MYSTERY THRILLER BOX SET (Two full-length novels)

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From internationally bestselling author Jon Osborne comes two chilling tales of murder and revenge.

This box set includes THE CALENDAR KIDNAPPER and SHARP FORCE TRAUMA, both full-length novels.

THE CALENDAR KIDNAPPER
Spurred on by the burning need to finally make peace with his horribly troubled past, the Calendar Kidnapper has already abducted April Dennison, September Morgenthal, August Weatherby and May Johnson from various parts of the country - and now he's ready to add to his sickening collection.

When eight-year-old June McMillan is taken from outside her school by an unhinged former mental patient who steals children named after the months of the year, she dissociates in a wondrous fantasyland she calls "Rainbow Bridges," where the shiny silver trout talk to each other in their special bubble language and the friendly beavers never, ever eat them.

Veteran Fort Myers cop Max Clayton is dealing with plenty of troubles of his own in both his personal and professional lives. On the personal side of the ledger, two alimonies and three child support payments each month barely leaves enough over to cover a six-pack of the cheap stuff on Friday nights, not that he usually waits for the weekend to indulge.

Professionally, a too-lubricated tongue at the Policeman's Ball six months earlier - where he'd let the chief's wife know what he really thought of her intelligence , has led to a full two-rank bust-down, from captain all the way to sergeant.

With another skull-cracking hangover to keep him company along the way, Clayton is thrust into the case when he begins to investigate the murder of the little girl's mother on the same day June is taken.

Pairing with an old colleague from his days in the FBI - Special Agent Lacey Billups - Clayton is forced to unravel the mind of a madman before it's too late and Rainbow Bridges comes tumbling down forever.

SHARP FORCE TRAUMA
Columbine. Aurora. The 1991 shooting rampage at a McDonald's in San Ysidro, California.

An unhinged 16-year-old chess prodigy is on the loose and wreaking havoc on the general public with a machinegun by recreating these infamous horrors after escaping from an upstate New York detention center for youthful offenders. Jack Yuntz is on a mission, and he won't rest until he finally puts FBI Special Agent Dana Whitestone in her place:

Six feet under.

PRAISE FOR JON OSBORNE'S OTHER WORK
"Terrifying, suspenseful and genuinely original, KILL ME ONCE will chill you to the bone." - Karin Slaughter, NYT bestselling author of The Grant County series

"If you like a hard edge that glitters and drips, you'll enjoy Mr. Osborne's first foray." - Cody Mcfadyen, NYT bestselling author of the Smokey Barrett series