DIVE INTO CULVER CREEK
UP THE CREEK
by Alissa Grosso
Kirkus calls the first book in Alissa’s Culver Creek series “A taut, gripping mystery” that “culminates in an unforgettable ending.”
About the author
Alissa Grosso is an author of adult mystery thrillers and YA novels who lives in New Jersey.
When she’s not busy writing she can be found hanging out with her boyfriend Ron or creating some cute and quirky digital art.
The Culver Creek Series
Up the Creek
An unsolved murder. Disturbing dreams. A missing child. Book 1 in the Culver Creek series.
Factory Girls
Dead women. Shady employers. Dark conspiracies. Book 2 in the Culver Creek Series .
Haunted Houses
Family secrets. Ghostly photos. Shady business deals. Book 3 in the Culver Creek Series.
Blood Answer
Stolen identities. Found family. Relentless killers. Book 4 in the Culver Creek Series.
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Alissa’s AI Statement:
All of my books, short stories, and other writing are created one hundred percent by me. I do not use artificial intelligence to write, edit or outline my work, nor do I use it for the creation of any book cover art or marketing materials.
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When she’s not busy writing books, Alissa creates digital art under the name Alissa Carin. You can find her surface pattern designs and illustrations on home decor, apparel and paper products, to name a few.
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Read “Small Town Crime” on the Trace Evidence Blog
You can read my post "Small Town Crime" now at Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine's Trace Evidence Blog. I recount some of my experiences living in small towns and share how that helped to inspire my newest short story "Mysterious Ways" in the July/August 2026 issue...
Read “Mysterious Ways” in the Latest Issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
I'm excited to announce I have a new short story out. "Mysterious Ways" is a short mystery about a Presbyterian minister who attempts to get to the bottom of the murder of one of his church's parishioners, and you can read it in the July/August 2026 issue of Alfred...
Hooper’s Folly Wins First Place
I am so grateful and excited to announce that my short story "Hooper's Folly" was the first place winner in the 2025 Hunterdon County Library Short Story Contest sponspored by the Friends of the Hunterdon County Library. As a Hunterdon County resident and a regular...
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
– Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
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