I love this author. Characters you felt for and a good mystery. I liked that the characters had issues but seemed to work through them in a healthy way. I've read the book about Serena, who is mentioned in this book, but didn't feel like it was necessary to follow this story. The only reason I g...
This book was keeping me on pins and needles the whole time. I'm not comfortable with that emotion so it wasn't a peaceful read to me. It was a good who done it though. Well if you get the second book in the series that is. Thankfully it is out. It a book about a girl who see a murder and runs fo...
My Rating: 5 out of 5 starsMy Overall Thoughts/Impressions: Oh how I adored this novel! This was easily my favorite in the series. Serena Hopkins drew me in right form the get-go. Eason crafted one of the best mysteries I've ever read in this one. It kept me guessing. I stayed up way too late rea...
He hadn’t hung up but the sounds were muffled, making her think he’d put the phone in a pocket. She heard words. Was he talking to someone? She eased up from the bathroom floor and unlocked the door. Cautious, tense and ready to react to any perceived threat, she stepped o...
His partner, Bree, stepped inside with a gallon of tea and a six-pack of Cokes. Olivia gestured to the kitchen. “Thanks for picking it up.” “Not a problem. Do we eat first or watch the video first?” Quinn asked. “Eat,” Olivia said. ...
Jackie heard the woman’s indrawn breath. “How did you get this number?” “I have friends in high places too. I know you’re not the Special Agent in Charge, but I know you’re an agent from South Carolina and are part of the task force. I also know you’re in New York. My frie...
There weren’t that many good hiding places, but all he needed was one. Silence reigned. Had he left the same way he’d entered? But why jam the door? So she’d have to find another way out. Swallowing ha...
She’d missed his comforting presence. Joseph had volunteered to pick up the dog for her and have him waiting at her parents’ house since she had basketball practice this evening. Twister would greet her when she walked in the door later tonight. After she and Ethan had fin...
However, Detective Katie Randall had uttered the one sentence that could send her into one of the worst neighborhoods in the city. “We’ve found new evidence in Molly’s disappearance.” Erica let the words ring through her mind as she drove, looking f...
Then thundering hoofbeats as two of his horses tore across the open field, heading for the edge of the property. Frowning, Cal saw the horse Abby had been riding tied to the tree, another horse partway in the water about ten yards away from her. And...
Jillian repeated. “Who’s that?” “Dominic’s digging into it while he’s at the hospital with his father. What we now know is the man was former Navy. He wasn’t in the AFIS fingerprint system. Dominic had the idea to check the military database and found him. We’re looking in...
He was exhausted. Thank goodness he’d had his family helping him today or he wouldn’t have been able to function. As much as he loved his children, they wore him out. Being a single father had not been the plan. But that’s the way things had worked out and while he wished his marriage hadn’t ende...
It had taken everything in him to leave Alexia with Chad. But . . . it had to be done.Was he out of his mind leaving her alone with a man he had doubts about?But this was Chad. His baby brother. Sure, he was a little messed up because of his wife’s desertion, but Chad wasn’t a murderer. Besides, ...
Dakota decided to head back to the precinct to work in the temporary task force office; a large storage closet had been cleaned out and was now equipped with two computers, a coffeemaker, and a half-empty box of donuts. Samantha sat in the passenger seat, staring out the window. Connor had told h...
He didn’t particularly like the smoky atmosphere, but the bar provided obscurity. Something he and his buddies needed right now. He knew to anyone from the outside, they looked like any other partiers on a Monday night. They didn’t look like cops, they didn’t look like agents, they looked like fo...
“I’m going to look in Gavin’s room. Maybe he stashed some belongings there.” “How’s that going to help?” Antonia said, following. “Probably won’t do anything but keep us busy for a few minutes.” “Then that’s enough reason for...
Fear like he’d never felt before screamed through him. “Will!” Screeching tires and the sound of colliding bumpers rent the air, and Dylan watched as Paige jumped from his car to race toward the one that she’d just stopped head-on. A figure bolted from the other car and took off toward the row of...
He’d just checked with Jason White, the deputy assigned to guard Maggie’s house tonight. Everything was fine. Quiet. She’d had her lights off now for a couple of hours. It all sounded good. Maybe the robbers had decided to give it up. To stop hounding Maggie. &...
Whispers reached her ears and she slowed, placed her hand on her gun and approached the cracked door. Who would be whispering? Nick? Lindsey? She gave the door a gentle shove, and it opened without a sound. The whispering continued. Peeking around the doorjamb, she saw Nicholas at his desk, head ...
Heart pounding, adrenaline rushing, she prayed as she shoved the letter into her pocket with a trembling hand. God, what’s going on?More gunshots sounded from outside, and she flinched at each report. Raising her head above the desk, she saw Ian crouched in front of the broken window, his gun poi...
Carmen, their only child, had inherited everything. Memories flowed through him and he shuddered as he pushed them away. The last time he’d been here, Jillian had almost been killed. Law enforcement arrived, sirens off, earpieces on. The plan was for Colton to approach the...
The scream of pain told him he’d found his target. He turned back to Cassidy. “Run,” he ordered through clenched teeth. She ran. Another bullet pierced the tree beside him and Gabe swerved and shot back. Finally, they made their way through the undergrowth to a group of tr...
For Paulo, for herself, for Lucas. And for the strength to face her fear. She would not think about the past right now. Ella would be back in a few minutes. She’d taken a short break to run a few personal errands before ensconcing herself by Paulo’s side.Reaching for the backpack Anna carried in ...
Micah took no pleasure in her surprise at his presence; he just wanted to figure out what was going on. “No, Micah, that’s my question? What are you doing here?” Shutting the door on the rain that still pounded, he stepped into the lobby. A quick shake of his dark head flung water droplets everyw...
“Hey, are you ready to grab a bite to eat? Samantha can’t come because of the field trip, but Connor said he’d meet us at our usual spot.” Flannigan’s Fine Food. Ever since Jamie had gotten the job in the lab, the foursome ate at Flannigan’s two or three times a week. At least when cases and crim...
Joslyn stood next to the window in Clay’s hospital room, letting the spring sunshine warm her. She was too cold. She’d felt cold ever since waking up on the floor of the hallway outside her apartment, Clay’s body sprawled on top of her, splinters of her door all around the...
The man saw him and Catelyn coming toward him and rose from his seat to greet them.After handshakes all around, Joseph asked, “How’s Mr. Franklin doing?”“We’re still waiting to hear.”“Is Billy here? We need to talk to him.”“No, I haven’t seen him. He’s really the one I came down to support. Mrs. ...