Deadly Force
by Beverly Long
IT WAS HIS MOST PERSONAL COLD CASE[unknown-8230]AND IT WAS ABOUT TO BE REOPENED It was the one case Detective Sam Vernelli couldn't solve: the murder of his fianc[unknown-233]e more than a decade ago. So he's not about to let her determined younger sister, Claire Fontaine, go it alone against whomever is threatening her in ways frightening and all-too-familiar. But protecting her means challenging Claire's angry doubts about him, understanding her deepest fears[unknown-8230]and letting her get much too close as every dead-end lead pushes their fragile trust to the breaking point. Sam slowly begins to realize that the truth lies closer to home than either of them ever imagined - and the price of revealing it could be more than they bargained for.