The Coming Darkness When an Austin madam is found bludgeoned to death, followed by a series of gruesome murders, Chief Detective Augustus Mallory is forced to venture into the twilight world of abnormal needs and perversions. What will the deaths of a few prostitutes reveal about the higher echelon of southern society? Unwillingly drawn into a hidden world, Mallory works to uncover a concealed room and the mysteries surrounding it. What had occurred during the clandestine meetings behind the masks? What was the secret someone was willing to protect with so many lives? In an existence where kidnapping, betrayal, and revenge are commonplace-where death and life straddle an imaginary line of lies and duplicity-all is illusion. The Red Rose Murders Chief Detective Augustus Mallory faces one of the most bizarre and baffling cases of his career. When he transfers to the quiet East Texas community of Tyler, he never expects to be confronted with a serial killer. Facing with a labyrinth...