SPAWNED OF SIN

Molly Mae has embarked on a new journey in the opposite direction of where she’d once been headed —  and was unknowingly predestined to go. Relocating to Melbourne to start a new life after a decade of medicating her emotional pain in ways she wished she hadn't, she didn't regret for a moment leaving behind the small town and community in which she was raised — along with the horror and humiliation of her father, Michael's, arrest ten years before, exposing him as the most prolific serial killer the country had ever seen as far back as when the white man first stepped onto Australian soil and bellowed Terra Nullius.

 

Having battled substance abuse since the age of fifteen and tormented by her own secrets and demons, she has turned her back on her previous life and is determined to make a fresh start away from the small town gossip, hate filled stares and constant harassment from those who still treated her family to this day no different than if they’d killed these women with their own bare hands. Moving from the tiny country town where she was born in rural Victoria to study Social Work at the prestigious Melbourne University, Molly tentatively forms new friendships with an eclectic mix of souls, but soon the reappearance of old friends and foes leaves her shaken and unable to think straight, including Luke, the only love she’s ever known. A man who still holds her heart, but takes no care in the fact, nor does he love her back with the same selflessness she’s always given him — but he has a way about him always drawing her back no matter how strong she tries to be. 

 

Within hours of arriving at her new building, Molly finds herself the sole witness to a murder, setting off a chain reaction that brings up old wounds and the shocking realisation no matter how far you run, you can never truly escape the past — or the ties that bind through blood, generational sin and soul connections.

 

James Cavanaugh, now a Detective Sergeant in the homicide squad, is head of the taskforce responsible to investigate what initially appears to be an isolated incident — a crime of passion — but a new wave of killings centred in Molly’s building sends them on a heart-stopping race against time in this intense psychological thriller that will have you guessing right until the very last page.

 

‘Through Windows In The Sky I Fall’ is the first book in this exciting new contemporary psychological thriller trilogy ‘Spawned Of Sin’ by J L Martin, author of bestselling Australian historical/reincarnation fiction series, ‘Samsara’ and ‘Sunshine after the Storm — Finding Joy after Trauma’. 

Five years on, and the invisible killer is serving four life sentences at Barwon Prison for the murders at the hotel in 2020 — alongside Molly’s biological father, imprisoned a decade and a half before. Tainted Blood, Poisoned Soul explores the long hidden secrets and crimes of Michael Mae as he reflects back over his life in storytelling to his cell mates who he feels understand and accept him — one more so than the others. But do they? Are they really cut from the same cloth as Australia’s most notorious serial killer? 

Molly, now a qualified Social Worker after graduating from Melbourne University with honours, asks herself the same question every single day. And she still hasn't found an answer. Employed as a lead investigator with the Victorian Child Protection After-Hours State Emergency Service, she works closely with police task forces and within the judicial system, much to her indignation. Living in the seaside suburb of St Kilda where she purchased her first real home all on her own, she feels she finally belongs somewhere with her 'tribe', an eclectic and often hilarious cast of characters.

She no longer has to work to survive, but having money doesn't stop her springing out of bed before dawn every day with a fire in her belly and a passion long dead in most of her colleagues who’d spent any longer than five years in the job. It’s only when she comes face to face with Braven for the first time since they parted fifteen years before, she begins to doubt if she can really help anyone when she feels helpless in saving her own son from himself — and it seems, someone around him who is murdering young people living in out of home care.

Will the love of family — and friends who’ve become family — protect Molly from danger lurking close by, so insidious it's unrecognisable even to the intuitive?

 

Jump on board and come on this thrilling, white knuckled ride as Detective Sergeant James Cavanaugh and his squad race against time to not only find the Resi Ripper, but protect those closer to home they never imagined would be at risk.

 

‘Tainted Blood, Poisoned Soul’ is the second book in this exciting new contemporary crime trilogy ‘Spawned Of Sin’ by J L Martin, author of bestselling Australian historical/reincarnation fiction series, ‘Samsara’ and ‘Sunshine after the Storm — Finding Joy after Trauma’. 

Molly Mae is about to turn fifty. Married for just over fifteen years, she needs a break from raising rambunctious, entitled teenagers, a stale relationship, and a job taking up far too much of her time and energy to do anything else well — or even adequately. What’s worse, she recently relapsed and is so ashamed, she can’t even admit to herself she’s spiralling out of control and needs help. Those close suspect her deep depression and miserable countenance partly stem from recent events she clearly resented her husband for — but refused to speak of even with her closest confidants. Her husband, supportive but frustrated over her recent erratic behaviour and her all-or-nothing attitude, suggests she take a holiday with her friends — overseas if that’s what it takes to get her to relax and unplug from the turmoil that’s plagued them over the last year. Reluctantly agreeing and hoping to address her addiction in private while away, Molly heads to Tasmania — as far across the water as she’s prepared to go when she could be needed at home or work — along with Scott and Tiffany, who cheerfully leave their own kids at home for their partners to deal with without a backward glance. It doesn't take long before June joins them, bringing someone from Molly’s past, and soon after, fellow travellers around them —some familiar, some not — turn up murdered one by one, seemingly with no connection. But is there? And why are the signs of guilt all pointing to Molly, no matter where anyone stands or what direction they look in? Join us on the final journey in this series as Tasmanian homicide detectives move swiftly in an attempt to solve a string of killings that could have so easily gone unnoticed if not for one common link — Molly Mae.

 

‘The Ties That Bind Behind Me’ is the third and final book in this exciting new contemporary psychological thriller trilogy ‘Spawned Of Sin’ by J L Martin, author of bestselling Australian historical/reincarnation fiction series, ‘Samsara’ and ‘Sunshine after the Storm — Finding Joy after Trauma’.