During the worst week of her life, Raleigh Harmon discovers her destiny. Her best friend is a smart-mouthed genius girl named Drew Levinson. But Drew is gone. Nowhere to be found. Everybody insists Drew ran away. But Raleigh suspects something worse.
Armed with one rock hammer, an encyclopedic knowledge of city criminal codes, and a stubborn streak wide as the Chesapeake Bay, Raleigh searches for clues.
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<li>Did Drew secretly meet somebody?</li>
<li>Did her loony parents finally push her over the edge?</li>
<li>Or is Raleigh’s hunch dead-on: Drew didn’t choose to leave….</li>
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The first book in the best-selling Raleigh Harmon prequel mystery series, Stone and Spark introduces the girl who will grow up to become a forensic geologist and FBI agent—provided she survives her high school years.
Praise for the Raleigh Harmon mystery series 
“Giorello has won the Christy Award and has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations. When you read this book, you’ll see why.” —Booklist, Starred Review
“Read her for her wonderfully descriptive prose, her killer plots or her well-drawn characters, but read her. You’ll come away enriched in deep and plentiful ways.”—The Richmond Times-Dispatch Fifteen-year-old Raleigh Harmon finally conquers her worst fear—by trespassing—and can't wait to tell her best friend, a smart-mouthed physics genius girl named Drew Levinson. Only Drew’s gone. Really gone. Everybody says Drew ran away. But that only skyrockets Raleigh’s suspicions. Drew Levinson is the least impulsive person she knows. Armed with her rock hammer, an encyclopedic knowledge of city criminal codes, and a stubborn streak wide as the Chesapeake Bay, Raleigh scours her hometown for clues. But not even the cops are on her side.   Was Drew meeting somebody in secret? Escaping her loony parents? Or is Raleigh’s hunch dead-on: her best friend didn’t choose to leave. "Stone and Spark" is the first book in the Raleigh Harmon mystery prequel series introducing the girl who will become a forensic geologist and FBI agent—provided she survives her high school years.

Stone and Spark: Book 1 in the Raleigh Harmon mysteries (Raleigh Hamon mysteries)

Giorello, Sibella

Running Girl Productions

Secrets run deep. 
Raleigh Harmon has a seriously dysfunctional southern family, an encyclopedic knowledge of criminal codes, and a literally odd best friend named Drew Levinson.
But now, after surviving a terrifying experience, Raleigh's ready to relax and enjoy the Christmas season with her new boyfriend.
But her kind and smart classmate Sloane Stillman is suddenly found dead—by suicide. Only Drew refuses to believe it. Drew says science can prove Sloane didn’t kill herself. The harder Raleigh tries to show Drew the truth, the more she herself questions the facts—and the people she once trusted.
Christmas swirls in like a snowstorm, and Drew spirals downward, burying Raleigh under mountains of evidence about Sloane’s suicide. It threatens to destroy everything, including Raleigh’s new relationship with her boyfriend. Desperate to put the pieces back together, Raleigh digs for answers, trying to uncover what really happened on that cold, silent night when Sloane Stillman lost her life.
Stone and Snow is the second book in the Raleigh Harmon mystery series introducing the girl who will become an FBI agent and forensic geologist—provided she survives her high school years.
Praise for the Raleigh Harmon series: “Read her for her wonderfully descriptive prose, her killer plots or her well-drawn characters, but read her. You’ll come away enriched in deep and plentiful ways.”—The Richmond Times-Dispatch

Stone and Snow: Book 2 in the young Raleigh Harmon mysteries (The Raleigh Harmon mysteries)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

This was no accident…or was it?
Raleigh Harmon just won a coveted science contest, with the chance to compete for a $50,000 college scholarship. Great news, right?
Only her goofy aunt drives her to the contest in North Carolina, and as soon as they arrive, Raleigh realizes she’s way out of her league. All the competitors are ruthless brainiacs. And she has no idea how to win this contest.
That suddenly changes when one of the competitors almost dies—and Raleigh looks like a prime suspect for the attack. With forty-eight hours to solve the science riddle, can Raleigh also pick out the bad guy—or girl—before they escape the island? And what if the bad guy is the boy Raleigh really likes?
Stone and Sand is the third book in the Raleigh Harmon prequel mystery series, introducing the girl who will become a forensic geologist and FBI agent—provided she survives the high school years.
Praise for the Raleigh Harmon mystery series “Giorello has won the Christy Award and has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations. When you read this book, you’ll see why.” —Booklist, Starred Review “Read her for her wonderfully descriptive prose, her killer plots or her well-drawn characters, but read her. You’ll come away enriched in deep and plentiful ways.”—The Richmond Times-Dispatch

Stone and Sand: Book 3 in the young Raleigh Harmon mysteries (The Raleigh Harmon mysteries)

Moments after FBI agent Raleigh Harmon arrives at a large rally on Richmond, Virginia's Southside neighborhood, two men plummet from a factory rooftop and lie dead on the sidewalk below. Though over 500 people are at the rally, no one saw what happened. Or are they just not talking? Between pressure from her boss to close the case quickly to avoid racial unrest and her own sense of duty to discover the truth, Raleigh finds herself digging deep into clues that are right underneath her feet. With possible witnesses reluctant to talk and the discovery of chummy connections between supposed enemies, Raleigh knows that this isn't just an ordinary case. Will she find the truth in time? Or will her choices ultimately bring down everyone involved--including Raleigh herself? This first novel from an accomplished journalist and forensic geologist is sure to leave readers guessing until the very end.

Stones Cry Out, The: A Novel

Thrillers & Suspense

Revell

When nobody talks, the stones cry out In the searing heat of a Virginia summer, two men plummet from a roof top to their deaths on the sidewalk below. One of them was a white police officer. The other, a black man with a murky past. Hundreds of people stood on the sidewalk below, yet nobody will say what happened.The FBI wants a quick verdict—with or without the truth—and sends in rookie agent Raleigh Harmon.Between the tight-lipped witnesses and the secrets hidden among the city's most powerful families, Raleigh's forced to use her forensic geology skills to uncover the truth.  But can she solve this case before the city's simmering rage burns out of control? And will her choices bring down everyone involved—including Raleigh herself?Praise for the Raleigh Harmon series“Giorello has won the Christy Award and has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations. When you read this book, you’ll see why.”—Booklist, Starred Review“Read her for her wonderfully descriptive prose, her killer plots or her well-drawn characters, but read her. You’ll come away enriched in deep and plentiful ways.”—The Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Stones Cry Out (The Raleigh Harmon FBI Mysteries)

Wheelhouse Publishing

Everyone has a plan, until life crashes in Raleigh Harmon earned a brazen reputation during her years with the FBI. Now, having parted ways with the Bureau, she hopes to rebuild some of those broken relationships—including a new romance with alpha-male agent Jack Stephanson.
That's the plan … But when a dead body literally crosses her path in the mountains of Washington state, Raleigh’s forced to choose between her personal life and her forensic skills to track a killer--a killer unlike any she’s ever encountered, and a murder with clues that don't add up.
When she realizes the killer will strike again, Raleigh knows the only way to stop another murder is to put herself at the top of the killer’s list.
With innocent lives on the line, and the FBI watching her every move, can Raleigh save another innocent girl from a gruesome end--or will she only wind up with more regrets, and literal dead ends?
Praise for the Raleigh Harmon series: “Giorello has won the Christy Award and has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations. When you read this book, you’ll see why.” —Booklist, Starred Review “Read her for her wonderfully descriptive prose, her killer plots or her well-drawn characters, but read her. You’ll come away enriched in deep and plentiful ways.”—The Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Waves Break Gray: Book 1 in the Raleigh Harmon P.I. mysteries (Raleigh Harmon PI Series)

When a routine case turns deadly, forensic geologist Raleigh Harmon finds her career on the rocks and her life at stake. Special Agent Raleigh Harmon is good at her job, but not as good at bureau politics. As one of the few females on the team, she finds herself in a strange land when she's transferred from Richmond to drought-stricken Seattle. When a hiker suddenly goes missing and a ransom note arrives, Raleigh realizes there's no time for transitions. Vowing to find the missing college girl, she must rely on her forensic geology skills to uncover the truth, leaving no stone unturned. Gritty and poetic, with an evocative sense of place, a quirky cast of characters, a fast-twisting plot, and a compelling, complicated heroine, this superbly crafted mystery will keep you reading compulsively as hope runs short, the clock runs down, and the rivers run dry.

The Rivers Run Dry: A Raliegh Harmon Novel

Literature & Fiction

United States

Thomas Nelson

Forensic geologist Raleigh Harmon unravels mysteries in her hometown of Richmond where things are never quite what they seem. Raleigh's exemplary service in Seattle opened the door for her disciplinary transfer to be lifted, allowing her to return to her home FBI field office in Richmond, VA. A civil rights case turns out to be much more complex than anyone thought when Raleigh is forced to go undercover in a drug trafficking case. Things aren't any simpler at home. Raleigh's old friend DeMott wants her to find time for things outside of her FBI work: friendship and maybe something more. Raleigh will have to rely on her sharpest skills--and the faith that is slowly returning to her--to navigate her way through these clouds.

Clouds Roll Away (Raleigh Harmon, 2)

Everything's going to work out. Time away always makes things better . . . That's what FBI Special Agent Raleigh Harmon believes as she boards a cruise to Alaska. A land of mountains and gems and minerals, the Last Frontier is a dream destination for this forensic geologist who's hoping to leave behind a hectic work schedule and an engagement drained of romance. But when a passenger goes missing and winds up dead, Raleigh's vacation suddenly gets lost at sea. The ship's security chief tries to rule the death a suicide, but Raleigh's forensics background points to a much darker conclusion: Somewhere onboard, a ruthless murderer walks free. Engulfed by one of her toughest cases yet, Raleigh requests assistance from the FBI and receives her nemesis--handsome Special Agent Jack Stephanson. As the cruise ship sails through the Inside Passage, Raleigh has five days to solve a high-profile murder, provide consultation for a movie filming onboard, and figure out her increasingly complicated feelings for Jack--who might not be as arrogant as she originally thought. And that's only her work life. Family offers even more challenges. Joined on the cruise by her mother and aunt, Raleigh watches helplessly as disturbing rifts splinter her family. Like the scenery that surrounds the cruise ship, Raleigh discovers a mystery so daunting that even the mountains might bow down before it.

The Mountains Bow Down (Raleigh Harmon)

Thomas Nelson. Inc.

After the FBI suspends her for bending its rules, Special Agent Raleigh Harmon is looking for a chance to redeem her career and re-start her life.
Sent undercover to a thoroughbred horse track, Raleigh takes on a double life to find out who’s fixing the races. But when horses start dying and then her own life is threatened, Raleigh realizes something bigger—and more sinister—is ruining Emerald Meadows.
She’s never felt more alone.
Her one contact with the FBI is Special Agent Jack Stephanson, a guy who seems to jump from antagonistic to genuine friend depending on the time of day. And she can’t turn to her family for support. They’re off-limits while she’s undercover, and her mother isn’t speaking to her anyway, having been confined to a mental hospital following a psychotic breakdown. Adding insult to her isolation, Raleigh’s fiancé wants them to begin their life together—now—precisely when she’s been ordered not to be herself.
With just days left before the season ends, Raleigh races to stop the killing and find out who’s behind the track’s trouble, all the while trying to determine if Jack is friend or foe, and whether marrying her fiancé will make things better—or worse.
Raleigh is walking through the darkest night she’s faced, searching for a place where the stars shine bright.

The Stars Shine Bright: A Raleigh Harmon Novel

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