For fans of Janet Evanovich, Lisa Scottoline, and Kristin Hannah — the series finale, where the militia has a target on Jack's back and Emily has a snake in each hand. Emily Bernal is engaged to Jack Holden, close to adopting Betsy, and representing Phil Escalante — their most lovable client — who has just been charged with murdering his best friend at his own engagement party. The witness says she saw him do it. The victim was involved in a property deal with the prosecutor. The prosecutor looks like she hasn't slept in a week. Nothing about this case is what it appears to be. The investigation leads Emily from Amarillo's seedier corners to a property along the Canadian River with marijuana growing in the fields, to a Mighty is His Word church compound outside Sanford, Texas that turns out to be an armed militia with an underground armory, venomous snakes, and a very specific grudge against Jack Holden. The woman running it lost her son to Jack's death-penalty prosecution fifteen years ago. She has been planning her response ever since. When Jack goes undercover into the compound and Emily tracks him there, she finds him bound to a wooden cross with kindling at his feet and a torch being lit. Her choices: the armory across the hall, or the room full of rattlesnakes. Emily Bernal grew up handling snakes with her grandfather. She picks the snakes. Hell to Pay is the exhilarating conclusion to the Emily Bernal Series — a book where every thread from Books 1 and 2 pays off in full, and where the series ends the only way it could: with a wedding in a courtroom, a judge who's had enough, and Betsy finally, legally, home. She came to Texas with nothing. She's leaving with everything — and she's not going anywhere. Buy Hell to Pay and hang on tight for a high-stakes mystery with a wickedly fun edge. What next after Emily? EXPLORE THE WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU SUPER SERIES 8 interconnected series to read in any order. One unforgettable universe. All by Pamela Fagan Hutchins. PART 1 — KATIE CONNELL: 4 Caribbean mysteries The islands don't just change you. They save you. PART 2 — EMILY BERNAL (YOU ARE HERE): 3 Texas-to-New Mexico mysteries Texas. Family secrets. A woman who won't stop asking questions. PART 3 — MAGGIE KILLIAN: 3 novels and a prequel origin story Rock & roll. Roadkill. A woman who survives everything she shouldn't. PART 4 — JENN HERRINGTON WYOMING MYSTERIES: 3 legal thrillers She came to Wyoming to save her marriage. She stayed to save everything else. PART 5 — MICHELE LOPEZ HANSON: 3 Texas mysteries Grief. Triathlon. A woman rebuilding herself one hard mile at a time. PART 6 — AVA BUTLER: 3 mysteries Caribbean noir. Irish crime. A singer who keeps surviving things she didn't plan for. PART 7 — DETECTIVE DELANEY PACE: 6 Wyoming crime thrillers She doesn't stop. Even when the case hits home. PART 8 — PATRICK FLINT: 9 mysteries Wyoming wilderness. A doctor who does what has to be done. "You won't be able to put it down." -- Ken Oder, author of Old Wounds to the Heart "Full of heart, humor, vivid characters, and suspense." -- Gay Yellen, author of The Body Business "Hutchins is a master of tension." -- R.L. Nolen, author of Deadly Thyme "Intriguing mystery . . . captivating romance." -- Patricia Flaherty Pagan, author of Trail Ways Pilgrim "Everything about it shines: the plot, the characters, and the writing." -- Marcy McKay, author of Pennies from Burger Heaven About Pamela: 2020 Amazon Top 15 Best Seller 2020 Amazon Top 100 Author 2018 USA Today Best Seller 2017 Silver Falchion Award, Best Mystery 2016 USA Best Book Award, Cross-Genre Fiction 2015 USA Best Book Award, Cross-Genre Fiction 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-finalist, Romance Praise for Pamela's other books: What Doesn't Kill You: Katie Connell Texas-to-Caribbean Romantic Mysteries "An exciting tale . . . twisting investigative and legal subplots . . . a character seeking redemption . . . an exhilarating mystery with a touch of voodoo." -- Midwest Book Review Bookwatch "A lively romantic mystery." -- Kirkus Reviews "A riveting drama . . . exciting read, highly recommended." -- Small Press Bookwatch" "Katie is the first character I have absolutely fallen in love with since Stephanie Plum!" -- Stephanie Swindell, Bookstore Owner What Doesn't Kill You: Michele Lopez Hanson Texas Romantic Mysteries "Immediately hooked." -- Terry Sykes-Bradshaw, author of Sibling Revelry "Spellbinding." -- Jo Bryan, Dry Creek Book Club "Fast-paced mystery." -- Deb Krenzer, Book Reviewer "Can't put it down." -- Cathy Bader, Reader What Doesn't Kill You: Maggie Killian Texas-to-Wyoming Romantic Mysteries "Maggie's gonna break your heart-one way or another." Tara Scheyer, Grammy-nominated musician, Long-Distance Sisters Book Club "Nails that Wyoming scenery and captures the atmosphere of the people there." -- Ken Oder, author of Old Wounds to the Heart "I thought I had it all fig