Series: Detectives Kane and Alton #20
Published by Bookouture on October 11, 2023
Format: eARC
Source: Net Galley
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Also by this author: Don't Tell A Soul , Bring Me Flowers , Follow Me Home, The Crying Season, Where Angels Fear , Whisper in the Night , Break the Silence, Her Broken Wings, Her Shallow Grave, Promises in the Dark, Be Mine Forever, Cross My Heart , Fallen Angel, Lose Your Breath, Don't Look Back , Pray for Mercy, Kiss Her Goodnight, Her Bleeding Heart , Chase Her Shadow , Now You See Me, Their Wicked Games, Dark Angel
As she opens her eyes and takes in the dark, damp earth, her heart races. She tries to move but the rope binding her feet cuts tight—she’s trapped underground. Heavy footsteps pace above. A tear falls down her cheek as she stifles a scream. He’s walking away. He’s left her for dead…
When a shallow grave is discovered in the dark pine forest surrounding Black Rock Falls, Sheriff Jenna Alton rushes to investigate. After unearthing the old bones, Jenna scours the area for and her heart beats wildly when she bumps into a teenage girl, breathless and covered in dirt. Wanda Beauchamp tells Jenna she was kidnapped from her foster home and buried alive. Could the kidnapper be linked to the shallow grave?
Taking in Wanda’s thin frame, Jenna knows the poor girl is close to death. She’ll do everything she can to save her, but they’re miles from anywhere and night is falling fast. When Wanda falls, the kidnapper makes his move and Jenna is powerless to stop him taking the young girl’s life. Escaping the same fate, she is wracked with guilt and vows to catch the ruthless killer and bring him to justice.
When another girl is reported missing from a foster home, Jenna and her deputy David Kane know they must act fast to save her. Jenna believes the murderer lives off-grid, and a clue at a local supply store finally leads her to a remote cabin in the woods.
Still haunted by Wanda’s last moments, can Jenna lay a trap to outsmart this twisted killer preying on young girls? Or did she just put herself in unthinkable danger?
**Each Kane and Alton book can be read as part of the series or as a standalone**
Boyohboyohboyohboy OH BOY! This was dark, intense and just harrowing and what made it even more perfect…chapter fifty! Epic!
I love this series, and I was meant to have read this last year but my reading was a slump and I couldn’t. So I read it as my first book of 2024 and it will stay with me!! Ouch, this hurt and packed a punch.
This was a dark storyline, a horrible one and it makes me want to hold the mini-me that bit tighter, I just hate the fact this happens. My heart just breaks.
What a story and a challenge for Jenna! How one slip, one fall and she discovers this god-awful event. She’s sucked in and bam.
I love little Tauri and it will be interesting to see how Jenna and Dave adapt, especially with a secret mission he went off to do. That phone call could cause a spanner in the works. Plus, I feel there is more to come with Tauri and his ancestry!! I mean it’s crying out to be talked and discovered!
I love this book, I loved taking my time and reading this book. I need to check in on Beth too once I have caught up as I fear things are getting interesting there too!
Completely knocked out of the park! What a way to start my reading year!!! Thank you, Ms. Hood!!
Until the next time xxx
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2024 Reading
- NetGalley 96
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