Christine McGuire – författare

Colleen Stan was a sweet-natured, lively twenty-year-old when she set out to hitchhike from her home in Washington to Southern California. Seven years later she emerged from hell, the victim of a bizarre and chilling crime. Cameron and Janice Hooker had literally made her their slave - and forced her to endure all of Cameron's twisted sexual perversions.During these seven years the Hookers had two children, entertained their friends at home and held down jobs - while Colleen was held captive in a coffin-like box under their bed.This is also the story of Christine McGuire, a young, inexperienced deputy district attorney who prosecuted Cameron Hooker for kidnapping and successfully explained why Colleen - who had numerous chances to escape - stayed captive for so many years.

Kathryn Mackay is on the hunt for a serial killer who targets Catholic priests in this thoroughly modern thriller by New York Times bestselling author and veteran prosecutor Christine McGuire.Kathryn Mackay has had her share of triumphs and tragedies throughout her career in the California District Attorney''s office. In and out of the courtroom, she''s seen the best of times—such as her marriage to Santa Rita County Sheriff Dave Granz—and the worst of crimes, including the ones she''s currently investigating: the serial murders of three local priests during the Christmas holiday season. Now it''s up to Kathryn to stop the killer before he makes his final judgment.... But with the specter of sexual abuse and money laundering hanging high above the Church''s spire, few individuals are willing to offer their confessions. So it''s up to Kathryn and Dave to break the silence and learn some impossible truths -- including a devastating one of their own.

District Attorney Kathryn Mackay finds herself the prime murder suspect in this mesmerizing thriller by New York Times bestselling author and real-life prosecutor Christine McGuire. Judge Jemima Tucker has been brutally murdered in her chambers at the Santa Rita County courthouse -- and Kathryn Mackay vows to bring her friend''s killer to justice. But when both Tucker''s husband and another judge become suspects, Kathryn ends up walking a minefield of deadly accusations. Meanwhile, Kathryn and her newly reconciled lover, Sheriff Dave Granz, bring an old enemy, Robert Simmons, back into custody. But when Simmons dies unexpectedly under Kathryn''s sole supervision -- and the cause of death is found to be homicide -- Kathryn finds herself fighting for her job, her family, and her life. A shocking novel of murder and betrayal, Until the Final Verdict is suspense at its finest.

New York Times bestselling author Christine McGuire, a real-life criminal prosecutor, packs her legal thrillers with authentic details and "human characters who...leap right off the pages" (The Pilot, Southern Pines, NC). Now, in Until The Bough Breaks, McGuire's tenacious heroine, Assistant D.A. Kathryn Mackay, confronts a scorching controversy in the courtroom -- and a shattering revelation in her private life. The Fourth of July is winding down, but in Santa Rita County the fireworks have just begun. A house in the well-to-do Mission Heights district has gone up in flames. Inside are the charred remains of Lawrence Lancaster, with a .22 caliber slug in his brain -- courtesy of his wife. Kathryn's convinced it's premeditated murder, but she's pitted against a high-profile, media-savvy attorney who's vowing to turn the trial into a referendum on Battered Women's Syndrome. Kathryn's greatest challenge will be focusing on the defendant's love life...and not on her own. Her colleague and lover, David Granz, has also been accused of a crime -- the brutal rape of a former girlfriend -- and the evidence seems airtight. With her personal and professional worlds on a collision course, Kathryn races to uncover the truth -- and becomes the next target in a spiral of rage, recrimination, and explosive violence.

District Attorney Kathryn Mackay races against time to break up a kidnapping ring in this gripping new thriller by real-life prosecutor and New York Times bestselling author Christine McGuire. Until the Day They Die When an infant gets snatched from her wealthy Santa Rita County home, Kathryn Mackay and her former lover, Detective David Granz, are called in to investigate. Supplied with few leads and almost no help from the family, Kathryn takes to the airwaves, broadcasting the story nationwide on Larry King Live. But when babies start disappearing from birthing centers and bedrooms all over the county, she soon realizes things are much more complex than they seem. As Kathryn and Dave work to uncover the conspiracy behind the crimes, a shocking call from halfway across the country reveals a plot more widespread than they ever imagined. Filled with all the excitement and suspense of McGuire's previous page-turners, Until The Day They Die will keep you guessing until the very last page.

New York Times bestselling author Christine McGuire packs her riveting legal thrillers with authentic details drawn from her career as a criminal prosecutor. Now McGuire, who "expertly builds suspense" (Publishers Weekly), brings back her savvy heroine, Assistant D.A. Kathryn Mackay, in a sensational new page-turner. Hours after her beloved boss and mentor Harold Benton dies, Kathryn is thrust into her greatest challenge yet -- as the new District Attorney of Santa Rita County, California. Appointed unexpectedly, she is thrown into an explosive series of seemingly connected deaths. Two pregnant teenage girls have committed suicide, and the investigation quickly reveals other cases with disturbing connections. Immersed in political and personal hazards like never before, Kathryn is unprepared to do battle with her shrewd top deputy, who's running a media campaign against her for the upcoming election. And if Kathryn isn't already overwhelmed with her frenzied career and role as a single mother of a young daughter, her love life heats up when a new man enters the picture. Walking a tightrope of deadly secrets and murderous betrayal, Kathryn must determine whom to trust -- before ore all that she holds dear is destroyed.

Deputy D.A. Kathryn Mackay takes on the case of her career as she works to convict a criminal of attempted murder while balancing the personal crisis of a lifetime in this courtroom drama by New York Times bestselling author Christine McGuire.In a history-making case, the California district attorney’s office has charged a defendant with attempted murder by intentional infliction of HIV, and they’re counting on Deputy D.A. Kathryn Mackay to make the conviction. But when a bomb explodes in the courtroom, disabling a young inspector, Kathryn joins the investigators in a deadly race against time and she suspects a connection between the bombing and trial. Working alongside her lover, Dave Granz, the inspector assigned to the case, and balancing a personal crisis of one of the most frightening challenges a woman can possibly face, Kathryn is in a race against time to solve this case and stop the criminal in his tracks.

Kathryn Mackay is on the hunt for a serial killer who targets Catholic priests in this thoroughly modern thriller by New York Times bestselling author and veteran prosecutor Christine McGuire.Kathryn Mackay has had her share of triumphs and tragedies throughout her career in the California District Attorney's office. In and out of the courtroom, she's seen the best of times—such as her marriage to Santa Rita County Sheriff Dave Granz—and the worst of crimes, including the ones she's currently investigating: the serial murders of three local priests during the Christmas holiday season. Now it's up to Kathryn to stop the killer before he makes his final judgment.... But with the specter of sexual abuse and money laundering hanging high above the Church's spire, few individuals are willing to offer their confessions. So it's up to Kathryn and Dave to break the silence and learn some impossible truths -- including a devastating one of their own.

District Attorney Kathryn Mackay finds herself the prime murder suspect in this mesmerizing thriller by New York Times bestselling author and real-life prosecutor Christine McGuire. Judge Jemima Tucker has been brutally murdered in her chambers at the Santa Rita County courthouse -- and Kathryn Mackay vows to bring her friend's killer to justice. But when both Tucker's husband and another judge become suspects, Kathryn ends up walking a minefield of deadly accusations. Meanwhile, Kathryn and her newly reconciled lover, Sheriff Dave Granz, bring an old enemy, Robert Simmons, back into custody. But when Simmons dies unexpectedly under Kathryn's sole supervision -- and the cause of death is found to be homicide -- Kathryn finds herself fighting for her job, her family, and her life. A shocking novel of murder and betrayal, Until the Final Verdict is suspense at its finest.

Presenting the findings of a three-year study, Pregnancy and Parenthood explores the experiences of young women who become pregnant or parents while in, or soon after leaving, public care and examines the extent to which they were prepared for parenthood and supported once they became mothers.It also compares the views of a group of young people in public care who are neither pregnant or parents with those of a group living with their families.This book is essential reading for those working with young people in public care, policy makers in health promotion, social work and social policy.