Darlene L. Turner

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Darlene L. Turner’s love of suspense began when she read her first Nancy Drew book. She’s turned that passion into her writing and believes readers will be captured by her plots, inspired by her strong characters, and moved by her inspirational message.

Darlene won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense twice and an ACFW Genesis award. She’s represented by Tamela Hancock Murray of the Steve Laube Agency. Her debut book, Border Breach, won the Canadian 2021 Word Award and placed third in the 2021 Selahs in the Romantic Suspense category. Safe House Exposed won the 2023 HOLT Medallion Award – short inspirational category. Fatal Forensic Investigation won third place in the 2023 Directors’ Choice award. Explosive Christmas Showdown was a finalist in the 2023 FHLCW Reader’s Choice Awards.

Darlene met her husband Jeff at the turtle races in Ontario, Canada. She loves flavored coffee, colored pens, and plaid shirts.

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Echoes of Darkness

The sleepy community of Kenorapeake Falls in northern Ontario seems like somewhere Constable Oaklynn Brock can finally outrun her violent past. That is, until she’s assigned to investigate a series of suspicious deaths. She can’t reveal that she knows how serial killers think because she grew up with one. Yet the eerie similarities between these murders and those committed by her father, known as the Suicide Slayer, hint at a copycat in their midst. But why here and why now?

Caleb Greene of the Canadian Watchers Squad has his own reasons to be wary of working alongside Oaklynn. But with rumors of a local cult known as the Light Paragons gaining power, the stakes are too high to refuse.

  • K-9 Ranch Protection

    Izzy Tremblay knows her father’s death was no accident, so when she discovers a lead & is immediately attacked, her suspicions are confirmed. The ambush leaves her with three hours of memory missing, which she knows holds the key. She takes refuge with her ex-partner, Austin Murray, on his K-9 ranch while she races to uncover the truth.

  • Yukon Wilderness Evidence

    When skeletal remains are uncovered in the Yukon forest, forensic botanist Keeley Ash is called to the crime scene—and ends up abducted. She never expects her ex, paramedic Brett Ryerson, to come to her rescue, or her evidence to be linked to a cold case. When their son—whom Brett never knew existed—is kidnapped, they’ll stop at nothing to save him