Her Final Prayer: A totally gripping and heart-stopping crime thriller (Detective Clara Jefferies Book 2)
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Books by Kathryn Casey
Detective Clara Jefferies Series
The Fallen Girls
Her Final Prayer
The Sarah Armstrong Mystery Series
Singularity
Blood Lines
The Killing Storm
The Buried
True Crime
Evil Beside Her
She Wanted It All
A Warrant to Kill
Die, My Love
Shattered
A Descent Into Hell
Deadly Little Secrets
Murder, I Write
Possessed
Deliver Us
In Plain Sight
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The Fallen Girls (Available in the UK and the US)
A Letter from Kathryn
I want to say a huge thank you to you for choosing to read Her Final Prayer. If you enjoyed it and want to keep up to date with coming books in the series, just sign up at the following link. Your email address will never be shared and you can unsubscribe at any time.
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For those of you who haven’t read the first book in the series—The Fallen Girls—it introduces Clara Jefferies and explains her journey, from growing up in the fictional polygamous enclave of Alber, to fleeing afraid for her life, to returning to find her missing sister.
People often ask about how I’ve ended up writing such books, where the inspiration comes from.
While I’ve turned to fiction, my journey began as a journalist, and for years I covered sensational murders first for magazines then in true crime books. As a crime writer, I spent decades delving into dramatic murder cases, interviewing prosecutors and defense attorneys, forensic psychologists and medical examiners, victims’ families and killers. Over thirty-five years, these experiences gave me an extensive education in the psychology of such cases as well as an entrée into the inner circles of law enforcement. The result is that I’ve spent many months inside courtrooms, and I’ve traveled from victims’ living rooms to death row.
While the settings, characters and events depicted in my fiction aren’t real, they represent no one who actually exists and no actual cases, those experiences have given me a rich foundation for my work.
In closing, I hope you loved Her Final Prayer. If you did, I would be grateful if you would write a review. I’d appreciate hearing what you think, and it makes such a difference helping readers discover my books. I truly enjoy hearing from readers, and you can get in touch on my Facebook page, through Twitter, Goodreads or my website, or at kc@kathryncasey.com.
Thank you again, and happy reading,
Kathryn
www.kathryncasey.com
The Fallen Girls
She didn’t notice the corn stalks shiver a few feet to her right. By the time she looked up, the man towered above her. In a single movement he wrapped one thick hand around her waist, the other he clamped over her mouth, muffling her screams.
Detective Clara Jefferies has spent years running from her childhood in Alber, Utah. But when she hears that her baby sister Delilah has disappeared, she knows that the peaceful community will be shattered, her family vulnerable, and that that she must face up to her past and go home.
Clara returns to find that her mother, Ardeth, has isolated her family by moving to the edge of town, in the shadow of the mountains. Ardeth refuses to talk to the police and won’t let Clara through the front door, believing she and her sister-wives can protect their own. But Clara knows better than anyone that her mother isn’t always capable of protecting her children.
When Clara finds out that two more girls have disappeared, all last seen around the cornfields near her family’s home, she realizes it’s not just Delilah who’s in danger. And then she gets a call that a body has been found…
Clara will have to dig deep into the town’s secrets if she’s going to find Delilah. But that will mean confronting the reason she left. And as she gets closer to Delilah, she might be putting her more at risk…
Gripping and spine-chilling, readers will love Detective Clara Jefferies, reading The Fallen Girls deep into the night. Fans of Kendra Elliot, Lisa Regan and Melinda Leigh won’t stop turning the pages of this unforgettable new series from bestselling and award-winning author Kathryn Casey.
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Acknowledgments
There are always so many to thank when I finish a book. Regarding Her Final Prayer, I’m very grateful for the assistance of the following people:
Retired detective Tracy Shipley, Texas Ranger Lt. Wende Wakeman, and forensic pathologist Elizabeth Peacock M.D., for sharing their expertise.
Retired prosecutor Edward Porter for his support and advice.
Bethany Shadid R.N., for her medical insights.
Sue Behnke, who read the manuscript and gave me feedback.
My literary agent, Anne-Lise Spitzer.
All the wonderful people at Bookouture: my editor, Jennifer Hunt, who took such great interest in the Clara Jefferies series. She’s been there from the very beginning. Also: Alexandra Holmes, Fraser Crichton, Jenny Page, Hannah Bond, Lucy Dauman, Jenny Geras, Alex Crow, Kim Nash, Noelle Holten and Sarah Hardy.
As always, I thank my husband and my entire family for their constant support. I love all of you.
Finally, I am very grateful to all of you who read my books. Without you, I wouldn’t be able to do what I love. And a special note of appreciation to those of you who recommend my books to others. You make a world of difference.
You’ve just finished reading the second book in the Clara Jefferies series. I’ve loved writing it, and I look forward to many books to follow.
We – both author and publisher – hope you enjoyed this book. We believe that you can become a reader at any time in your life, but we’d love your help to give the next generation a head start.
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Published by Bookouture in 2020
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Copyright © Storyfire Ltd., 2020
Written by Kathryn Casey
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eBook ISBN: 978-1-80019-035-1
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events other than those clearly in the public domain, are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
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