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""Twisted officials, perversions, and a trail of impossibly connected and unsolvable crimes."" -Scott Eveloff, Author of Do Not Resuscitate Lara McAllister was adored by everyone in the small town of Grants Pass until one rainy day last year when she vanished without a trace. Some believe she simply ran away. Others believe something sinister happened. In a close-knit community where everyone knows everyone's business, is it possible that nobody saw anything? Rookie Homicide Detective Maeve Kalani moves to Grants Pass in the hopes of starting fresh and is assigned tot he case. As Maeve begins to untangle the mystery behind Lara's disappearance, paranoia and mistrust sets in as she realizes that everyone has some sort of connection to the missing woman. Weak alibis and hidden motives are everywhere, and it seems no one is willing to dig up the past. But when everyone is a suspect, who can she trust? After a body is discovered on the grounds of Umbele Women's Penitentiary in the neighboring community of Azalea, the dark secrets and unlikely connections uncovered will haunt the small town of Grants Pass for generations to come.

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""Twisted officials, perversions, and a trail of impossibly connected and unsolvable crimes"" -Scott Eveloff, Author of Do Not Resuscitate ""The Ties that Bind Us is a well-crafted slow-burn police procedural that kept me guessing. A complex cast of characters, each with their own flaws and peculiarities, builds an undercurrent of tension that makes every interaction feel charged. At times, the story evokes the chilling atmosphere of The Silence of the Lambs, with the author unraveling the mystery and revealing the villain in a way that made me audibly gasp. Dark, atmospheric and haunting, The Ties That Bind Us is as moody and relentless as a rainy Oregon night"" -James Foley, Author of Treasure Coast ""M. L. Jamieson's debut novel is a true page turner that keeps you guessing until the very end. Maeve, an eager, newly-trained forensics homicide detective, moves to a small town in Oregon to begin her career. Initially, she is disappointed to be assigned to a cold case instead of an active investigation, but the case turns out to be much more than she or her handsome partner, Ben, bargained for. Ben is a seasoned detective from the small Oregon town, and though he is intimately connected to many of the people involved in the case, he is happy to have a new set of eyes, especially a beautiful and smart pair of eyes, digging through the case once again. Maeve's cunning and relentless determination lead to shocking discoveries that just keep unraveling one mystery inside of another. The twists and turns are cleverly disguised and the red herrings are so believable, it is impossible to put down."" -Kim McCallum, Author of What Happens in Montana

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Megan Jamieson is a Canadian author and multipotentialite based in a small town outside of Edmonton, Alberta. Megan first started in healthcare working as a registered nurse before publishing her debut novel, The Ties That Bind Us. Megan has been a part of the Writers Guild of Alberta since 2023, and when she's not working or writing, she can usually be found travelling. She lives life to the fullest, a dreamer in its truest sense, and is always on the hunt to find her next adventure or experience.

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