Joseph Boyett, PhD.
Read the Hilary Thompson Mysteries in Order
1.The Sullivan Papers
2.The Geechee Deception
3.An Unconditional Promise
4.The Blackbeard Island Conspiracy
5.The Secrets of Blood Mountain
Secrets Have a Way of Surviving
The Hilary Thompson Mysteries follow a determined woman whose search for truth repeatedly draws her into crimes rooted in family, history, ambition, loyalty, and betrayal. What begins as a question rarely stays simple—and some answers have been waiting decades to be uncovered.
Set against distinctive Southern landscapes—from the mountains of North Georgia to the marshes and barrier islands of the Georgia coast—the series blends contemporary mystery with long-buried secrets and the human consequences of bringing them into the light.
THE HILARY THOMPSON MYSTERIES
Volume 4 — The Blackbeard Island Conspiracy
Short line: Some secrets are buried. Some are killed to stay that way.
A discovery on a remote Georgia island opens the door to a secret someone believed was safely buried. Hilary’s search leads through old evidence, hidden motives, and a conspiracy whose roots run deeper than anyone first suspects.
On an island shaped by isolation, history, and rumor, every new clue raises the same troubling possibility: the past is not finished with the present.
JOSEPH H. BOYETT & JIMMIE T. BOYETT.
Volume 3 — An Unconditional Promise
A mother’s promise has no conditions. Someone else’s doesn’t either.
When Hilary’s son is threatened, the case becomes intensely personal. Her promise to protect him has no limits—but she is not the only person willing to cross moral boundaries for a child.
As competing promises drive desperate choices, Hilary faces a mystery in which love, fear, science, and obsession collide. The question is no longer simply what someone will do for a child, but what they believe they are justified in doing.
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Volume 2 — The Geechee Deception
A mystery of murder, stolen recordings, and a secret that has survived for decades.
A trail of old recordings and interview transcripts carries Hilary into a mystery rooted in Georgia’s coastal past. What begins as an investigation into missing evidence becomes a confrontation with stories that have been edited, hidden, And protected for years.
Against the haunting beauty of the Lowcountry, Hilary must decide which voices can be trusted—and why someone is so determined that one particular story never be heard.
About the Series
The Hilary Thompson Mysteries are written by Joseph H. Boyett and Jimmie T. Boyett. Across the series, Hilary’s investigations connect present-day crimes with buried histories, family loyalties, corporate secrets, old recordings, forensic evidence, and events that refuse to stay confined to the past.
Readers who enjoy character-driven mysteries, Southern settings, historical secrets, forensic puzzles, and stories in which solving the crime is only part of discovering the truth will find each book offers a new mystery while continuing Hilary’s larger journey.
Volume 5 — The Secrets of Blood Mountain
Short line: Some mysteries are solved by evidence. Others are solved only by faith. And some are never solved at all.
Severed feet appearing in the North Georgia mountains draw Hilary into one of her strangest investigations yet. Forensic evidence points in one direction, local history in another, and a Cherokee story from the era of removal refuses to remain safely in the past.
As the mystery deepens, Hilary is forced to confront a question at the heart of the series: what happens when the evidence explains only part of the truth?
Volume 1 — The Sullivan Papers
A mystery of murder, buried secrets, and a relentless search for the truth.
When a death and a set of confidential papers raise questions that powerful people would rather leave unanswered, Hilary Thompson is drawn into a search that reaches beyond a single crime. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that someone has gone to extraordinary lengths to protect the past—and may be willing to do so again.
The first Hilary Thompson Mystery introduces a world where evidence, memory, and motive collide—and where uncovering the truth can be more dangerous than keeping a secret..
Five mysteries. Buried secrets. One relentless search for the truth.
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