Books by
Susan Lehmann

This compelling collection of stories by private investigator and award-winning author Susan Waller Lehmann takes readers on her personal journey of casework in the south, from her first process service through divorce and custody situations, to multiple capital murder cases, to the execution of her friend and client. 

In 1996, after an unexpected relocation to the deep south of rural Alabama, Susan decided to become a private investigator. Using skills previously honed as a journalist, she talked her way into a job with an agency. She set out on her own when confronted with unethical behavior.

These stories impart universal truths about working as a female PI on emotionally charged and volatile civil and criminal cases. In a deeply conservative society where lies are told and winning matters more than truth, justice is bought and favors the few.

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The people, places, and events described in this book are real. However, the author has changed many of the names and identifying characteristics of some of the people referenced in this story to protect their privacy. The author has relied on the memories of those who shared their experiences to make this story as accurate as possible. Events, conversations and timelines have been recreated from interviews, personal notes, conflicting newspaper and media accounts, police reports and, of course, psychics. Any errors are the sole responsibility of the author.

Copyright ©2025 Susan Waller Lehmann.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2024903832

In Tallahassee, Florida, early one cold winter morning in 1978, a mad man entered the Chi Omega sorority house near the Florida State University campus and viciously attacked four women. Two would die. A fifth woman was brutally attacked just blocks away.

Authorities urgently searched for the killer leaving no stone unturned. If psychics provided persuasive links to the killer, why not use them?

Joseph, a young music student, has visions of the killer. Lieutenant George Brand, an investigator on the task force, promised the victims’ families he will do what it takes to catch the assailant. Joseph brings his visions to Brand and, within weeks, Theodore Robert Bundy is arrested.

Susan Waller, a young newspaper reporter, is unexpectedly approached by Joseph, who claims to have provided key psychic details that led to the capture of Bundy.

Would Bundy have been captured without Joseph’s help? Was there a psychic link between Joseph and Bundy? This is the true story of the hunt for, and capture of, Theodore Robert Bundy.

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The people, places, and events described in this book are real. However, the author has changed the names and identifying characteristics of some of the people referenced in this story to protect their privacy. The author has relied on the memories of those who shared their experiences to make this story as accurate as possible. Events, conversations and timelines have been recreated from interviews, personal notes, conflicting newspaper and media accounts, police reports and, of course, psychics. Any errors are the sole responsibility of the author.

Copyright ©2017 Susan Waller Lehmann. (Revised 2026)

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017905291

In August 1990, at the beginning of the fall semester, five college students were brutally slain in their southwest Gainesville, Florida apartments. An unknown killer, or killers, paralyzed the city for months. As the police searched for clues, Susan Waller performed her own investigation with the help of several unusual sources: Psychics.

Convincing members of the task force to use information gleaned from psychic intuition proved to be difficult but ultimately led Susan, a team of FDLE investigators, and two psychics down a frightening path of discovery.

Would the psychics be able to provide the police with enough credible information to stop the killing? Susan Waller was certain of one thing: some experiences defy explanation.

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The people, places, and events described in this book are real. However, the author has changed the names and identifying characteristics of most of the people referenced in this story to protect their privacy. The author has relied on the memories of those who shared their experiences to make this story as accurate as possible. Events, conversations and timelines have been recreated from interviews, personal notes, conflicting newspaper and media accounts, police reports and, of course, psychics. Any errors are the sole responsibility of the author.

Copyright ©2016 Susan Waller Lehmann. (Revised 2025)

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017900245

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Copyright ©2016 Susan Waller Lehmann.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Cover design and artwork by JoAnn C. Hall

Edited by Jane Font

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016959938