Elizabeth Strong Series

She rose from the ashes of her past. Now someone wants to throw her back into the fire.   In the small town of Silverton, Ohio, crime runs big. Court advocate, Elizabeth Strong, knows this all too well and doing everything she can to stop it. She has devoted her life to helping women escape dangerous, narcissistic men. She did it herself years ago sending a man to prison. And he's had plenty of time to plot his revenge.   While helping a prominent woman navigate the court system, Elizabeth falls prey to a mysterious stalker and Detective Martinez is assigned to her case. When it becomes clear that her client is the target of a murder for hire, Elizabeth and Martinez team up to catch the killer. The client's husband is rich, connected, and the number one suspect. Is he also sending Elizabeth a message to back off?   Although the one man Elizabeth fears is still behind bars, Martinez suspects he's somehow involved.  It wouldn't be the first time a prison inmate got to someone on the outside. As the evidence builds in her client's case, the danger escalates in her own. The tangled web connecting the two together begins to unravel and it's soon realized nothing is ever as it seems...

He's up for parole.   Two years too soon.   Elizabeth Strong knew the day would come, but she wasn't sure she was ready. Over time, she learned to put her own problems and fears aside. A court advocate needs to stay strong. Her clients depend on her. Just as she begins to feel she has her emotions under control, Elizabeth receives news the man she helped send to prison is up for parole after six years.   At the same time, she's assigned a high-profile client; the wife of a journalist for the local newspaper. Concerned, Detective Martinez warns her to keep her distance. After the woman retracts her police statement, Elizabeth deals with the fallout of an angry crime writer's musings. With Silverton PD and everyone associated with them subject to public ridicule, Elizabeth is torn. Not only does she wonder if her efforts of fighting for her client are futile, she's weighted with the decision of trying to keep a dangerous man in prison, where he belongs.   While dealing with her own personal dilemma, the last thing Elizabeth wants to hear is that her client is found dead in Lake Erie. As she begins to help Martinez gather evidence in hopes to solve a potential murder and avoid media embarrassment, she's also forced to cope with unexpected news that make her fears about the parole hearing more prominent and justified.

He's out of prison. His targets are set. And she's one of them.   Elizabeth Strong had hoped after all this time, Steve Robinson would leave her alone. But his message is clear.   He's not only coming for her; he also has his sights set on another woman who refused to testify against him back then. But since recently being made an unwilling accomplice to Robinson's current criminal empire, she immediately goes to Elizabeth for help. With at least one dirty cop in the Silverton Police Department, and Detective Martinez being relegated to desk duty, the stakes are higher for both women this time around.   As the dangerous cat-and-mouse-game is just beginning, can Elizabeth and Martinez find a way to clean up the local police department and finally extract Steve Robinson from Elizabeth's life for good?  Or will she be plunged back into the path of the destruction that's been following her for the past six years?

Read the complete trilogy in this fast-paced mystery series…   This set contains the first three books in the Elizabeth Strong Mystery Series, including:   Strong Motive Strong Alibi Strong Conviction   Strong Motive:   She rose from the ashes of her past. Now someone wants to throw her back into the fire.   While helping a prominent woman navigate the court system, Elizabeth Strong falls prey to a mysterious stalker and Detective Martinez is assigned to her case. When it becomes clear that her client is the target of a murder for hire, Elizabeth and Martinez team up to catch the killer. The client's husband is rich, connected, and the number one suspect. Is he also sending Elizabeth a message to back off?   Although the one man Elizabeth fears is still behind bars, Martinez suspects he's somehow involved.  It wouldn't be the first time a prison inmate got to someone on the outside. As the evidence builds in her client's case, the danger escalates in her own. The tangled web connecting the two together begins to unravel and it's soon realized nothing is ever as it seems...   Strong Alibi:   He's up for parole. Two years too soon.   Just as she begins to feel she has her emotions under control, Elizabeth receives news the man she helped send to prison is up for parole after six years. At the same time, she's assigned a high-profile client; the wife of a journalist for the local newspaper. After the woman retracts her police statement, Elizabeth deals with the fallout of an angry crime writer's musings.   With Silverton PD and everyone associated with them subject to public ridicule, Elizabeth is torn. Not only does she wonder if her efforts of fighting for her client are futile, she's weighted with the decision of trying to keep a dangerous man in prison, where he belongs.   Strong Conviction:   He's out of prison. His targets are set. And she's one of them.   Elizabeth Strong had hoped after all this time, Steve Robinson would leave her alone. But his message is clear. He's not only coming for her; he also has his sights set on another woman who refused to testify against him back then. But since recently being made an unwilling accomplice to Robinson's current criminal empire, she immediately goes to Elizabeth for help. With at least one dirty cop in the Silverton Police Department, and Detective Martinez being relegated to desk duty, the stakes are higher for both women this time around.