Elizabeth Adler – författare

A killer targets a peaceful lakeside community, and one family is changed forever by secrets and lies.

Evening Lake is idyllic, peaceful, with a close-knit community of families who have been coming to this western Massachusetts getaway for decades. Then newcomer Lacey Havnel and her daughter Bea move in. They are nothing like the well-heeled families who populate Evening Lake. Mysterious and rough around the edges, they keep to themselves.

Detective Harry Jordan sees his lake home as a respite from solving crimes on the streets of Boston. The Osborne family views their cottage as a way to avoid the distractions of life—especially for Wally Osborne, a famous horror writer who seems to need the peace and quiet more than anyone.

One night, Harry is walking alongside the lake when the night is rocked by an explosion: the Havnel house is engulfed in a conflagration, and young Bea is seen fleeing, hair on fire, and plunging into the lake. She survives, but her mother does not, and Harry is pulled into the investigation.

Unbeknownst to the rest of the community, Diz Osborne, the youngest Osborne son, carries a weighty secret about who else he saw rowing on the lake that night. When it''s discovered that Lacey died not from the explosion but from a knife wound, it''s soon clear that a murderer is on the loose. And this murderer is poised to strike again and again.

Told with Elizabeth Adler''s inimitable style, illuminating descriptions, and intricate family dynamics, Last to Know is the definition of a page-turner.

Fen Dexter''s quiet life on the idyllic California coast is interrupted one stormy night when a blood-covered man shows up on her doorstep claiming to have had a car accident. He tells her that he is on his way to San Francisco to help the police solve the murder of his fianc├®e. Unable to make it to the hospital because of the storm, he spends the night at Fen''s, and the attraction between them is obvious. The next morning he heads to the hospital where Fen''s niece, Vivi, is an ER doctor. Vivi is treating the most recent target of a serial killer whose signature move is to leave a note saying "Please Don''t Tell" taped across his victims'' mouths. When Fen''s mysterious stranger comes to Vivi to have his wounds stitched, she agrees to set him up to talk with the police about his fianc├®e.

Who is this man, really? What does he want with Fen and her family? And will they live long enough to uncover the truth? Told with Elizabeth Adler''s knack for terrific female characters and breathtaking twists, Please Don''t Tell will keep you guessing, right up to the end.

Elizabeth Adler is a master at depicting lush scenery, gourmet food, and the joys of travel. Here she tells the story of Lamour Harrington, a recent widow. She''s immersed herself in landscape architecture, but even creating beautiful outdoor "rooms" can''t bring back her happiness. When she''s faced with a devastating truth about the husband she adored, Lamour returns to the house on the Amalfi coast where she''d lived with her father during the happiest years of her childhood. There, she finds dangerous secrets, breathtaking beauty, two mysterious and compelling men, and the courage to live life to the fullest.