01 / Featured mystery
The Haunting of
Hunter Blackwell
A dark, atmospheric entry in the Hunter Blackwell mysteries, presented here with its final cover artwork.
A Hunter Blackwell mysteryMysteries from the long shadow of the South
Every quiet place
keeps a secret.
J. M. Davis writes atmospheric murder mysteries where family histories, small-town loyalties, and patient investigators collide.
Murder mystery · Suspense · Family secrets
J. M. Davis
Murder mysteries with grit, heart, and a Southern shadow
The bookshelf
Cases that refuse
to stay buried.
Step into mysteries shaped by haunted places, old wounds, and the people determined to uncover what happened.
The Haunting of
02 / Southern mystery
Evil Has
Many Faces
An old house, two children, and a sprawling live oak establish the visual world of this Southern mystery.
Secrets close to home
03 / Hunter Blackwell mystery
A Flip of
the Coin
Back on the job, Hunter Blackwell confronts a family murder staged to mislead—and a silver coin that may be the killer's calling card.
Some debts are paid in bloodHe has left more than one place behind.
The cases follow.
The Hunter Blackwell investigations
A seasoned detective.
A stubborn moral compass.
Hunter Blackwell has served as a sheriff in Maine and a detective in Denton, Texas. After surviving a shooting and rebuilding his life with Caroline, he returns to investigative work—carrying hard-won instincts, deep family ties, and little patience for evil dressed as coincidence.
“Every clue leaves a mark. Every choice has a cost.”Explore the series
Behind the mysteries
JMDAbout J. M. Davis
J. M. Davis creates character-driven murder mysteries that balance the darkness of a case with the warmth, humor, and complicated bonds of family life.
At the center of the Hunter Blackwell stories is an investigator shaped by the places he has called home—from Maine to Texas and beyond—and by the people he refuses to leave unprotected.
The result is suspense grounded in recognizable lives: porches and back roads, close-knit communities, stubborn witnesses, and crimes whose consequences reach far beyond the scene.
Where the horizon remembers
Texas light.
Southern shadows.
In these mysteries, familiar places turn uncertain after sundown. A front porch can be a refuge, a back road can hide a witness, and a town that knows everyone may still keep the wrong secret.
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