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Cherie Priest

Biography

Cherie Priest

Cherie Priest is the author of two dozen books and novellas, including mysteries and gothic horror projects THE TOLL, THE FAMILY PLOT and the Philip K. Dick Award nominee MAPLECROFT. But she is perhaps best known for the steampunk pulp adventures of the Clockwork Century, beginning with BONESHAKER. Her works have been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards for science fiction and have won the Locus Award (among others) --- and over the years, they’ve been translated into nine languages in 11 countries. Cherie lives in Seattle, WA, with a menagerie of exceedingly photogenic animals.

Cherie Priest

Books by Cherie Priest

by Cherie Priest - Fiction, Horror, Suspense, Thriller

A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach, stopping the heart of the only woman who knows what it means. Her grandson, Simon Culpepper, vanishes in the aftermath, leaving two of his childhood friends to comb the small, isolated island for answers. But decades have passed since Melissa and Leo were close, if they were ever close at all. Now they'll have to put aside old rivalries and grudges if they want to find or save the man who brought them together in the first place. And on the way they'll learn a great deal about the sinister house on the beach, the man who built it, and the evil he's bringing back to Marrowstone Island.

by Cherie Priest - Fiction, Mystery

When psychic travel agent Leda Foley is approached by a man searching for his sister, she quickly agrees to help. The missing woman disappeared with a vintage orange car, a fat sack of her employer’s cash, and a grudge against her philandering husband --- a man who never even reported her missing. Meanwhile, Seattle PD detective Grady Merritt has temporarily misplaced his dog. While he’s passing out bright pink “Lost” flyers at the Mount Rainier visitor’s center, the wayward pooch appears --- with a human leg in his mouth. Thanks to DNA matching, Grady learns that the leg has something to do with Leda’s new client, and soon the two cases are tangled.

by Cherie Priest - Fiction, Mystery

Leda Foley is a devoted friend, struggling travel agent and inconsistent psychic. Impulsively rebooking Seattle PD detective Grady Merritt’s flight, she has no idea that her life is about to change in ways she never could have foretold. When his original plane blows up on the runway, Grady begins to suspect that Leda’s special abilities could help him with a cold case he just can’t crack. Despite her scattershot premonitions, she agrees to join the investigation for a secret reason: her fiancé’s murder remains unsolved. Leda performs klairvoyant karaoke at her favorite bar, singing whatever song comes to mind when she holds people’s personal effects. Now joined by a ragtag group of bar patrons and pals, Leda and Grady set out to catch a killer --- and learn how the two cases that haunt them have more in common than they ever suspected.

by Cherie Priest - Fiction, Romance, Supernatural Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Inventory at Chuck Dutton's Music City Salvage is running low, so he's thrilled when Augusta Withrow appears in his office offering salvage rights to her entire property. He assigns his daughter, Dahlia, to personally oversee the project, and the crew finds a handful of surprises, including a cemetery. When human remains turn up after bulldozing the property, Augusta goes missing and Dahlia's concerns grow. As things get even stranger, there's nowhere to go and no one she can call for help, even if anyone would believe that she and her crew are being stalked by a murderous phantom.