The Photo Thief

A 2023 IPPY Award Gold Medal Winner in Mystery
An AudioFile Earphone Award Winner
A 2023 ITW Thriller Award Finalist
A 2023 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalist

Photos Never Lie.

Still grieving his toddler's death, Detective Dan Brennan of the Philadelphia P.D. returns to the force and is assigned to investigate a socialite's fatal fall down her mansion's staircase. But the open-and-shut case is turned on its head when the victim's daughter alleges her mother was murdered. Her evidence? The dead. The vintage photographs of past murder victims displayed on the mansion's walls have told her so.

Compelled to listen to the reclusive teen's pleas, Brennan begins to investigate her mother's death and the disturbing secrets hidden in that house. Each vintage photograph is tied to a quartet of cold cases with a disturbing commonality. As the wealthy family's long, sordid history threatens to bury Brennan, he realizes he has to make a choice: save his career, or risk it all for the chance to hear his daughter's voice again.

For readers who enjoy Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella, Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane.

J. L. Delozier draws inspiration from science that exists on the edge of reality--bizarre medical anomalies, new genetic discoveries, and anything that seems too weird to be true. Her debut thriller was nominated for a "Best First Novel" award by the International Thriller Writers organization; her fourth novel won a Silver Falchion Award. Her short fiction has won an Omega Award and appeared in Artemis Journal, The Pittsburger, Thriller Magazine, Retreats from Oblivion, and the anthologies, Noirville: Tales from the Dark Side and Writers Crushing COVID-19. By day, she's an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Penn State.