Journey into the shadows of Arkansas with Secrets of the South, where unsolved crimes, chilling urban legends, and mystery meet. These haunting true-crime tales explore cold cases, folklore, and dark corners of history—stories that linger long after the lights go out. Perfect for readers fascinated by true unsolved mysteries, regional legends, eerie folklore, and investigations that challenge truth and belief. If you want spine-tingling stories grounded in real events, cultural lore, and the thrill of the unknown, this collection delivers.
The killing starts again…
In Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946, a serial killer known as The Phantom terrorized the town. Now, in the present day, Pressley Taylor arrives to pick up where her grandmother left off, determined to uncover The Phantom’s true identity. Armed with her grandmother’s meticulous notes, Pressley enlists the help of the reluctant but handsome Officer Jackson Hudson.
As soon as Pressley begins her investigation, it becomes clear that her presence has stirred up a dormant evil. Young lovers are once again being stalked and killed, and Pressley herself becomes the primary target. Together, Pressley and Jackson must race against time to catch the copycat killer before Pressley becomes the next victim.
As they delve deeper into the mystery, romance blossoms between them. But with the threat of danger looming, neither is sure what the future holds once The Phantom 2 is caught. Will Pressley stay in Texarkana, or will Jackson be the one to follow her?
Can these two solve a crime no one else could?
Dive into this thrilling romantic mystery, where past and present collide in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Perfect for fans of heart-pounding suspense and unexpected love stories, this best-selling novel by an award-winning author will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. KINDLE PRINT
A rain-soaked girl. A phantom ride home. A coat left draped over a gravestone.
Pressley Taylor and Jackson Hudson investigate an eerie urban legend: a ghostly hitchhiker returning home each year. Is it myth, or something darker?
Pressley Taylor and Jackson Hudson thought they’d seen it all. After cracking a decades-old cold case, the former law enforcement officer and sharp-witted investigator are ready for a new challenge. But when a nervous young man walks into their office with a chilling tale about a ghostly hitchhiker on Arkansas 365, they’re plunged into a mystery straight out of an urban legend.
As they dig deeper, Pressley and Jackson uncover a tragic story of forbidden love, betrayal, and secrets buried long ago. But the closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous their search becomes. Someone is willing to do anything to keep a a young girl’s story hidden—and the annual appearance of her ghost might be the key to unraveling a deadly conspiracy.
With time running out and their lives on the line, Pressley and Jackson must face the possibility that not all mysteries can be explained—and that some legends are far more real than they ever imagined.
Perfect for fans of chilling ghost stories, unsolved mysteries, and page-turning thrillers, The Prom Night Hitchhiker will keep you guessing until the very last page. KINDLE PRINT
CHRISTMAS EVE, 1945. FIVE CHILDREN VANISHED. THE OFFICIAL STORY WAS A LIE.
When private investigators Pressley Taylor and Jackson Hudson take on a cold case documentary about a devastating house fire in Fayetteville, Arkansas, they expect another tragic accident lost to history. Instead, they uncover one of America’s most shocking conspiracies—a kidnapping plot orchestrated by Mussolini loyalists that the FBI deliberately buried.
THE FIRE WAS ARSON. THE CHILDREN DIDN’T DIE. THEY WERE STOLEN.
George and Jennie Simpson spent forty-four years searching for their missing children, dismissed as delusional by authorities who knew the truth. Cut phone lines. Sabotaged trucks. A missing ladder. Every rescue attempt was systematically blocked. Five children were trafficked to New York, given forged identities, and placed with Italian-American families as rewards for loyalty to fascist networks.
SEVENTY-NINE YEARS LATER, ONE CHILD IS STILL ALIVE—AND SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHO SHE REALLY IS.
Racing against time and a powerful family determined to keep their crimes buried, Pressley and Jackson follow a trail of:
- FBI cover-ups and political interference that protected organized crime networks
- Hidden documents revealing a post-WWII child trafficking operation
- Eyewitness testimony from a 94-year-old waitress who saw the children alive
- DNA evidence proving five stolen identities
- Forensic analysis of forged birth certificates and a mysterious photograph
- Deathbed confessions from mobsters who participated in the conspiracy
From the Ozark hills of Arkansas to the streets of Brooklyn, from classified FBI files to a family’s heartbreaking journals, this investigation exposes how Italian fascist sympathizers used kidnapping as retaliation, how the U.S. government chose Cold War intelligence over justice, and how one mother’s certainty was vindicated eight decades too late.
A TRUE CRIME INVESTIGATION. A HISTORICAL CONSPIRACY. A FAMILY DESTROYED BY IDEOLOGY AND POWER.
Perfect for fans of Killers of the Flower Moon, The Devil in the White City, and I’ll Be Gone in the Dark—a meticulously researched thriller about identity theft, organized crime, government corruption, and the investigators who refused to let a seventy-nine-year-old mystery stay buried.
Based on a true unsolved case that haunted America for generations.
“A mother knows. Everyone calls me crazy, but I am not wrong.”
—Jennie Simpson, 1946 KINDLE PRINT