Jail Mystery Series

Most people want to stay out of jail. One woman risks her life to stay inside.

"She never imagined her new job would lead to murder…"

Broke, recently divorced, and alone in a new city, Charlotte Papadopoulos takes the one job no one else wants — teaching women inside the San Francisco County Jail. What starts as a fresh beginning pulls her into a web of danger she never saw coming.

Killing Time, thriller novel, by Christina Boufis
Book cover titled 'Burial of the Dead' by Christina Boufis, featuring a silhouette of a person walking through a dark, rocky tunnel with a light at the end.
We Die Soon, mystery, thriller, suspense by Christina Boufis

BURIAL OF THE DEAD

She never imagined her new teaching job would lead to murder…


Recently divorced, broke, and out of options, Charlotte Papadopoulos is desperate enough to take the one position no one else wants—teaching women inside the San Francisco County Jail. While the locked doors and watchful cameras are intimidating, her students aren’t what she expected. They’re sharp, funny, and fiercely loyal. Against jail rules, Charlotte starts fighting for them—and letting them…

Book cover for 'Burial of the Dead' by Christina Boufis, featuring a silhouette of a person walking through a dark tunnel with light at the end.

WE DIE SOON

Jail teacher, Charlotte Papadopoulos, has a knack for finding trouble—and dead bodies seem to follow wherever she goes.

When a beloved student is brutally murdered shortly after being released from jail, Charlotte is determined to find the killer. Her only clue is her student’s estranged daughter, who’s disappeared into San Francisco’s dangerous underworld…

Book cover with dark night scene of a motel and neon sign, with the title 'We Die Soon' in large white letters, author Christina Boufis listed below.

KILLING TIME

When every minute counts.
When every secret matters.
And someone inside knows the truth.


When English teacher Charlotte Papadopoulos walks into her classroom at the San Francisco County Jail, she expects another morning of lesson plans and poetry.

Instead, a suicide bomber walks into the lobby.

Within minutes, the jail is on lockdown—hundreds of inmates, staff, and...

A book titled 'Killing Time' by Christina Boufis, featuring a cover illustration of a woman walking down a dimly lit hallway or corridor with a mysterious atmosphere.

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