The Deputy Temper Series

Deputy Leia Temper is back with another twisted and torturous case set in the rural Colorado Rockies.

A man is beaten to death outside his cabin near Salida, Colorado. The scene is brutal but contained—one victim, one weapon, no clear motive. By the next night, Temper is already following a lead. She knows she’s hunting a brutal killer.

The trail...

Detective Leia Temper is back on the scene in another spiraling case set in the rural Colorado Rockies.

A woman’s death is initially deemed a suicide by Temper—until another woman’s body turns up.

Still reeling from a disastrous previous case, Temper begins to question whether she’s even fit for duty. And she’s not alone. A rival detective wants...

Her duty is to the truth... until she learns the truth will cost her everything.

Michael Vogel wakes in a hospital with no memory and a family he doesn’t recognize. He’s been brutally assaulted, and the only fingerprints at the scene match those of Deputy Leia Temper.

From this moment forward, the story unfolds from two radically different...