National Parks Mystery Series by Claire Kells

For fans of Christine Carbo and Scott Graham, an ex-FBI agent is on a desperate hunt for a party of vanished campers while a killer is on the loose.The rugged landscape of Sequoia National Park is a challenge on the best of days—but when a park ranger discovers an abandoned exclusive campsite with an empty tent and high-end technical gear scattered on the shores of an alpine lake, the wilderness takes on a sinister new hue... moreFor fans of Christine Carbo and Scott Graham, an ex-FBI agent is on a desperate hunt for a party of vanished campers while a killer is on the loose.The rugged landscape of Sequoia National Park is a challenge on the best of days—but when a park ranger discovers an abandoned exclusive campsite with an empty tent and high-end technical gear scattered on the shores of an alpine lake, the wilderness takes on a sinister new hue. Thirty-two-year-old Felicity Harland—a former FBI agent who left the service in the wake of a personal tragedy and has taken her skills off the grid—is brought in as chief investigator. As a federal agent with the Investigative Services Bureau, she tackles crimes that occur on National Parks lands: unexplained falls, domestic disputes, and now a possible murder case. The private company that set up the exclusive camp won’t reveal their client list, leaving Felicity with zero clues. As she struggles to find a lead, she’s also haunted by a painful past that dogs her at every step. But when she meets Ferdinand Huxley, a Navy SEAL turned park ranger, she begins to see the value in not just working with a partner, but trusting one, too. The investigation takes Felicity and Hux deep into a wilderness that tests their physical limits to the extreme—and to the mean streets of Los Angeles, where they begin to learn the grisly truth behind the campers’ disappearance. Bad things happen in the wilderness—and sometimes they’re not accidents. less

In one of the country’s remotest corners, Investigative Services Bureau agent Felicity Harland squares off against a bizarre cult with the deadliest of motives in this thrilling outdoor adventure for fans of Scott Graham and Nevada Barr.While enjoying a rare weekend off, Felicity Harland, agent with the National Parks Investigative Services Bureau, learns that her cousin, Kelsey, has gone missing after a spontaneous trip to Alaska... moreIn one of the country’s remotest corners, Investigative Services Bureau agent Felicity Harland squares off against a bizarre cult with the deadliest of motives in this thrilling outdoor adventure for fans of Scott Graham and Nevada Barr.While enjoying a rare weekend off, Felicity Harland, agent with the National Parks Investigative Services Bureau, learns that her cousin, Kelsey, has gone missing after a spontaneous trip to Alaska. Felicity recruits her partner, ex-Navy SEAL Hux Huxley, to aid in the search for Kelsey, but their investigation soon takes a sinister turn. It begins with the mysterious deaths of a couple on the Koyukuk River in the distant Arctic. Then, they begin hearing ominous reports of a bizarre fertility cult known as the “Kindred of the North,” living off the land in the Gates of the Arctic, the remotest national park in the United States. Could the Kindred have recruited Kelsey to join them? As they venture undercover to penetrate the cult, they find themselves playing a dangerous game—not just with a potentially murderous group of strangers, but also with each other. But to get to the deadly truth about the Kindred of the North and their charismatic leader, Felicity and Hux must journey to Mount Doonerak, the park’s highest peak—a forbidding climb that will put their mettle, and their friendship, to the ultimate test. less

In this third installment of Claire Kells’s thrilling National Park mystery series, Investigative Services Branch agent Felicity Harland ventures through volcanic wilderness to investigate a murder at a new hike-in lodge at Pinnacles National Park.When a guest turns up dead at the newly opened Pinnacles Grand Hotel, ISB agent Felicity Harland finds herself summoned to a peculiar scene... moreIn this third installment of Claire Kells’s thrilling National Park mystery series, Investigative Services Branch agent Felicity Harland ventures through volcanic wilderness to investigate a murder at a new hike-in lodge at Pinnacles National Park.When a guest turns up dead at the newly opened Pinnacles Grand Hotel, ISB agent Felicity Harland finds herself summoned to a peculiar scene. A gentle breeze blows in from the balcony window, belying the violence of a man stabbed to death in his hotel room. It’s clear to Harland that this murder was personal, especially when the victim’s wife admits that she wanted him dead.But Harland isn’t so sure that this was a domestic dispute gone bad. When she hears about the Park Service searching for a missing person out on the trails, she sets out with her partner, Ferdinand “Hux” Huxley, to see if the two cases are connected.As Harland and Hux take on the rocky, exposed terrain of California’s ancient volcanic wonderland, they soon realize that the mystery at the Pinnacles Grand is not at all what it seems—and that a predator may be closing in. less