A Tabatha Soul Mystery – Book 1
Coming 2026!
Hired to fill a new and controversial position connecting Portland, Oregon Detectives and the State Crime Lab, forensic investigator, Tabatha Soul finds herself in hot water between uncooperative colleagues, angry citizens, and a criminal organization.
When she’s sent to solve a brutal stabbing with international ties, she hardly gets started identify the victim when more victims are found—all with ties to drug cartels. Now, she and new partner, Detective Jalen Peterson fear the city is teetering on the edge of a gang war.
But the public doesn’t care about drug dealers stabbing each other to death. They want Tabatha to find a serial strangler who’s killed over twenty women.
Torn between both cases, Tabatha struggles to narrow down the clues to stop an all-out-street-war while making sense of the limited clues regarding each strangled victim.
As she and Detective Peterson come closer to finding who is behind the stabbings, someone from Tabatha’s past has her in their cross-hairs. It’s an all-out race against time for Tabatha to piece together both forensic findings and police clues to keep the city safe.
If you like crime mysteries from authors like Mary Stone, Elle Gray, Creston Mapes, and Dony Jay, you’ll enjoy Soul’s Prey.
Join my newsletter, get your free copy of Soul’s Decision, and be the first to know when new books are released.
Fresh out of high school and working as a crime scene technician, Tabatha Soul finds herself gathering clues to the hit-and-run of her beloved former housekeeper and surrogate mother. But with few leads and a high-profile case taking investigative resources, Tabatha chooses to put her skills to use and find the culprit. Little does she know this case will change the course of her life—in more ways than one.