by D. K. Hood
“Wolfe will be able to check if that’s human blood in minutes.” Martin frowned. “That’s all I need to haul all the pictures into the FBI forensic labs.”
She didn’t need to ask Wolfe; he’d already dashed to his vehicle to collect a testing kit. They all stood waiting for him to complete the test. “Well?”
“It’s human blood.” Wolfe held up a test tube. “It’s overlaid on dry oil paint, so we’ll be able to collect viable DNA.” He squeezed Jenna’s shoulder. “If these match the missing women, you’ve just solved about twenty-five crimes.”
“I’ll confiscate these paintings now and have a forensics team out at Anderson’s home within the hour.” Agent Martin shook Jenna’s hand. “You can leave this to me now, Jenna, and take some downtime.”
Jenna grinned at him. “I think I might just do that.”
An announcement came over the loudspeakers.
“Ladies and gentlemen and fine young people of Black Rock Falls, the committee has made a decision. Second runner-up goes to Julie Wolfe for her picture titled Brutal Winter.”
The whoops and hollering that echoed around the hall as Julie mounted the stage to collect her ribbon continued on, drowning out the names of the other winners. Jenna reached for Kane’s hand and they linked fingers. She smiled up at him. “That’s our town. Perfect one day—”
“Crazy as hell the next.” Kane squeezed her fingers. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
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Don’t Tell A Soul
Bring Me Flowers
Follow Me Home
The Crying Season
Where Angels Fear
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Don’t Tell a Soul
Detectives Kane and Alton Book 1
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The floor was stone cold on her bare skin. Her heart pounded in her chest. ‘Not a soul knows where I am,’ she thought as she took in the darkness around her. And then she heard his footsteps…
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When a body is found stuffed into a barrel at the local dump, covered in long red cuts, Detective Jenna Alton and her new deputy, David Kane, rush to the scene.
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Nothing ever happens in the small town of Black Rock Falls, so Jenna believes the victim must be one of two recent missing persons, and she fears for the life of the other.
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Both were strangers to the town, but there’s nothing else to link them. Jenna knows someone must have seen something, but no one’s talking; how well does she really know the people around her?
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Then a disturbing clue makes Jenna suspect a connection with other disappearances in the town’s history. Just when she begins asking the right questions, she realises she’s being followed. Is she next on the killer’s list?
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In a race against time, Jenna and David must unlock the dark secret at the heart of the town, before it’s too late…
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A completely addictive detective thriller that will have you guessing right to the end. If you love Robert Dugoni, Karin Slaughter and Rachel Abbott, you’ll love Don’t Tell A Soul.
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Bring Me Flowers
Detectives Kane and Alton Book 2
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She didn’t know he was watching. Until it was too late.
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She’d walked this way hundreds of times before. She knew every twist and turn. She didn’t know this was the last time she’d ever walk this path.
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Hidden deep in the forest, schoolgirl Felicity Parker is found carefully laid out on a rock with nothing but a freshly picked bunch of flowers next to her. The body lies just off a popular hiking route, and Detective Jenna Alton thinks the killer might be a visitor to the town, until another girl’s body is found at the local swimming pool, once again posed with a bunch of flowers.
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Jenna recognizes the signs of a serial killer, and thinks it could be a local. As the town is gripped with fear, Jenna must examine each person the girls knew, and trust between neighbors starts to crumble.
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Both girls went out on their own, and were found where they shouldn’t be. Were they taken by chance, or did they know their killer? How were they lured so far from safety? And can Jenna and her team find the killer before another life is lost?
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An absolutely nail-biting thriller that will keep you up all night. If you enjoy Robert Dugoni, Karin Slaughter and Rachel Abbott, you’ll love this!
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Follow Me Home
Detectives Kane and Alton Book 3
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‘Don’t you agree Detective? That some people deserve to die? I’ve killed the first. I’ve killed the second. Now will you catch the others, or do I have to kill them too?’
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The body of Amos Price lies in a pool of blood on the polished floor of an otherwise empty house. With no signs of a break in, and no clues left at the scene, Detective Jenna Alton is at a loss.
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But as the team begins to unpick the life of the reclusive victim, they discover a disturbing link between Amos and the disappearance of several young girls in the county going back years.
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Days later, another brutally murdered body is found, in a remote motel on the outskirts of town. Ely Dorsey was killed in a frenzied attack and Jenna fears not only that the murders are connected to the missing girls, but that the killer hasn’t finished yet.
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As Jenna tries to work out who will be next, the killer suddenly starts sending her deputy, David Kane, messages. Is she being taunted? Or does the murderer want to be caught? And will Jenna discover who’s behind these killings before more people die?
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An absolutely nail-biting thriller with plenty of twists, Follow Me Home is perfect for fans of Robert Dugoni, Karin Slaughter and Rachel Abbott.
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The Crying Season
Detectives Kane and Alton Book 4
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The light fades as she runs for her life, the forest now becoming quieter around her. The only noise she hears is the sound of footsteps following her…
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It’s hiking season in Black Rock Falls and the small town in Montana is flooded with visitors. But when a hiker finds a human skull on a deserted trail in the woods that surround the town, Detective Jenna Alton is called in to investigate.
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With no missing persons reported, Jenna has no leads. Then her team makes a shocking discovery – the body of another hiker, a young man, tied to a tree and riddled with bullets. Could the two murders be linked?
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As more bodies are found, Jenna and her deputy David Kane know that they must venture deep into the forest to find and face the killer. But nothing can prepare them for what awaits them there…
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If you love Robert Dugoni, Karin Slaughter and Rachel Abbott you’ll love this nail-biting thriller from D.K. Hood.
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Where Angels Fear
Detectives Kane and Alton Book 5
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As she opened her eyes and took in her surroundings a feeling of terror ran through her weakened body. She knew exactly where she was. And she knew exactly what was about to happen to her…
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When Ella Tate stumbles into Black Rock Falls, her exhausted and bloodied body is a terrifying sight, but not as frightening as the story she has to tell. Ambushed on their way into town when they stopped to help a man by the side of the highway, Ella and her friend Sky ran when he pulled an ax on them. But only one of them got away.
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As Detective Jenna Alton investigates the case, she looks into the history of missing persons in the town, and uncovers more cases – all young people. All stopped on the same stretch of highway into town. All vanished without a trace.
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When a distinctive pink sweater belonging to Sky turns up in Black Rock Falls, Jenna follows the trail to a derelict building on the outskirts of town. But she isn't prepared for what lies behind those doors. Can she stop the killer before more lives are lost?
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If you like Robert Dugoni, Karin Slaughter and Rachel Abbott you'll love this nail-biting thriller from D.K. Hood.
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Acknowledgements
Many thanks to all the wonderful readers who took the time to post great reviews of my books and to those amazing people who hosted me on their blogs. I’d like to add a huge THANK YOU to the Bookouture team, who make writing books a pleasure.
Published by Bookouture in 2019
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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.
