John Worsley Simpson: 4 books

A brilliant young geologist is bludgeoned to death after his firm reports a mammoth gold find. Homicide detective Harry Stark must determine whether the man was killed because he was going to expose the report as a fake, or did a twisted romantic affair lead to his murder?

When Homicide Detective Harry Stark begins to investigate a lethal jewel robbery, he suspects that all is not as it’s supposed to be and he’s led down a twisted path of deceit that leads to dark corners and death. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Carol Weems, has a cold crime to solve, one that quickly turns hot with what appears to be a copy-cat killing. Murder for two.

Young, successful men with unblemished reputations— each of them living a contented, "normal" life— are being murdered, one month apart. The killings seem to be unconnected, but are they? Are there dark secrets in the dead men’s pasts? Homicide Detective Harry Stark has to untangle...

Death and deception. After a whirlwind romance, Liam and Rebecca marry, knowing almost nothing of each other's backgrounds. Only months later, on an afternoon shopping trip to a mall in the Buffalo, New York, suburb of Cheektowaga, Rebecca vanishes, seemingly abducted. Or did she make herself disappear?...