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Betsy Brannon Green is an American author of mystery and thriller books.

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, she was raised as a military brat since her father served in the US Army.

A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Betsy writes mystery and suspense novels that revolve around LDS (Mormon) characters.

Nonetheless, she also has a number of loyal readers from many different faiths.

Passionate about writing from an early age, Betsy’s first attempt at writing a book was unsuccessful, as she was rejected by all publishers.

Her breakthrough however came in 2001 when Hearts in Hiding, the first book in the Haggerty Mystery Series, was published by Covenant Communications.

Many of her books are set in the fictional town of Haggerty, Georgia, which is inspired by her grandparents' hometown of Headland, Alabama.

A wife for more than three decades, a mother and a grandmother, Betsy currently lives in Bessemer, Alabama, where she works for Hueytown Elementary School, and is a Sunday School teacher in the Bessemer Ward.

More about Betsy Brannon Green

Genres: Mystery, Thriller

Born: 1958

United States

Website: http://www.betsybrannongreen.net/

Non Series

  • Pivot Point (2012)

Collections

  1. The Spirit of Christmas: Stories of the Season (2008)
  2. How Will Christmas Find Us? (2011)

Duty

  1. Hazardous Duty (2007)
  2. Above And Beyond (2008)
  3. Code of Honor (2009)

Eureka

  1. Never Look Back (2002)
  2. Don't Close Your Eyes (2003)
  3. Foul Play (2004)

Haggerty Mystery

  1. Hearts in Hiding (2001)
  2. Until Proven Guilty (2002)
  3. Above Suspicion (2003)
  4. Silenced (2004)
  5. Copycat (2005)
  6. Poison (2005)
  7. Double Cross (2006)
  8. Christmas in Haggerty: A Haggerty Mystery Novella (2006)
  9. Backtrack (2007)
  10. Puzzle Pieces (2015)

Kennedy Killingsworth Mysteries

  1. Murder By the Book (2009)
  2. Murder By Design (2010)
  3. Murder by the Way (2012)

Proceed with Caution

  1. Proceed with Caution (2013)
  2. Danger Ahead (2014)
Non Series

Detailed book overview

Non Series

Pivot Point

Dr. Meghan Collins is a successful pediatrician in Atlanta. She is happily married and well-respected in the medical community. She is satisfied with her life, but haunted by a decision she made years before. When she meets Dr. Pierce Morrow, a Nobel Prize winning scientist, he tells her about his dream technology that allows clients to return to a pivotal point in their past and make a different choice, take a different path. Meghan finds the possibilities irresistible and there is no doubt in her mind what her pivot point will be...

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2012
ISBN: 978-1480129573
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Collections

The Spirit of Christmas: Stories of the Season

Jennie Hansen, Betsy Brannon Green, and Michele Ashman Bell.

Rekindle the spirit of Christmas with this touching trio of timeless stories told by some of the finest LDS storytellers-each with a heartwarming message for the Season.

Will Sophie really be able to get what she needs by spending the holidays alone?

Will Miss Eugenia be able to give a struggling family the Christmas they want?

Has five-year-old Janie’s visit from Santa really been cancelled because she was bad?

Take a journey into the minds and hearts of three engaging characters who each need to believe in their version of Christmas-and discover that believing in people is what the spirit of Christmas is all about.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2008
ISBN: 978-1598115819
How Will Christmas Find Us?

Both laughter and tears will fill your soul with this heartwarming collection of a dozen true Christmas stories from favorite LDS authors, ordinary people whose lives have been touched in extraordinary ways. Discover lighthearted surprises, faith-affirming treasures, and thought-provoking insights about the greatest gift of all in this wonderful keepsake book. You'll want to share these timeless holiday tales of peace, hope, and love year after year. 

Authors include:

Anita Stansfield

Betsy Brannon Green

Clair M. Poulson

Jerry Borrowman

Julie Coulter Bellon

Connie Angeline

Jeri Gilchrist

K.C. Grant

Susan Aylworth

Michele Paige Holmes

Marlene Bateman

Kenneth M. Page

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2011
Ebook: B006CVUUTM
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc

Duty

Hazardous Duty

Savannah McLaughlin is running a little late. Those extra few minutes could mean she may never see her daughter again. The only clue Savannah and the police have to six-year-old Caroline's disappearance is a note with a cryptic verse of scripture. With no signs of progress, Savannah is desperate enough to call the one man she knows can help — the one man who absolutely despises her.

If anyone can find Caroline, it's Major Christopher Dane. The Army often calls on him to discreetly extract people from dangerous situations. But can Savannah trust him and the band of misfits Dane surrounds himself with? Or will the betrayal that took place in their dark past exclude any chance of a bright future?

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2007
ISBN: 978-1598114454
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Above And Beyond

Now that Savannah has her daughter, Caroline, back after a frightening abduction, life seems calmer. But that serenity comes to an abrupt end when twenty-year-old Rosemary Allen pleads for Savannah’s help after running away from her dangerously controlling father. But her father isn’t just anyone — he’s Mario Ferrante, the criminal mastermind who oversaw Caroline’s kidnapping.

Rosemary and her husband had planned to escape from Ferrante’s house together, but the plan was foiled and Rosemary had to escape alone. Now she is begging Savannah to help keep her safe and rescue her husband.

She knows it’s risky, but Savannah can’t resist taking on the challenge. And she knows one person who is just crazy enough to take it on with her — Major Christopher Dane. Savannah just hopes he won’t be able to see through her feigned indifference to him and discover her desperate desire to be reunited with him, even if it requires both of them to put their lives in danger...again. Savannah entreats the help of Dane and his team, and after some convincing, they all agree to take the assignment.

Will the team’s undercover plots to beat Ferrante at his own game be enough to win against such a cunning criminal? Will Savannah be able to withstand her resurfacing nightmares when Caroline’s safety is in great danger once again? And will she ever have reason to hope that Dane could someday let her into his complicated life?

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2008
ISBN: 978-1598117141
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Code of Honor

Savannah McLaughlin has every reason to be afraid of the obsessed man behind the surgical mask. The injuries she has suffered while jumping from a moving car are nothing compared to the anguish she will have to endure at the hands of Mario Ferrante. 

She knows she must escape from the man who has a seemingly endless vendetta against Savannah and Major Christopher Dane. What she doesn’t know is that Major Dane — who has always avoided commitment — has finally declared his feelings for her in a dramatic way by deliberately ransoming himself for her freedom.

Now it’s up to Savannah and Dane’s team of expert misfits to rescue Dane. But success will require more than brute force. So the team designs an elaborate plan to bring Ferrante to justice and free Dane. But will the recruitment of an unlikely ally doom the most important mission of Savannah’s life? Will a shocking secret keep Savannah from trusting the man she loves?

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2009
ISBN: 978-1598118407
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc

Eureka

Never Look Back

Shortly after Sydney Lovell graduates from high school, Craig Cochran, a handsome returned missionary, sweeps her off her feet and they are soon married in the temple. Almost immediately, Sydney gets pregnant and Craig begins school to become a doctor. Life is going exactly as planned, unfolding in utter bliss.

The years fly by in a blur as Sydney raises their three children while Craig completes medical School, his internship, and residency. Then the bottom falls out when Craig asks Sydney for a divorce.

While working as a waitress and struggling to make ends meet, Sydney meets Cole Brackner, a friendly, attractive, single man, and over time a friendship develops. But Cole's life is complicated as well. He is under pressure to sell his cattle ranch to a developer, and when he resists, his tires are slashed, cattle are poisoned, and horrible rumors start to circulate.

And even as Sydney helps Cole unravel these mysteries, the two find themselves in the middle of a dangerous battle against powerful forces dead set on making sure that the truth never sees the light of day.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2002
ISBN: 978-1577349822
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Don't Close Your Eyes

In the quiet town of Eureka, Georgia, a woman is murdered. On that same night, Helen Tyler arrives in town. She s a kind, soft-spoken woman who owns a handgun and refuses to give out her telephone number.

Matt Clevenger, the county sheriff, finds a white Bible on the end of the murdered woman s bed, and learns that another body was found in exactly the same way just two weeks earlier.

With little more than this scant but bizarre evidence, Matt must uncover the secret identity of a killer. Helen Tyler must hide a secret past. Together, they embark on a terrifying journey that brings them ever closer to the answers to this deadly mystery, answers that will change both of their lives forever.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2003
ISBN: 978-1591561880
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Foul Play

Atlanta is buzzing with excitement over the formation of a glamorous new enterprise that promises huge rewards to those at the top. Billie Murphy, a public relations representative and part-time fiction writer, has been watching from the sidelines. But not for long.

Soon forces beyond her control will draw her into a deadly game of fraud and deceit initiated by those who will stop at nothing-even murder-to win. To survive, Billie must trust a man whose reassuring exterior hides a devastating past. But time is running out...

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2004
ISBN: 978-1591565123
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc

Haggerty Mystery

Hearts in Hiding

Devastation, betrayal, self-pity, anger- none of these words do any justice to the tangle of emotions Kate Singleton is experiencing. Married just over a year, with a baby on the way, Kate learns that her husband, and FBI agent, is dead. To top it off, the same people who murdered her husband have a contract on her head.

With the help of the FBI, Kate flees with little more that the clothes on her back. And in no time at all, they provide her with new clothes, a new home, a new name, and...a new husband.

But this is only the beginning of Kate's adventure. Before it's through, there will be a kidnapping, true love, and enough suspense to keep any reader turning pages long after bedtime.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2001
ISBN: 978-1577348238
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Until Proven Guilty

When Beth Middleton's fiance dies in a traffic accident on the day of their wedding, Beth makes the decision to shut herself away from society, to simply exist from day to day.

In time, however, Beth begins the journey back to a normal life, but finds that nothing comes easy. When she accepts a job as a court-appointed evaluator for a local, high-profile attorney and his five-year-old daughter, Beth finds herself embroiled in a trial that could be the most important one in her boss's legal career.

Witnesses disappear, the district attorney is kidnapped, and a man with a gun has just knocked on her door.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2002
ISBN: 978-1591560616
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Above Suspicion

It's been five years since Mary Grace O'Malley has seen John Wright. And right at this moment, Mary Grace wishes she wasn't seeing him standing in the dining room of her Bed and Breakfast Inn. Now the rising star reporter has returned to the small Florida town of Bethany Beach to investigate an unsolved murder and to see Mary Grace.

As John persuades Mary Grace to help him explore the tragic secrets of twenty-five years ago, Miss Eugenia Atkins and her friends arrive at the Arms for a pleasant vacation. But when a guest ends up dead, they all become embroiled in investigating this new mysterious crime.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2003
ISBN: 978-1591563105
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Silenced

Mila Edwards is always assigned the low-profile cases-that's what happens to young cops who won't obey orders. Then, what seems to be a routine police call begins to look like something much more sinister-at least to Mila.

Once again she is faced with the dilemma of following orders or solving the case. However, this time there are children involved, and they are depending on Mila to reunite them with their missing parents. These kids are too well loved for Mila to believe their parents would abandon them.

Now Mila and the children's charming uncle Quin are forced to race against time along an unorthodox path in search of the truth.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2004
ISBN: 978-1591566021
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Copycat

Welcome to Haggerty, Georgia, where resident FBI agent Mark Iverson protects the colorful individuals in the area.

A young woman is found dead-with few clues, except for one suspect who is already on death row. Another young woman disappears under mysterious circumstances.

On the surface, the two cases seem miles apart. But a last-minute confession from an unexpected source sends Mark on a complex and dangerous mission to learn the truth. With unexpected twists and whiplash turns, Besty Brannon Green weaves another stunning novel filled with intriguing characters and page-clutching suspense.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2005
ISBN: 978-1591569206
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Poison

When Miss Eugenia and her friends from Haggerty arrive in Hawaii for the wedding of detective Mila Edwards and surfer Quin Drummond, the group of ladies is ecstatic. They will be staying at the exclusive estate of a celebrity. But things get uncomfortable when their host, fading TV star Raquel Simons, causes a scene at a posh party held at her mansion.

Then Raquel's beautiful assistant ends up dead! But was she the intended victim, or was Raquel the one the killer wanted out of the way? More than one person, including her much younger husband, would benefit if Raquel were gone for good.

Now, feisty Miss Eugenia finds she can't keep herself from helping in the investigation. After all, Mila's wedding is next week, and she can't possibly have time to solve the case on her own. But soon Miss Eugenia finds her natural inclination for investigation could be dangerous — even deadly.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2005
ISBN: 978-1598110371
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Double Cross

Mark Iverson is a Mormon bishop — and an FBI agent. He has just received a new assignment — working a covert operation in which he is to rescue a young woman from a powerful drug lord. However, once Mark arrives in Colombia, it doesn't take him long to realize that he has not been told the complete truth about his dangerous mission.

He soon realizes that his wife and children may well be in great danger. Now, despite chilling odds and overwhelming obstacles, Mark and his wife, Kate, must mount an offensive against unrelenting treachery and deceit.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2006
ISBN: 978-1598111071
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Christmas in Haggerty: A Haggerty Mystery Novella

'TIS THE SEASON, and in Haggerty, Georgia, that means Christmas programs, caroling, front-door decorating contests, and plenty of festive food to share with your sometimes eccentric neighbors.

Not everyone, however, has caught the Christmas spirit. Kate Iverson doesn’t want to accept that there will be no more babies in her future, even though her doctor is certain that her childbearing years are behind her.

Despite her discouragement, a recurring dream has Kate convinced that there is yet work for her to do.

Through faith, prayer, and the assistance of inspired friends, Kate soon becomes part of a modern Christmas miracle—and learns a powerful lesson about the true meaning of Christmas.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2006
ISBN: 978-1591568964
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Backtrack

It's been years since four best friends have all been together in the same place. A retreat to a mountain cabin sounds like just the thing to help each woman forget her everyday stresses, at least momentarily.

It's time to reconnect and have some fun. But the light-hearted gathering suddenly turns dark as a severe storm knocks out the electricity and leaves the four stranded. And as it turns out, the man in uniform who shows up on their door may not be there to help.

Meanwhile, back in Haggerty, Miss Eugenia has found love. When a younger rival for her man's affection arrives, Miss Eugenia gets to work in her characteristically feisty way, learning all she can about this upstart. But while her discoveries may help her win her man, it may also get her killed.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2007
ISBN: 978-1598113396
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Puzzle Pieces

Presley DeGraff is a young woman on the run. With nothing but the clothes on her back, her escape from the ruthless manipulations of her former fiancé leaves her with little time to hide. There is only one person to whom she can turn, only one place she may be safe...

Haggerty, Georgia, is known for its Southern hospitality and quirky inhabitants. For Presley, her Aunt Violet's home in the tiny town is a lifesaving haven. Her aunt, along with a cast of delightful friends and neighbors, warmly welcomes her.

For the first time in so long, she feels hope a hope that hinges on hiding her past. But the dreams of solitude that she had envisioned quickly fade when a disturbing discovery is made in her aunt's backyard: a human skeleton. At the first hint of crime, Haggerty's own amateur sleuth, Miss Eugenia, is on the case.

Along with handsome Haggerty resident Mac and sprightly ninety-nine-year-old Loralee, Presley is quickly drawn into a mystery spanning generations of Haggerty's history. But when news coverage of the investigation digs up Presley's own secrets, it s up to her new friends to come to her aid, by whatever means necessary.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2015
ISBN: 978-1680478655
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc

Kennedy Killingsworth Mysteries

Murder By the Book

Small-town librarian Kennedy Killingsworth thought that Midway, Georgia, was the dullest place on earth — until a fateful day that begins with a speeding ticket and ends with a suicide.

The ticket comes from Kennedy’s ex-husband, Deputy Cade Burrell, who seems desperate to find any reason to talk to Kennedy ever since his scandalous affair. And the suicide victim is Foster Scoggins, the leathery-faced resident who applied for a library card just hours before his gruesome death.

Rumors fly that Foster took his life after being jilted by a mysterious love interest. But as the investigation unfolds, murder becomes the name of the game, and anyone might be a player — including the four men who recently started competing for Kennedy’s attention. 

Could the killer be Cade, who’s been more interested in her since the divorce than he ever was when they were married? Drake Langston, the dazzling billionaire who needed Foster’s cooperation to land a major development deal? Drake’s construction boss, Sloan, whose powerful build makes him a perfect suspect for the crime? Or could it be Luke Scoggins — Foster’s hazel-eyed nephew, the charming ex-Marine whom Kennedy just might be falling for?

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2009
ISBN: 978-1598119381
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Murder By Design

After cracking Foster Scoggins’s murder case, Kennedy Killingsworth figured life in Midway, Georgia, would settle back to normal (meaning desperately dull). But that thought goes right out the window when a black-clad man climbs in her window — the one in her bedroom, that is.

As she’s startled awake by a hand clamped across her mouth, Kennedy’s heart pounds even faster when she realizes the hand belongs to Sloan, the gorgeous and somewhat terrifying construction worker who reveals a surprising alter ego. Given the fact that he once saved her life, Kennedy doesn’t protest as Sloan stows federally classified information in her not-quite antique Tiffany lamp.

But then the sun comes up and things get even more complicated. Amidst gossip about her ex-husband shopping for engagement rings, Kennedy heads to the cemetery for Midway’s annual Decoration Day, when residents beautify the graves and then picnic among the dead. Tragically, transient artist Jarrard Dupree soon joins the dead when he’s accidentally run over by a bunch of college kids.

Yet when JD’s terrible paintings suddenly begin drawing dazzling offers from New York art dealers, Kennedy knows at least one of her neighbors has blood on his hands. Intrigue builds in high Southern style as Kennedy’s investigation reveals which townsfolk are foes, which are friends—and which may become more than a friend.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2010
ISBN: 978-1608610990
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Murder by the Way

As Kennedy Killingsworth prepares to step into the next phase of her life alongside her soon-to-be husband, Luke, the past reemerges and interrupts with full force. Luke is suddenly called away to testify at a Marine Corps trial and is forced to leave Kennedy soon after they are declared husband and wife.

Then an old business associate, Drake Langston, announces he is returning to Midway to finish renovating the town and needs Kennedy’s help to smooth things over with the locals. Kennedy jumps on board to distract herself from Luke’s absence. Little does she know that there will soon be plenty to distract her.

After an unexplainable prison van accident leaves a woman dead and three prisoners missing, the town feels rattled and worried. As Kennedy (and her ex-husband, Cade) gets involved in investigating the crash, more and more mysterious events unfold, and if she’s not careful, she could be the next murder by the way.

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2012
ISBN: 978-1621081234
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc

Proceed with Caution

Proceed with Caution

Brooke Clayton is in trouble. Deep in the shadowy woods outside Nashville, the young activist stumbled on something she was never meant to see—something that she can never reveal if she values her life.

Now, as an unknown enemy closes in, she must take drastic measures to disappear. Brooke’s only hope for survival is to accept help from her uncle, Major Christopher Dane, and his team of highly trained operatives. Dane entrusts his niece’s safety to one of his most reliable men, Hunter, a.k.a. Owl. Brooke and Owl go into hiding, posing as a married couple volunteering at a Civil War reenactment site.

As Brooke comes to trust her protector, their connection deepens and their cover relationship begins to feel all too real. But when danger encroaches on their make-believe world and explosive truths are revealed, Hunter and Brooke risk everything to expose the discovery she tried so hard to escape—and as peril looms ever closer, it’s too late to proceed with caution...

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2013
ISBN: 978-1621083665
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc
Danger Ahead

Brooke Clayton is not who she claimed to be, a harsh reality that Corporal Hunter Owl Ezell faces as he observes the façade surrounding the woman he loved crumbling before his eyes. Brooke s past criminal activity has caught up with her and as a result of her involvement in Joined Forces, an illicit group of environmental activists, Hunter s life is on the line.

Brooke tried to escape her past, but her former associates have other plans for her. Joined Forces is unwilling to let such a valuable asset go, and if she hopes to save Hunter, she must cooperate. When she's approached by the FBI, Brooke grasps desperately at their offer: go undercover to expose Joined Forces in exchange for immunity from prosecution for her past crimes.

Aided by Hunter's Special Forces team, the group boldly takes on the world of organized crime. In an explosive turn of events, the team realizes how deeply the corruption is rooted but not before several of their members are captured.

Now at the mercy of the extremists, their only hope of rescue is Brooke and Hunter. The clock is ticking but as the broken couple fights for their own lives, can they learn to work together again before time runs out for their friends?

Author: Betsy Brannon Green
First Release: 2014
ISBN: 978-1621088912
Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc