A sleepy town in southwest Virginia wakes up to a nightmare of untimely deaths.

Not safe at home in Boston, science teacher Kate Hamilton seeks refuge in the small Virginia town where she was born and raised.

Scarborough is no longer the bucolic village that she remembered. Pleasantries are only skin deep as big city issues and the politics of the world roil just under the surface.

A string of untimely deaths has the whole town grieving. Only Kate thinks something nefarious is afoot.

Can Kate convince the local police that coincidences like these are only found in fiction?

Kate is determined to solve the puzzle and save lives, especially her own.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Science teacher Kate Hamilton is hiding out in the small Virginia town where she was born and raised.

Her marriage is in tatters. Her future uncertain. Kate begins the new semester at Boonestown High teaching their new STEM CSI classes.

An object collected as "evidence" during a class project serves as a distraction for Kate. It's an expensive accessory for a town where their only manufacturing plant has been shuttered.

Good deeds can be deadly.

Ours is but to do or die.

Kate is moving to Washington D.C. to be closer to her disabled SEAL husband.

Her marriage is held together by a thread. Her baby is due very soon...too soon.

Kate begins the new semester at William Howard Taft High teaching their new criminal justice classes with her neighbor Detective Dave Murphy.

Her student find an injured vet. Kate delivers first aid.

An object passed from victim to good Samaritan, a class of teens who don't like to be told "no", this all seems too familiar to Kate.

Good intentions don't always lead to good outcomes.

The Kate Hamilton Mysteries novellas can be read as a standalones, as part of the series, or as part of the Iniquus World.