J.C. Moore writes suspense-driven crime and thriller novels focused on character, consequence, and the cost of buried secrets. His stories are set in small towns and close communities, where ordinary lives are shaped by pressure, loyalty, and hard decisions, and where violence leaves lasting marks long after the moment has passed.
He is the author of the Shadow Bay thriller series and the Frank Mallory novels. His work blends psychological tension with grounded realism, following characters who are forced to act when the familiar world around them begins to fracture.
Before turning to fiction, Moore worked a wide range of jobs, including bartender, IT tech, touring musician, horse farm manager, and restaurant owner. His music has appeared in television and film, but his focus is now firmly on storytelling.
Moore lives in upstate New York with his partner and their little but fierce dog. Long roads, dense woods, and the quiet weight of rural places continue to inform the stories he tells.
He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and the Mystery Writers of America.
J.C. Moore writes suspense-driven crime and thriller novels focused on character, consequence, and the cost of buried secrets. His stories are set in small towns and close communities, where ordinary lives are shaped by pressure, loyalty, and hard decisions, and where violence leaves lasting marks long after the moment has passed.
He is the author of the Shadow Bay thriller series and the Frank Mallory novels. His work blends psychological...
Two women are dead. A third has vanished without a trace.
Chief of Police Shauna Peterson thought she knew the quiet town of Shadow Bay. But when another young woman disappears and a body is discovered stitched with red thread, Shauna realizes she is hunting a killer unlike any she has seen before—methodical, patient,...
Shadow Bay braces for a late-winter storm when a longtime local is found dead in his garage. The scene is too neat. Too controlled. And Chief Shauna Peterson knows a staged job when she sees one.
The investigation drags her back to a summer the town refuses to face—a teenage girl who vanished, a night built on lies, and a secret that never...
People have been disappearing from Shadow Bay for years.
No one asks why.
When a true-crime podcaster vanishes while investigating a cult tied to the town’s past, Police Chief Shauna Peterson follows a trail most people in Shadow Bay would rather forget.
What begins as a missing-person case quickly reveals something far...
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