A disturbing portrait of a community undone by its appealing young pastor.... An unsettling story of a man who committed murder and then used his charm and his power as a man of God to exploit his congregants and satisfy his sexual obsession.
Publishers Weekly on A Twisted Faith
Olsen is a master of writing about crime–both real and imagined
Kitsap Sun (Bremerton WA)
Thrilling suspense.
Peninsula Gateway (Gig Harbor WA)
Olsen knows how to write a terrifying story.
The Daily Vanguard (Portland OR)
Gregg is as good as any writer of serial killer thrillers writing now - this includes James Patterson's Alex Cross, Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhymes and Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter.
The News Guard (Lincoln City, OR)
Olsen deftly juggles multiple plot lines as Cherrystone, Wash., sheriff Emily Kenyon investigates the murder of a local woman while crazed serial murderer Michael Barton, on a cross-country killing spree, terrorizes comely young sorority girls.
Publisher's Weekly on Heart of Ice
[Heart of Ice is a] Compelling, engrossing; an absorbing, enjoyable read.
Romantic Times
Olsen does a nice job balancing past and present plots and subplots in this intricately layered story, keeping the tension taut and pages turning.
Publisher's Weekly on A Cold Dark Place
Olsen's autobiographical "Crime of My Life" features a surprise ending that actually surprises.
Kirkus Reviews on the Killer Year anthology
Complex mystery and crackling authenticity... [Olsen's] bizarre,
many-layered mystery will keep fans of crime fiction hooked.
Publisher's Weekly on A Wicked Snow
Victim Six is a riveting, one-sitting kind of read that spins a serial killer tale that goes above and beyond what jaded readers of the genre have come to expect.
Dark Scribe Magazine
Olsen is an elegant and throughtful writer.
Les Standiford,
author of Meet You in Hell
Olsen is a ferociously talented writer.
New West
Olsen is a top-notch writer.
Michael Connelly
Olsen brings his considerable narrative skills to this true-adventure tale.
Booklist on The Deep Dark
Olsen writes a real grabber of a book.
Linda Lael Miller
A riveting and deeply disturbing chronicle
Cleveland Plain Dealer on Abandoned Prayers
[Olsen is] A rarely gifted storyteller.
Carlton Stowers author of Careless Whispers
Olsen brings an eye for atmospheric detail to a forgotten terror tale.
Publisher's Weekly on Starvation Heights
An excellent book.
Library Journal on The Deep Dark
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borders.com The bodies are found in towns and cities around Puget Sound. The young women who are the victims had nothing in common...except the agony of their final moments. But somebody carefully chose them to stalk, capture, and torture—a depraved killer whose cunning is matched only by the depth of his bloodlust. But the dying has only just begun. And next victim will be the most shocking of all?
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In a secluded farm house in the Pacific Northwest, a family has been slaughtered-and a teenage son has disappeared. Single mother and cop, Emily Kenyon spearheads a dark hunt for a killer. But Emily's teenage daughter Jenna is one step ahead of her. Jenna knows the boy suspected of murdering his family and wants to help him-perhaps too much. Then within days of the first murder, another family is butchered, this time in Iowa. And on the heels of this brutal slaying, another follows in Salt Lake City. Eerie similarities link the crime scenes. But an even darker connection threatens to claim even more victims. As Emily fits the puzzle pieces together, she realizes the danger surrounding her daughter is worse than she'd imagined. Now in a desperate race to save Jenna, Emily must match wits with the most cunning, diabolical killer she's faced yet in her career-a killer who's just placed her and her daughter at the top of his list.
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borders.comHannah Griffin was a girl when tragedy struck on her family's farm. She still remembers the flames reflected against the newly fallen snow and the bodies the police dug up—one of them her mother's. It was the nation's worst murder scene in decades and the killer was never found. Two decades later Hannah is a CSI investigating a case of child abuse when the past comes hurtling back. Years of buried questions are brought to life. A killer with unfinished business is on the hunt. And an anonymous message turns Hannah's blood cold: Your Mom called...
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This is the bizarre story of an Amishman named Eli Stutzman who leaves death at every stop. First his Amish wife, then his supposed gay lover, and finally his son. The ten-year-old boy, Danny, is found in a Nebraska ditch on Christmas Eve and is dubbed "Little Boy Blue" by the townspeople of Chester, NE.
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