Natalie Lockhart's childhood dream was to become a police officer like her beloved father. Now she's a rookie detective, assigned to a series of cold cases called the Missing Nine. She loves her job, she’s living with her boyfriend of three years, and her life is everything she'd ever hoped it would be.

But then her boyfriend breaks up with her, and she stumbles across a horrific case―the brutal homicide of her sister's best friend. Determined to follow the clues wherever they lead her, Natalie uncovers one shocking event after another, until she comes face-to-face with the unimaginably dark forces at work behind these seemingly unrelated tragedies.

The town of Burning Lake, New York, holds a grim secret. In 1712, three innocent young women were executed as witches. Now the commercial district is full of New Age boutiques selling everything from crystals to Ouija boards, and the annual Halloween festival attracts tourists from around the world.

It also attracts evil.

Don't miss this gritty, thrilling series involving black magic, forbidden love, betrayal, and a string of twisted killings deep in the woods of this idyllic small town, where Natalie risks everything to save the ones she loves.

There’s something wicked in Burning Lake…

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

  • Amazon Best Mysteries selection, Indie Next Pick, Loanstars Top Pick

  • "These twisted and gripping mysteries in the town of Burning Lake will leave you breathless." ― Lisa Regan, USA Today and WSJ bestselling author

  • "Blanchard expertly weaves mystery and spine-tingling suspense into a tense, nail-biter of a thriller!" ― J.D. Barker, international bestselling author

  • "Blanchard is a superb storyteller." ― Mystery & Suspense Magazine

  • “A twisty and terrifying thriller.” ― Criminal Element


STANDALONE MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS

DARKNESS PEERING

HBO’s “True Detective” meets Karin Slaughter. A chilling mystery about a female detective who suspects that her brother is a cold-blooded killer—or else an innocent victim of the grisly serial murders that have haunted the town of Flowering Dogwood, Maine for decades.

  • “Deeply scary.” — The New York Times

  • “Sexy, sensual… gives you a serious case of the shivers.” — Mademoiselle

  • "A first-rate shocker." ― Wall Street Journal

  • "Heartrending suspense." ― People Magazine

  • "Mesmerizing." ― Los Angeles Times

THE BREATHTAKER

“Twister” meets “Silence of the Lambs.” When Police Chief Charlie Grover finds three mutilated corpses inside a tornado-ravaged farmhouse, he believes the victims were impaled by flying debris. But soon the evidence tells him that a far more dangerous game is being played. An action-packed thriller about a killer tornado... and the human monster hidden within.

  • Winner of the New York Times Notable Books

  • Official Selection of the NBC Today Book Club

  • “Brilliant.” — New York Daily News

  • “Blanchard delivers a knockout blow.” — San Jose Mercury News

  • “Nothing could have prepared us for the howling horrors of this gale-force thriller. She writes so well that she rattles the rafters.” ― Marilyn Stasio, NYT

  • “A heart-pounding, highly literary novel full of stunning art and science." ― Chicago Tribune

A BREATH AFTER DROWNING

A dark psychological thriller about Kate Wolfe, a child psychiatrist who thinks she has finally outrun her past. But when one of her troubled young patients reveals details of Kate’s life she couldn’t possibly know, her carefully crafted world comes crashing down as she is hunted by a sinister presence.

  • “One of the most memorable villains since Hannibal Lecter.” — WSJ

  • "For readers of Patricia Cornwell’s Dr. Kay Scarpetta novels." ― Booklist

  • “As close to perfect as it can be in the thriller genre.” ― Cemetery Dance

  • "Completely engrossing." ― The Crime Review


LIFE SENTENCES

A medical mystery with a noir bent, darkly atmospheric and creepy. A female scientist teams up with a Los Angeles cop to find her missing sister, who may be pregnant with a serial killer’s child.

  • “Blanchard ratchets up the suspense.” — Denver Post

  • “A creepy and intense thriller.” — Romantic Times

  • “You’ll love Detective Jack Makowski who weeps when he hears Roy Orbison sing Pretty Woman.” — The Guardian Unlimited

  • "Action-packed drama and believable, believably conflicted characters.” Publisher's Weekly