The Genesis of a Wound
Healing is costly. Refusing to pay for it costs more, and most of us become a working version of the wound we carry.
Thrillers, mysteries and fiction by Taryn Barnes
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This Was Supposed to Be Different
Five men. One summer camp. The counselor none of them talked about, until two of them were dead.
Sam Ellison & the Case of the Homicidal HOA
Book one of the Sam Ellison Mysteries. A neighborhood with rules, and the people who die enforcing them.
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Ch. 1 | The Rules Get Broken
We should’ve left earlier, Peter thought as he peered through the blinds of his bedroom window. It was a rainy night. It felt eerily ominous, which ratcheted his nerves all the more. Truth was, he wasn’t sure what he was late from running from, or if the danger was actually a real thing. But something in his very soul told him the threat was real. He didn’t have proof, but he knew one thing for sure — he had stuck his nose where it didn’t belong. This all could have been avoided had he played nice.
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Old Wiring
Infrastructure left unreplaced always comes back. So do the people who wired it.
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Yesterday Didn’t Exist
Her husband's dead. They think she did it. And no one knows what's true.
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The Accuracy of a Testimony
Does the truth stop being true depending on who tells it?
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What You Covet
Bri left San Francisco for a new job, a new house, and new friends in Charlotte. Everything she wanted is right in front of her. For a price.
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The Comfort of a Lie
Faith gets a standing ovation at a domestic violence conference. Seven months ago, her marriage to Cal looked perfect. What happened?
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Animals in Dispute
A semiconductor plant and a data center need the same water in Portsmouth, Ohio. The Applegates are on both sides. Nobody gives an inch.
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Basic Maintenance
Curtis is the mechanic Ypsilanti trusts. When a right-to-repair bill needs a face, the people behind it know exactly who to call.
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It's Only Paper
Seven years. One house. No ring. Stephanie wants to get married. Cody says it's only paper. In Linden Hills, paper decides who keeps what.
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When a Hawk Learns to Lie
When the Holloways built Second Soil, they built it perfectly. The land. The light. The life people were desperate to believe in.
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Available at the Time
Tanner Halpern is missing. His wife Margot is holding it together in Columbus. Everyone has a theory about Tanner. Nobody can find him.
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The People Who Love Us
The Claymores built Dellwood. Now Reid is home, his father's empire is slipping, and a private equity firm wants the town. Everyone in Dellwood owes the Claymores something.
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