fool of herself before, predicting things that didn’t transpire. And she’s still shaken by disturbing images tied to that day at The Pond. But this new vision is different. This one won’t be ignored. There’s a clearing in the woods, and a woman, strangled to death, her hands bloody and torn. The body is found just as Ronnie predicted, and suddenly she’s seeing glimpses of more victims, even as she clashes with a skeptical police detective from her past. But Ronnie sees just enough to know there’s a killer out there, stalking, strangling, circling everyone she knows in an ever-tightening web. But it’s the part she doesn’t yet see that is the most terrifying . . .

Jane Kelly, a thirty-year-old single woman working as a process server in Lake Chinook, Oregon, becomes entangled in a case involving the disappearance of Bobby Reynolds, a man accused of murdering his own family.

In a chilling, masterfully twisting new novel of suspense, the New York Times bestselling author of The Camp explores the dark side of friendship . . . “I pledge my own life and soul to The Sorority.” Every school has its cool girls, and at River Glen High, they’re known as The Sorority. The name began as a joke, but it holds a grain of truth. Because they’ve made a pledge to protect one another . . . no matter what the cost may be. The pledge to kill Ethan Stanhope—that was a joke too. But then Ethan died in a car crash on the night of graduation, along with his little sister. A tragic accident, they said. Private investigator Mackenzie Laughlin remembers the girls of The Sorority, though as a cop’s daughter, she was an outsider. Now, nearly ten years later, one of them is missing, and Mac is hired to find her. The accidents have started again too—if that’s what they are. Because Mac is beginning to realize just how much the Sorority sisters have to hide—and how far they’ll go to keep their secrets . . .

Three sisters with a dark secret are reunited in the New York Times–bestselling author’s first romantic suspense novel—now available in a new edition. Everyone in Wagon Wheel, Oregon, knew that Thomas Daniels was a mean, violent man, twisted by liquor and hate. His stepdaughters, Dinah, Denise, and Hayley, knew it better than anyone. And then, with one desperate act, their lives changed forever. Now, years after he disappeared, Thomas Daniels’s remains have been found and a murder investigation is underway. All three sisters—Dinah, a respected journalist, acclaimed actress Denise, and Hayley, hungry for her own chance at stardom—find their lives intersecting and unraveling again. And piece by piece, they’ll confront the truth about that deadly night—and the dark secrets that could turn one of them into a killer . . . You Don’t Know Me was originally published in 1994 as Tangled under the pseudonym Nancy Kelly.

If you lived here It’s one of the most exclusive addresses in town—a luxury development with pristine lawns and steep price tags. But there are unforgiving people living in the Villages, who know your secrets and have plenty of their own . . . secrets that no one lives to tell . . . You’d be dead by now. Mackenzie Laughlin has reluctantly moved to the Villages as bodyguard to Daley Carrera, who claims someone is pranking her and her husband. Mac expects a simple case of petty squabbles between new and longtime residents. Instead, she hears rumors of squalid affairs and sinister disappearances that tie in to a missing persons investigation led by her partner, Jesse James Taft. Welcome to the neighborhood . . . Behind every door and every smile, there are grudges that run deep and dangerous. Mac and Taft are being marked as targets, but why? Figuring out who to trust is the key to uncovering a killer who has no qualms about killing again. The neighbors are watching. And if getting into the Villages was difficult, getting out alive may be impossible . . .

HATRED LEADS TO OBSESSION . . . It’s taken time for the plan to unfold, years spent waiting, watching, hating. . . . And after the first victim, the killing gets easier and easier . . . OBSESSION LEADS TO JEALOUSY . . . The Crissmans, owners of Crissman & Wolfe department store, were once one of Portland’s most powerful families. There’s still enough fortune left to sow mistrust between Lucy, her bohemian sister Layla, their brother Lyle, and his grasping wife Kate. When a charity event at the Crissman Lodge ends in a fatal poisoning, Lucy becomes a prime suspect. But the truth is even more twisted, and Lucy can’t be sure which of her family is being targeted . . . or who to fear. AND JEALOUSY LEADS TO MURDER . . . Renowned defense attorney Dallas Denton has been hired to clear Lucy’s name, unaware of the secret that ties them together or of the deep cracks in the Crissman legacy. Someone is ready to eliminate every obstacle to get what they most covet, and prove that envy runs deeper than blood . . .

The New York Times bestselling author of The Babysitter crafts a chilling thriller “full of twists and surprises . . . I couldn''t put it down!” (Lisa Jackson). She woke up with no memories . . . She wakes up in a hospital room . . . bruised . . . bloody . . . confused. She knows her name is Gemma La Porte—but that''s all. She doesn''t remember smashing her car. She doesn''t remember anything from the last three days. But a policeman, Deputy Will Tanninger, is waiting for answers and wants to know if she''s responsible for a fatal hit-and-run . . . But remembering her past could kill her . . . Hoping to restore her shattered memory, Gemma has no choice but to put her trust in Will. But if it turns out she''s guilty of murder, he has no choice but to arrest her. Torn by her growing feelings for Will, and haunted by her shadowy past, Gemma is determined to learn the truth. But, in this case, the darkest truths are unknowable—and the deadliest enemies are unseen . . . “An eerie suspense novel woven with a compelling romance and a touch of the supernatural . . . the plot takes a darker, more sinister turn, and the terrifying denouement will have readers riveted.” —Publishers Weekly “An imaginative mystery that will beguile the reader . . . The suspense continues to build through the twisted maze of Gemma''s memories to what can only be described as a shocking conclusion. Unseen is, quite simply, an electrifying thriller.” —Mysterious Reviews

While investigating a bomb blast that nearly killed a reporter, journalist Jordanna Winters uncovers a string of unsolved murders and must dig deep into her own troubled past to expose a twisted killer who brands his victims.

In her third smash outing, feisty and fiercely witty P.I. Jane Kelly finds herself in deadly danger after a plastic surgery magnate is murdered just before his daughter''s society wedding.

“An exciting, compelling thriller with a winding plot that keeps you captivated until the end” from the New York Times bestselling author of Unseen (Fresh Fiction). What you don''t see . . . The crime scene at an Oregon rest stop is brutal beyond belief—a young man''s lifeless body cut to ribbons, and his pregnant girlfriend left alive but comatose . . . What you don''t know . . . Psychologist Claire Norris is assigned to treat the survivor at a private mental hospital. But there are no clues to the identity of the catatonic “Jane Doe.” A difficult job only becomes more complicated with the arrival of ex-homicide detective Langdon Stone, who questions Claire''s every move. Can kill you Reluctantly working together, Claire and Lang begin to unravel the chilling truth about a twisted case—one with ties to a killer who is right in their midst, eager to see a mission of evil through to its terrifying end . . . “Engrossing . . . twists you won''t see coming!” —Karen Rose, New York Times bestselling author Praise for Nancy Bush''s Unseen “Full of twists and surprises . . . I couldn''t put it down!” —Lisa Jackson, #1 New York Times bestselling author “An eerie suspense novel woven with a compelling romance . . . the terrifying denouement will have readers riveted.” —Publishers Weekly “A creative and mysterious tale with a number of twists, including a surprise ending.” —Romantic Times

Perfect for readers of Riley Sager and Grady Hendrix, a chilling new read from the New York Times bestselling author where a diabolical modern twist on Friday the 13th meets Yellowjackets at a summer sleepaway camp isolated in the woods of Oregon. There are always stories told around the fire at summer camp—tall tales about gruesome murders and unhinged killers, concocted to scare new arrivals and lend an extra jolt of excitement to those hormone-charged nights. At Camp Luft-Shawk, nicknamed Camp Love Shack, there are stories about a creeping fog that brings death with it. But here, they’re not just campfire tales. Here, the stories are real. Twenty years ago, a girl’s body was found on a ledge above the lake, arms crossed over her heart. Some said it was part of a suicide pact, connected to the nearby Haven Commune. Brooke, Rona, and Wendywere among the teenagers at camp that summer, looking for fun and sun, sex and adventure. They’ve never breathed a word about what really happened—or about the night their friendship shattered. Now the camp, renamed Camp Fog Lake, has reopened for a new generation, and many of those who were there on that long-ago night are returning for an alumni weekend. But something is stirring at the lake again. As the fog rolls in, evil comes with it. Those stories were a warning, and they didn’t listen. And the only question is, who will live long enough to regret it? “Nancy Bush is my go-to author. Always.” —Lisa Jackson, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Some mistakes you have to live with . . . One victim succumbs to an overdose. Another is brutally bludgeoned to death. Each, in turn, will pay. Because you never forget the friends you make in high school—or the enemies . . . And others . . . In the wake of her stepbrother Nick’s death, Kerry Monaghan is visiting Edwards Bay. Kerry has just returned to the small town overlooking an arm of Puget Sound that she left before high school, though not before falling hard and fast for Cole Sheffield, now with the local PD. But Nick’s death may be more than an accident. And soon there are others—all former teenage friends, linked by a dark obsession. You will die for . . . With Cole’s help, Kerry sets out to learn the truth about what happened to Nick. But within Edwards Bay is a shocking legacy built on envy and lust—and a secret that has unleashed a killer’s unstoppable fury . . .

A killer couple stalks the pages of this intense thriller from the New York Times bestselling authorwho “always delivers edge-of-your-seat suspense!” (Lisa Jackson) Some couples Just one look, and it''s clear they''re perfect together. It''s in the way they touch, talk, and kiss. They share the same interests. The same twisted passions. They do everything together. Even kill . . . Are too good Julia St. James Ford has washed up on a beach near her home in Seaside, Oregon, with no memory of how she got there or how her husband, Joe, died. The police rule the case an accident. But Joe''s brother, Sam—Jules'' rescuer and her first love—suspects otherwise. While Sam tries to piece the facts together, Jules fears someone is watching, determined to find out how much she knows. To be true Behind closed doors, behind Jules'' neighbors'' smiles, are terrifying secrets. A string of sordid thrill kills . . . and one survivor who never should have got away. And as she and Sam close in on the events of one tragic night, and the truth comes flooding back, remembering a killer''s face may be the last thing Jules ever does . . . Praise for Nancy Bush and her novels “Engrossing . . . twists you won''t see coming!” —Karen Rose, New York Times bestselling author “Pulse-pounding . . . Readers will tear through the pages.” —Publishers Weekly “An imaginative mystery that will beguile the reader . . . an electrifying thriller.” —Mysterious Reviews

Detective September Rafferty investigates a killer who is dispatching suspected sexual predators. Original.