The Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels
“It’s impossible to pick a favorite between Dalrymple’s outstanding Ann Kinnear and Lizzy Ballard series. Meticulously plotted and brilliantly imagined, the characters leap off the pages as the tension—and your heart rate—ratchets higher and higher.” —Pamela Fagan Hutchins, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Patrick Flint and Delaney Pace series
“A gifted mystery author, Matty Dalrymple spins entertaining tales of intrigue and suspense like no other.” —Bruce Robert Coffin, International bestselling author of The Turner and Mosley Files
“It’s impossible to pick a favorite between Dalrymple’s outstanding Ann Kinnear and Lizzy Ballard series. Meticulously plotted and brilliantly imagined, the characters leap off the pages as the tension—and your heart rate—ratchets higher and higher.” —Pamela Fagan Hutchins, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Patrick Flint and Delaney Pace series “A gifted mystery author, Matty Dalrymple spins entertaining tales of intrigue and suspense like no other.” —Bruce Robert Coffin, International bestselling author of The Turner and Mosley Files
Book 1: The Sense of Death
"Wonderfully creepy, suspenseful, compelling, and guaranteed to keep you turning pages." —Lisa Regan, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Crime Fiction Author
The dead will not be silenced, and Ann will do whatever it takes to solve the case of one woman’s lost life … even if it means endangering her own.
Ann Kinnear thought the job was just another sensing-for-hire ... until she realized that the woman in the Philadelphia townhouse was the victim of murder. Will Ann be able to bring the victim's killer to justice—or will she pay the ultimate price herself?
Ann Kinnear has created a peaceful existence at her cabin in the Adirondack woods. But the calm is shattered after socialite Elizabeth Firth is reported missing. With few clues and fewer options, Philadelphia Detective Joe Booth calls upon Ann's spirit sensing abilities to help solve the mystery, and to uncover what Elizabeth's husband is hiding beneath his cloak of wealth and privilege.
Official interest is waning. The murderer’s tracks are growing cold. But the dead will not be silenced, and Ann will do whatever it takes to solve the case of one woman’s lost life … even if it means endangering her own.
Masterfully combining the elements of supernatural with bone-chilling suspense, culminating in a deadly showdown in a remote Adirondack cabin, THE SENSE OF DEATH is the first book in the popular Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels series. Get it now to follow Ann as she pursues the truth that's wrapped in the sense of death!
Book 2: The Sense of Reckoning
“Crisp, fresh, and spooky. Dalrymple’s depiction of the great Bar Harbor Fire of 1947 is so exactly and emotionally rendered, I could feel the blasts of heat from the pages.” —Robert Blake Whitehill, Bestselling Author of The Ben Blackshaw Series
Will Ann Kinnear fit together the pieces of the puzzle, or will she miss the vital piece ... and its warning of the danger that lies in wait?
Ann Kinnear thinks that her midnight visit to a shuttered Maine hotel with a haunted past is simply a favor for a friend ... until she finds that more than secrets are buried there. Will Ann be able to unlock the secrets hidden within those walls, or will she succumb to an eternity trapped there herself?
After solving the Philadelphia Socialite murder, Ann Kinnear should be riding high. Instead, she's depressed and considering abandoning her spirit sensing business. To add to her problems, she has suffered a series of injuries to her hands—could these be the ghostly repercussions of the violence that ended her last case?
Ann goes to Maine to solicit help from fellow spirit senser Garrick Masser. Ann and Garrick find more trouble than they bargained for in a tale of obsession and misplaced loyalty that has its roots in a crumbling summer hotel, international art theft, and the historic wildfire that raged across Mount Desert Island in 1947.
Will Ann be able to fit together the pieces of the puzzle, or will she miss the vital piece ... and its warning of the danger that lies in wait?
Book 3: The Falcon and the Owl
"Matty Dalrymple draws upon her knowledge of the world of flying and spins a tale of mystery and intrigue that keeps the reader engaged to the very end. For a pilot like myself, the realistic airport setting and characters made the book a highly entertaining read." —Vicky Benzing, Aerobatic performer and air racer
Will Ann Kinnear land safely, or be the latest victim of a secret someone is willing to kill to keep?
A small plane crashes in the Pennsylvania Wilds ... and only Ann Kinnear has the ability to discover the force that brought it down. Will the secret the victims carried die with them, or come back to haunt her?
Ann Kinnear is indulging her love of aviation by working toward her pilot’s license at Avondale Airport—and protecting her privacy by discouraging the attentions of a filmmaker intent on documenting her spirit-sensing abilities.
Little does she know that a fiery plane crash in the Pennsylvania Wilds will embroil her in a race to track down a contract on which two rivals are banking their futures. And when airshow pilot Gwen Burridge launches a smear campaign against Ann, she is even more determined to uncover the truth.
Ann travels to the crash site and learns what brought the plane down—but it’s only part of the story.
Will the secret the victims carried die with them, or come back to haunt Ann?
Book 4: A Furnace for Your Foe
"A super-twisty, unpredictable, rollercoaster of a mystery, with secrets around every corner. I love this series in part because of the unique mix of suspense, mystery, and the supernatural. Just as important, though, is the excellent writing that combines in-depth characters, family drama, and humor with the suspense. The author also provides wonderful details about the settings (here, one of my favorite places) that help to immerse the reader in the story. There were plenty of surprises in store in this novel, as well as some breathtakingly close calls for Ann and her friends. Each novel in this series just gets better and better. I can't wait to read the latest entry, book 5, A Serpent's Tooth, and I'm not waiting until next fall!" —Sue Jackson, Book by Book Reviews
When good intentions are twisted to evil ends and the perpetrators don’t care who gets burned in the process, the truth must come out—will Ann survive her efforts to uncover it?
Spirit senser Ann Kinnear is back on Mount Desert Island, Maine, to take part in a documentary with her colleague and competitor, Garrick Masser. The topic? The recent death of Leo Dorn, head of the Stata Mater research lab, who fell from a cliff-side trail on his wife’s estate.
Ann has barely unpacked before Dorn’s hiking partner and fellow researcher Shelby Kim disappears, and now Ann wonders if Leo’s fall really was an accident. But when Ann finally locates Shelby, the young woman isn’t talking.
Then a warehouse on the Manset waterfront burns to the ground and Ann knows she’s getting close to the truth.
Will Ann overcome hell and high water to plumb the depths of Mount Desert Island’s secrets, or will this be her fall from grace?
Book 5: A Serpent’s Tooth
"Brilliant, satisfying, suspenseful, and gripping! One of my favorite authors." —Lisa Regan, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Crime Fiction Author
When the owners of Lynch and Son Winery start to turn up dead, will Ann be able to navigate this family feud turned fatal without falling victim herself?
When a body is found at Lynch and Son Winery, no one suspects foul play. But then a second death occurs, and it seems that Ann Kinnear has stepped into the middle of a family feud turned fatal. Can Ann root out the evil or will her plan to move into the winery’s guest house bear deadly fruit?
Spirit senser Ann Kinnear is juggling a long-distance relationship and continuing her search for a place to call home. She thinks she has found the solution to both when she learns that her favorite Chester County, Pennsylvania winery has a guest house for rent.
When the body of the terminally ill head of the winery is found on the grounds, Ann assumes that the torch will pass to the next generation ... but the terms of the will leave a sour taste in the mouth of some family members. Does that explain the patriarch’s daughter’s clandestine trips to a grand but derelict home in Philadelphia, tended by a mysterious man in Victorian garb? Her husband secretly asks Ann’s brother Mike to investigate.
Then a second body is found in a watery grave, and it seems that both deaths may have been murder.
When the family hires Ann to contact the deceased, will what she learns provide a satisfying finish or yield a fatal harvest?
Book 5: Be with the Dead
"As with the other Ann Kinnear books, this one is propulsive, filled with action, danger, and unexpected twists. Besides being great thrillers, these books also feature Dalrymple's excellent writing. The characters feel real and three-dimensional (Ann and her family are practically close friends to me by now!), and she makes her settings come alive with details. I loved the subject matter here, focused on thriller writers, editing, bookstores, and the publishing industry. This is another great entry in this engaging, addictive series!" —Sue Jackson, Book by Book Reviews
An invitation to speak at the Gotham Crime Fiction Conference draws Ann Kinnear into a mystery within a mystery, where the stakes are not just reputation and riches--they're life and death.
Ann Kinnear has been invited to the Gotham Crime Fiction Conference to give a talk on "Making the Supernatural Super in Your Novel," but she isn't enthusiastic about adding public speaking to the offerings of Ann Kinnear Sensing. However, her real challenge lies beyond the conference halls. Darren Van Osten, an editor grappling with the fallout from the murder of his star author, Jock Quine, sees Ann as a professional lifeline. With Jock's son Alec struggling to step into his father's shoes, Darren’s hopes rest on his enigmatic client, Lara Seaford, whose debut novel is making waves.
Cozy mystery author Marilee Forsythe is also causing turmoil, demanding financial support from her son Jeremy and his wife Jeanette. An assault on Marilee at an author event adds a sinister twist, leading her family to contemplate a future without her relentless criticism.
As Ann's involvement in Darren and Jeanette's dilemmas deepens, she finds the cases have more in common than mere authorial posturing ... and that the stakes are life and death.
Ann Kinnear Ebook Box Set: Books 1-3
They say that dead men tell no tales. They don’t know Ann Kinnear.
Save with the box set, which includes
Book 1: THE SENSE OF DEATH
Book 2: THE SENSE OF RECKONING
Book 3: THE FALCON AND THE OWL