K. J. GRISON

What the evidence says versus what actually happened.

Crime fiction about family, motive, and the dangerous distance between what probably happened and what can actually be proved.

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The novels

Evidence-driven crime fiction from the Brookvale Crime Series. 4 available on Amazon — 2 more coming soon.

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    Three Drops

    A Brookvale Crime Novel

    Claire Ward’s husband is found dead at the family business. Three drops of blood at the scene appear to belong to Claire. She insists she was never there.

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    I’ll Call You After

    An Erin Kelleher investigation · Reads as a standalone

    Mike Whitmore goes to the park where he proposed after receiving a message from his wife: I’m ready to talk. Our spot. Before leaving, he tells their daughter, I’ll call you after. By morning, he is dead.

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    Everything in Order

    An Erin Kelleher investigation · Reads as a standalone

    A man with a severe peanut allergy dies after dinner at a restaurant that knew about the allergy. Detective Erin Kelleher has to determine how an ordinary dinner became fatal—and whether it was an accident at all.

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What comes after suspicion.

K. J. GRISON novels follow ordinary pressure: family, money, loyalty, and the choices people make when a case will not wait.

The mysteries are designed to be fair in hindsight. Important details are placed on the page, but investigators, suspects, families, and readers may understand them very differently as the story develops.

Expect grounded investigations, believable lies, complicated families, and endings where solving the crime does not necessarily repair the damage.

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About K. J. GRISON

A U.S. Army veteran, Grison writes about systems under pressure—what people notice, what they miss, and what happens when a reasonable conclusion turns out to be incomplete.

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