A heavy rainstorm loosened the ground around the underside of a bridge and revealed a grisly burial site. There lay the remains of what turns out to be a family no one knew was missing. FBI Special Agent Mercy Kilpatrick is stunned not only about the discovery but because it is reminiscent of a similar… Continue reading A Merciful Silence by Kendra Elliot
First there was Ellen Mackinnon and her best friend Karina Barton. Then the Monkton family moved into the big house on the corner and seemed to live the glamorous life they dreamed about. Olivia and Tony Monkton, their two sons, Daniel and Nicholas and their ward Sasha North became their obsession. They changed the dynamics… Continue reading Three Little Lies by Laura Marshall
Charlene Grant is a marked woman, or so she believes. Her two best friends were murdered one year apart on the same date and it’s fast approaching again. The anniversary of her last friend’s murder is in four days and Charlene has not only prepared for it but reached out to Detective Sergeant D. D.… Continue reading Catch Me by Lisa Gardner
FBI Agent Mercy Kilpatrick is on her way to her hideaway cabin outside of Eagle’s Nest, Oregon when a little girl emerges from the forest pleading for help. She takes her to a cabin deep into the woods and Mercy discovers the girl’s grandmother, Olivia, dying from knife woods. Upon further investigation, Mercy learns that… Continue reading A Merciful Secret by Kendra Elliot
In 2017, Ronan Farrow began his investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against the now infamous Harvey Weinstein. At the time, it was just a routine assignment that I believe his network felt obliged to follow up and expected it wouldn’t go anywhere. However, Farrow isn’t that kind of journalist, the one that forms an… Continue reading Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
The Lucy Kincaid series was selected as a group read in one of my Goodreads groups and we decided to first read the earlier trilogies preceding the series because there was so much backstory for Lucy and many other characters. This is now the first in the series. It’s been a few years since we… Continue reading Love is Murder by Allison Brennan
Morgan Grant is married and the mother of soon-to-be 17-year old daughter, Clara. One day after her own birthday, Morgan is suddenly thrust into chaos when her world is forever changed following a tragic accident involving her husband, Chris. While her relationship with her daughter was not bad, it wasn’t great and he was the… Continue reading Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
FBI Special Agent Nora English heads the domestic terrorism unit in Sacramento and she’s assembled a task force to investigate a series of troubling arson cases that appear to be connected and targeted towards specific companies. The latest one, however, went further when the body of one of the partners was found in the charred… Continue reading Cutting Edge by Allison Brennan
It’s been two months since FBI Agent Mercy Kilpatrick’ s return to her hometown of Eagle’s Nest, Oregon and she’s adjusting to her relocation to the bureau’s Bend office. Additionally, she’s taken in her 17-year old niece, Kaylie, and is in a relationship with Police Chief Truman Daly. She and local law enforcement are responding… Continue reading A Merciful Truth by Kendra Elliot
In the spring of 1981, Ellis Skinner died. His wife, Antonia, was 31-years old and the oldest of his four children was eleven, the youngest just three. His wife, who the children called Noni, retreated to her bedroom following the funeral and didn’t emerge for any substantial activity for the next three years. The children… Continue reading The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin
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