It’s Oscar night in Hollywood, and media darling Meredith Johansen has taken home a gold statue, while across town rookie Detective Patricia Norelli works late with hopes of breaking through her own glass ceiling in the LAPD.

Their paths collide when Johansen is found dead in her Bel Air home, only hours after The Oscars ended. With a note but few clues, authorities rule it a suicide. But Norelli’s instinct says murder; a hunch worth laying her career on the line to prove otherwise.

As a long list of suspects emerge, she and her partner become entangled in a series of lies. Soon, Norelli gets too close to the truth which brings her face to face with a psychopath.

If you like Michael Connelly’s Bosch, you’ll like Temple’s Norelli.

When Detective Pat Norelli’s best friend is found dead it's thought to be a heart attack. But suddenly new evidence is uncovered that reveals Norelli may be responsible for the murder.

With The Poser still on the loose, and evidence mounting against her, Norelli knows it's just a matter of time before Internal Affairs brings her in as a suspect.

So, with the help of some unexpected allies, she finds herself in an international manhunt in a race against the clock.

Once again, Norelli must break more than a few rules in order to bring the real killer to justice, and finally clear her name.

If you like Robert Crais, you’ll enjoy Temple’s Norelli.

Detective Pat Norelli has proven herself to her Hollywood precinct, but she’s also lost friends, pissed off management, and had enough near-death experiences to last a lifetime.

Having lost her best friend, will soon to lose her retiring partner, and with her only daughter moving away, Norelli needs a change. She packs up her old life to start anew in The City by the Bay.

Soon, she is deep inside a case that has her losing sleep, while helping local authorities find a psychopath they call The Golden Gate Killer.

So much for fresh starts.

If you like Harlan Coben, you’’ll enjoy Temple’s Pat Norelli.

New York City is in the hands of a madman, and the Mayor’s daughter is in the crosshairs!

Mayor Burton has power, wealth, a beautiful wife, and the apple of his eye, 9-year old Abigail. But when she vanishes in broad daylight from Central Park, Mayor Burton will risk everything to bring her home safely.

Running out of time, his wife calls on her ex-flame and former Special Ops sniper, Carter Matheson. Soon, a ransom note arrives, payment is made, and Abigail is returned, but with one caveat: pay a second ransom, or the girl and the entire Gracie Mansion neighborhood will be blown sky-high.

Now, Carter and his team must face impossible odds as they race to disarm a bomb, or lose a little girl and the lives of thousands more.

If you like Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, you'll like Temple’s Carter Matheson.

When Carter Matheson and sidekick Mack McKenzie learn Carter's father is kidnapped during a return mission from Nicaragua, Carter and his team must jump back into the sh!t.

Arriving in Cuba, they confront a drugs & arms dealer known as Scorpion who is working with a Washington Whip who is trading information for arms.

Lives are on the line as money, drugs and power form a divide between good & evil, as dangerous men with dark intentions threaten both the lives of Carter’s crew and America's national security.

Set only days after the end of Lucky Strikes, this compulsive thriller turns up the heat as Carter spares no expense (or ammunition) in bringing down one of the world's most notorious killers.

If you like Jack Carr's James Reece, you’ll enjoy Carter Matheson.

At his core, Carter Matheson is a hunter who hunts bad men. And when the government needs a problem to disappear, Carter disappears them. Permanently.

So, when Deputy Director of National Security learns a leak inside the White House is one of their own—someone trading secrets with the enemy in exchange for money, the retired Special Ops hitman assembles a team to find them.

Leaving his secluded home in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Carter lands in Nicaragua and is quickly on the trail of someone who is on his trail.

Join David as he introduces us to wise-cracking, rule-breaking and fearless Carter Matheson, and sidekick Mack McKenzie, as they find the leak in the system—then fill it full of lead.

If you like big guns, wise cracks, and fast reads, you’ll get a kick out of Carter Matheson.