Author

A.J. Rivers

127 books9 series

A.J. Rivers loves all things mystery and thriller. Growing up in a sleepy small town, A.J. spent her days enthralled in crime solving novels and movies. She started creating stories at a young age to escape and create adventures for herself. As a child she dreamed of solving crimes and becoming a crime fighter. She dreamed of being as great as her favorite crime solving character Sherlock Holmes. While in college she realized that leading a crime fighting life might be more gruesome than she could stomach. She decided that the best course of action would be to fuse her love of writing with her love of thrilling mysteries together.

She finds inspiration from researching true crimes and is passionate about writing suspenseful novels with crazy twists. Twists that you’ll never see coming. The inspiration for her first novel came when she read a news article about a missing young woman in a small town that was never found. Her question on who, what, and why brought her to her journal to discovering the dark twisted story behind the disappearance and to seek justice for the victim through her writing.

Her thriller novels have elements of mystery, suspense, and romance.

When she’s not absorbed in a novel or working on her next thriller mystery, her favorite past time is spent with her husky. She finds great inspiration while going on hikes with her dog.

Discussions (1)

TKs mother

Visitor-1B0ZDR1 postOct 10, 2026 03:25#1

TKs mothers death has changed from the first book of this series. In the first book TK tells Sarah his mother died 4 years before from cancer. He talks about how she made him move on from his destructive behavior after his football accident and death of his father. He made his mothers dumpling recipe for her when he had her to dinner. Told her his mother said he needed to know how to nourish his body, and he said about how much he missed her.

In Deception in the Hills, he tells her his mother died in childbirth while having him.

Darkki259 books · 462 postsOct 10, 2026 07:27#2

Thanks for pointing this out! That's quite an interesting inconsistency, especially considering how detailed TK's memories of his mother were in the first book.

I haven't been able to independently verify both passages, but based on your description, this certainly sounds like a possible continuity error. It would be interesting to know whether other readers have noticed the same thing.

Thanks for sharing your observation!

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