Killing Seasons Books

Serial killer and FBI Agent become neighbors... Carolyn Ryder returns to her hometown in Iowa, unaware that the #1 Most Wanted Serial Killer in the country has moved there as well . The winters in Willow Falls, Iowa are cold, brutal and unforgiving. And so is the town’s newest visitor. Except he’s not passing through. He’s here on vacation, for some fun and he’s going to stay for a while. They call him “Robin Hood”, a winter serial killer who has left a gruesome trail of horror and death across four Midwestern states. His grisly trademark is skewering his victims to tree trunks using a hunting crossbow. Now he’s here… For ex-FBI Special Agent Carolyn Ryder, winter is the season to reflect, to come home, to take stock and to grieve. Willow Falls for her is filled with sorrow and regret. She has returned to her hometown to bury her mother after a long battle with illness. Her sister blames Carolyn for not caring, for not being there for her and their mother, for being a cold, dispassionate person who was more interested in building her career than in the family. In the close-knit community of Willow Falls, Ryder has no reputation, no authority and no say with the townsfolk. To them she’s a stranger, an outsider, someone who can’t be trusted. Then the first body is discovered; a local, a teenage girl found almost crucified to a white pine deep in the forest. The local police aren’t equipped to deal with something like this, yet they stubbornly refuse Ryder’s help. With no support, Ryder decides to go it alone, to follow the clues herself, to trust her instincts. Slowly she starts to formulate a theory as to who the killer is. But no one will believe her. It’s too incredible to conceive. Lock the doors, check the windows, stoke the fire and keep the lights on. It’s winter, and a new kind of predator has just come out of hibernation. A Winter’s Kill, is a dark, sinister, gritty novel from the Amazon Thriller Best Selling author, JK Ellem. “Don’t try and take him on your own Carolyn. He’s different, a cut above all the others I have ever seen. This is a man who, all his life has deliberately chosen the most difficult path, the hardest option so he can test himself and be the best.”

A dying woman makes a vow to the dead victims of a vicious serial killer to hunt him down before she dies. Sam Pritchard, the Highway Killer from Utah, tried to kill her…but failed. Robin Hood, the winter serial killer who terrorized most of the Midwest, did kill her, and technically, Carolyn Ryder, for almost five minutes, was dead. But the woman who surgeons brought back to life on the operating table is not the same woman who was wheeled into the ER without a heartbeat. She has changed. But one thing hasn’t changed. Carolyn Ryder has some unfinished business, and it’s called Sam Pritchard. She wants to find him real bad. And when she does…she’s not interested in capturing him. She’s going to kill him. It’s spring, and a new evil has awoken.

A woman tries to kill a serial killer but fails. Now he’s come back for her, and he’s brought along some of his friends. Carolyn Ryder made a choice that she may come to regret. It’s been three months now since her near-death encounter with the country’s most wanted Sam Pritchard, and still no sign of him. Returning to the coastal haven of Erin’s Bay, she soon catches the unwanted attention of the new Chief of Police, Clayton Morelli. He’s more than a little curious about the woman who lives in the beach house high on the clifftops. Then there is the town’s newest resident, Ellie Sutton. A mysterious young woman with an uncertain past who lives down by the boat harbor. Ellie avoids attention at every turn — that is until she puts a burly trawlerman into the local hospital with a broken arm. Despite Pritchard’s vanishing act, Carolyn knows he’s not finished with her. Like a slow, creeping death, he’s out there, somewhere, watching and waiting to enact his revenge. It’s summer, and the worst thing you can do is try to kill a serial killer… and fail.

A group of real serial killers disguise themselves as famous horror movie villains and run rampant during Halloween night. Who is real, and who is fake? Trick or treat? Don’t answer the door. The blood-red leaves are falling all around Carolyn Ryder as she takes the last steps of a journey that has come to an end. All the pain, the suffering, and loss she has had to witness and endure along the murderous road Sam Pritchard has traveled; all leads to here. Ravenwood. But this time, Carolyn will not be alone. New allies will be forged, and she’s brought along some old ones too who have shared in the same plight in finding and killing monsters just like Pritchard. This is the ending battle. Good verses the purest evil unimaginable. There’s nowhere to run. No place to hide. Make a stand or die.

Christmas has come to Erin’s Bay, and with it, Santa’s Little Killers, a sinister trio who sneak into homes at night and leave grisly gifts under the tree. For Carolyn Ryder, it’s her first Christmas in the bay, and she’s looking forward to the wintry holidays with her new man, Chief of Police, Clayton Morelli. She’s had enough of killers and carnage, and just wants the festive season to be filled with chilly nights, cozy log fires, and spicy eggnog. But her plans soon take a nasty turn when the killers take a mother and daughter hostage. Can Ryder save them or will Santa’s Little Killers Deck the Halls with their body parts? If your Christmas gift under the tree this year is seeping blood…don’t open it! A Wintry Kill. Definitely not a cozy Christmas fast-read… A Wintry Kill is the latest, “Up until 4:00 a.m., reading” fast read thriller from Amazon #1 Bestselling Thriller Author, JK Ellem. Note: A Wintry Kill is a Christmas-themed novella . It is a standalone thriller that happens after the events in A Fall Kill.

What’s worse than a murderous killer who is utterly deranged, completely insane, and totally psychopathic? One who isn’t. At least with the other, they have an excuse for doing what they do. But with Aamon Jessop, he just loves it. Ex-FBI Agent Carolyn Ryder thought Sam Pritchard, The Highway Killer, was the most diabolical murderer she would ever face in her lifetime. But she hasn’t met Aamon Jessop—yet. The blond-haired, blue-eyed twenty-five-year-old could be mistaken for an Abercrombie & Fitch billboard model. Highly intelligent, supremely confident and endlessly charming, he’s a stickler for detail, discipline, and hard work. Especially when it comes to finding and killing his victims. And he’s arrived in Erin’s Bay with Carolyn firmly in his sights. She thinks her career in hunting killers is over. His career in hunting victims is just starting—and he wants to add her to his resume. All books in the Erin’s Bay Thriller Series are self-contained stories and can be read in any order.