Ten-year-old Brian McKibben is a wanderer. Eight months ago, he wandered into the street and was hit by a truck. Olivia Richards, his newly divorced mother, was accused of neglect by Child Protection Services. She's doing her best to prove them wrong. Essential oils, a consultation with an herbalist, and an airtight schedule are only some of the things she does to keep Brian safe and help him heal from brain damage caused by the accident.Her carefully laid plans begin to unravel when it becomes apparent Olivia's CPS caseworker isn't the only one watching her. The walls of her Pilates studio seem to have eyes, especially at night. Cryptic messages of death and danger begin showing up in strange places. Someone is stalking her.Who can she turn to for help? The authorities would inform CPS, and she might never be free of the county's intrusion in her life. She suspects her ex-husband of using scare tactics to regain custody of their son. Her new relationship is complicated and old...

Welcome to Season Five of Murders Under the Sun, a podcast that takes a trip to the dark side of sunny Southern California. I'm your host, Molly Shure. Honey Wells wanted her first hike of the year to change her life. Exercise, eat right, and reduce stress—it was all to start with a simple hike in Black Star Canyon. But her New Year's resolution didn't include finding a dead body half-buried in the mud. Honey's world unravels. Her brother-in-law has stolen her savings. Her business is struggling. And now she's caught in a police investigation. As panic attacks begin to destroy her, Honey hires a new assistant, only to discover the woman may be the victim of an abusive cult. Meanwhile, threatening e-mails from her brother-in-law promise more trouble. A bullet-riddled sign warns the uninvited to stay away from the cult compound in Black Star Canyon. But Honey Wells has questions, and she knows the answers are hidden at the end of the...

Welcome to Season Two of Murders Under the Sun, a podcast that takes a trip to the dark side of sunny Southern California. I'm your host, Molly Shure. We met Olivia Richards in Season One—a single mother struggling to care for her son after a terrible accident. She is determined to get Brian back to his pre-trauma self and create a new life for them. With a new job, a new boyfriend, and a new beginning, Olivia is finally starting to see the light of a new day. But just as things seem to be looking up, a figure from her past resurfaces, threatening to destroy everything she's worked for. As past and present collide, Olivia fights to save her son from the evil growing from seeds sown in the past. Olivia's story is just one of seven interconnected tales that span five years. As a crime journalist, I've noticed a subtle link between these stories, and in Season One, I began to unravel the truth. But the deeper I dig,...

There's one thing more dangerous than testifying to a crime—staying silent.Locked in the ruins of a California Mission, Abby Travers watches helplessly as a girl dies outside her window. As she struggles between her moral obligation to come forward as a witness, and her commitment to a Medieval religious practice that requires her to retreat from the world, the situation spins out of control.Abby's hesitation starts a series of catastrophes. She finds herself at the center of a deadly cover up where every minute counts and indecision could be fatal. She questions all her beliefs and everyone she knows becomes suspect. To save herself and those she loves, she must break free from her self-imposed prisons of stone and fear.The Sanctity of Sloth is a taut, psychological thriller that answers the question: What happens when a good woman does nothing? Fans of Paula Hawkins and A.J. Finn will enjoy this third book in Greta Boris's Seven...

Welcome to Murders Under the Sun, a podcast that pulls back the curtain on the dark side of sunny Southern California. I'm Molly Shure, and last March, I stumbled upon a chilling pattern—seven crimes, all linked, but their connection buried in the shadows. Each season, we'll peel back the layers of one case, exposing secrets no one was meant to find. A white Christmas. A cozy cabin. The perfect family getaway—until it turns into a nightmare.Fiona is eager to join her husband and almost four-year-old at a remote Big Bear cabin for the holidays. But when her half-brother—the infamous Real Estate Killer—escapes prison, she stays behind, gun in hand. He's coming for her, and she won't risk leading him to her son.Meanwhile, Devon faces a chilling dilemma. A stranger appears at the cabin door, pleading for shelter from the blizzard. He's taught his son about stranger danger—but how can he leave a man stranded in the...

Welcome to Murders Under the Sun, a podcast that pulls back the curtain on the dark side of sunny Southern California. I'm Molly Shure, and last March, I stumbled upon a chilling pattern—seven crimes, all linked, but their connection buried in the shadows. Each season, we'll peel back the layers of one case, exposing secrets no one was meant to find. When Willow elopes with Jonathan, she's ushered into a fairytale—a prince, a grand estate, a seemingly perfect life. But something is wrong at Sunset House. Jonathan's bond with his twin sister unsettles her, and the family's secrets whisper from empty rooms. Three deaths in three weeks push her from concern to fear. When she discovers a hidden journal filled with tales of abuse and captivity, the fear becomes terror. As the walls close in, Willow realizes she's not part of the family—she's prey. Trapped in a gilded cage, she must play the role of a lifetime to survive,...

Gwen Bishop, wife, mother, and struggling real estate agent, has two big fears: claustrophobia and being buried in suburban obscurity. When she signs her dream listing, a multi-million dollar beachfront property in Laguna Beach, California, she's sure her problems are behind her. And they would be, if it wasn't for the secret in the basement and the body in an upstairs bedroom.When the crime scene tape comes down, Gwen enlists the aid of a handsome co-worker with a background in construction to help her ready the house for sale and bolster her flagging courage. But every time they're ready to put it back on the market, something goes horribly wrong. She must face old fears and new ones, temptations and buried truths. Gwen is determined to sell the dream house—or die trying.