Two families. One secret.
Separated by a river and twenty years of lies.

Five minutes changed Poppy Sadler's life forever. Tick. The hospital called. Her mother's battle with cancer was finally over. Tock. The police showed up at her door. Her father's body has just been pulled from the River. Tick. Murdered.
Tick, Tock. Five minutes and a secret is coming undone.

Across the river, Justin Caulfield's vast fortune can buy him anything but more time. Tick. A deadly disease is stealing his daughter's life. He needs a miracle. Tock. The person he never doubted names the price he never knew he owed. A price more than one man can pay. Tick. Betrayed. Tick, Tock. Twenty years of lies may cost him his very soul.

"Sala keeps the tension high and the pace hopping." – Publishers Weekly
Frank Whitman’s name was reviled in the tiny village of Marmet, Maine, after he stole a fortune from the local bank and skipped town on his wife and daughter Sarah. They were left behind to deal with years of shame and torment around the scandal. Now his body has been found at the bottom of Flagstaff Lake—throwing doubt on all that Sarah thought she knew. Has her father been innocent this entire time?
Sarah’s new obsession is uncovering the true thief and killer—which is making some people nervous. What she finds will make her the next target. But her childhood crush, Tony DeMarco, comes out of the woodworks acting desperate to keep her safe. Is this the beginning of a rekindled love? Or does Tony have something to hide?
First published in 2002, Dark Water received critical acclaim and a worldwide legion of fans for its fast-paced romantic suspense.

Caitlin Bennett shudders in her elegant Manhattan apartment as she reads that a woman has been found murdered, her body lightly covered by the New York snowfall—an occurrence that has become chillingly common.
Despite her success as a bestselling mystery author, Caitlin must withstand taunts about buying her way into fame once she inherited her father’s broadcasting fortune. But the taunts turn terrifying when Caitlin receives a chain of letters from a deranged fan, each increasingly more menacing.
Caitlin hires Connor "Mac" McKee, a former New York City cop, to protect her. When two more women bearing a striking similarity to Caitlin show up dead under the snow, Mac realizes the stalker is making his way to her, his final victim.