In Bossier City, Louisiana, Police are called to a trailer in a mobile home park where the badly decomposed body of a man has been found, in bed, with a bullet hole in his right temple. The laptop next to the body contains confessions in the form of journals that will reach all the way to the FBI field office in Stockton, California, sending Agents Sam Runyan and Monica Sterling on an interstate investigation of murders committed over a forty eight year period. As they work with local authorities to locate and bring closure to the families of victims, Sam and Monica discover that there is much more to learn than the journals reveal, and much more to the corpse in the bed than meets the eye. -Dark Trail is the page turning sequel to The Christmas Club, and a man named Cole Everman is the link that connects the stories and puts the training and talents of these two top Agents to the test.

There's more to Cole Everman than meets the eye. It is 1964 and in this coming of age story of a ninth grader in a small central California town, there is more to deal with than girls, parents and the prospect of going to war in Viet Nam. There's also a red and white '56 Chevy and a family of bullies nicknamed "The Christmas Club." This is the story of how Cole deals with seemingly insurmountable challenges, and embarks upon a life of intrigue that continues in the sequel, "Dark Trail" by the same author. (Following "The Christmas Club" enjoy 5 short stories designed to be read at night by a low light. Titles: "The Girl in 314" "Lover's Quarrel" "Mud Room" "Wanda Goes Away" and "No Reprieve")