Novels
​THE UNKNOWN MAN
A Zalla Bennbett Mystery, Book 1
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The imbalance between matter and antimatter allowed the big bang to produce the entire universe. Born with a physical abnormality, imbalance is something Zalla Bennbett understands. Her ability to sense out lies gives her an advantage on FBI investigations, but her jaded spirit puts her at odds with most everyone she encounters. The agent’s marriage and career are on the rocks.
Zalla is assigned to work the kidnapping of an FBI informant’s young twins. With no evidence or leads, her suspect is deemed ‘The Unknown Man’. What she discovers makes her question her purpose in the universe. She’ll have to fight against her instincts to find the girls before the kidnapping turns into murder.
​THE BUTCHER
A Zalla Bennbett Mystery, Book 2
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Disillusioned by bureaucracy, Zalla contemplates quitting. She’s assigned the case of ‘The Butcher’, who dismembers before he kills.
A strange millionaire and brother one of ‘The Butcher’s’ victims seeks Zalla out. His offer: Deliver the butcher directly to him instead of the FBI so he can take revenge. Financial freedom is pitted against loyalty to the job.
The investigation goes to places beyond bizarre and Zalla begins to wonder if ‘The Butcher’s’ killings are not just for a thrill.
​THE MARYTR
A Zalla Bennbett Mystery, Book 3
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A White Nationalist group is suspected of inciting violence and potentially murdering their own leader, all for the sake of publicity. Zalla goes undercover to prevent further bloodshed and a DEA agent steps in as her new partner in the effort. Racism, brutality and murder push both agents to their breaking point in their new identities.
​THE PLAGUE DOCTOR
A Zalla Bennbett Mystery, Book 4
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The bureau steps in after the discovery of a body pit in the desert holds almost thirty murder victims. One is a young girl from a small town and when Zalla arrives to investigate, she enters a world turned upside down by poverty and meth. Why did people from all over the country end up in a pit together and how many killers are responsible?
​THE KING
A Zalla Bennbett Mystery, Book 5
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Zalla goes up against a killer whose experience and knowledge rivals her own. For over twenty years ‘The King’ has killed without fear of capture. Now, he plans to slip away forever and leave a trail of cold cases in his wake. Zalla will be forced to sacrifice everything to catch him.
EVERY MOMENT AND NOT A SECOND MORE
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In 2012, scientists used the world’s largest machine to slam matter together and discover ‘The God Particle’. At the same time the universe sends Emily, a dysfunctional middle aged woman, crashing into three strangers.
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She arrives her parents apartment to help out after her mother’s death, but struggles to escape the shadow of her famous father.
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Emily meets an airplane machinist turned drag queen in a battle over a dripping bathtub. A scientist on the brink of discovery and destruction. And a young man running from his past who believes he has no future.
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Science and love collide as Emily uncovers the secret that binds them all together.
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Reviewed By Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite
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Every Moment and Not a Second More is an elaborately textured and compelling story centered around a four-unit apartment building and the disparate worlds of the occupants that somehow become a unified presence. Hanson’s characters are marvelous, especially Charlemagne, the drag queen in one of the upstairs units; James, the physicist whose academic life is threatened by the hostile force that is Gi, a Korean orphan.
The plot is richly entwined with their lives and interactions, and throughout it all lurks the almost malevolent and self-centered presence of Emily’s father. It's one of those stories that is blissfully easy to get caught up in and quite difficult to put down until reaching the last page. It’s most highly recommended.