Bøger af Leslie Wolfe

Andrea Brafford is passionate about her career as a marine biologist and happily married. A few months after she and her husband Craig move into their dream home in a Houston suburb, Craig is on trial for her murder. Her life remains a mystery both to investigators and to public opinion.

"Where her daughter had played Gretel in front of a cheering audience, only two faint stage lights remained. The theater was deserted and eerily silent; the only sound she could hear was her own heart, pounding in a frenzy against her chest. She rushed outside and stopped sharply at the top of the stairs, stunned, her blood turned to icicles. Darkness had fallen, thick and filled with ocean mist, lampposts like ghosts sprinkling yellow haloes in the sky. Paige was gone. They'd taken her little girl. After eight-year-old Paige disappears without a trace, FBI Special Agent Tess Winnett is called to investigate one of the boldest kidnappings the bureau has seen. The girl was taken from a theater filled with witnesses, in the middle of a children's play. And no one saw anything. Starting a frenzied search and following leads that seem to suggest a link to the girl's father, the state district attorney, Tess is stunned to learn of a ransom call that points to an entirely different motive, old as time itself: money. Frantic for answers and painfully aware of each passing moment, Tess has a choice to make: trust her instinct and follow the leads that seem to indicate an organized crime connection? Or give in to the demands of the parents and assist with the ransom payment? The odds of finding Paige alive drop with every passing second, and making the wrong choice would seal her fate. Her blood would be on her hands."--Back cover.

Her chestnut hair, long and shiny, fanned around her head, moving gently in the wind. Her eyes, still open, stared at the back door, and her hand stretched out in a pleading gesture. Her lips, pale under the rosy lip gloss, were parted slightly as if to whisper one last word, to draw one last breath. 9 HOURS AGO: In a sleepy mountain town, widow Cheryl Coleman stares anxiously out of her kitchen window while a storm rages outside. When the knock comes, she glances back at her daughters before opening the door with trembling hands... NOW: Detective Kay Sharp vows to get to the bottom of a heartbreaking murder that has rocked Mount Chester. A single mother has been brutally killed in front of her three daughters. The youngest, three-year-old Erin, is lying inches from the body, her pigtails loose, her face tear-stained. Eight-year-old Heather is discovered hiding under her bed. Sixteen-year-old Julie is nowhere to be found. The first twenty-four hours are critical in child abductions, and the girls are the key to saving their missing sister. But Heather is in shock, unable to communicate, and all tiny Erin can say is "A monster came". When Kay finds three suitcases lined up in the hallway, it's clear that the family were about to run away. But why? And who were they trying to escape? Thanks to her own past, Kay knows all about traumatic childhoods shrouded in tragedy, and she works around the clock to get justice for the orphaned girls. Turning the town upside down, she uncovers the shocking truth about their peaceful community: it's home to a serial killer who preys on helpless girls. Faced with the most twisted case of her career, can she catch the monster before another innocent life is lost? Think you know the meaning of gripping? Think again! Leslie Wolfe takes gripping to a whole new level. Fans of Lisa Regan, Robert Dugoni and Kendra Elliot will be totally addicted to this twist-filled page-turner. Readers love The Angel Creek Girls: "Wow, what a read... Perfect. Just what I needed on this stormy day, a thriller that gave me the creeps and had me sitting on the edge of my seat... It's eerily dark and gives you that bump in the night feeling where you just want to check all of your doors and windows to make sure they're locked... The perfect story." Spooky's Maze of Books, ¿¿¿¿¿ "I only have one word to say about this book--WOW! Honestly, I felt like I was watching some sort of action-packed movie... So hooked... Too many suspects and too many twists and turns... What a fast-paced thriller book this is! So unputdownable and craving to read more and the ending was unexpected!... This was truly a rollercoaster ride filled with unexpected twists and turns you won't expect--worth five stars!" Tropical Girl Reads Books, ¿¿¿¿¿

She looked alive, her hair drifting freely in the water, her red lips gently parted, as if to let her final breath escape. A small locket floated by her face, attached to her neck with a silver chain...When Detective Kay Sharp first left Mount Chester-population 3,823-in her rear-view mirror, she promised never to look back. The town only contained bad memories and dark secrets. But when a brutal crime surfaces, she finds herself home once more, and this time she's not going anywhere.Kay is called to Blackwater River, where the body of a seventeen-year-old girl has been found. Surrounded by snowy peaks and a forest alive with the colors of fall, the victim floats in the water, a hand-carved locket around her neck.The locket seems strangely familiar. Digging into cold cases, Kay discovers that three-year-old Rose Harrelson was wearing it when she vanished fourteen years ago. In the middle of the night, the little girl's bedroom-with Mickey Mouse on the wall and a hanging baby mobile-was suddenly empty. The unsolved case still haunts the town.But the teenager they have found has been dead for only a few hours. If the girl in the river is Rose, where has she been? Who has been hiding her all these years? Kay knows she must solve the kidnapping in order to untangle the mystery of the dead body.Then Kay receives a shocking call. The dead girl has been identified-and she's not Rose. So why is she wearing the locket, and what happened to the missing child from all those years ago? As Kay unearths a web of lies and deceit spun for decades, the close-knit community will never be the same. And Kay will find herself facing a truly terrifying killer...A totally gripping page-turner that should come with a health warning! Be warned: you'll lose sleep and your heart will race like crazy as you read twist after twist. Perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, Robert Dugoni and Kendra Elliot.Readers totally love Leslie Wolfe:"Wow! I am blown away by just how gripping and intense this read was. I am new to Wolfe's writing, and I can guarantee I will be reading every word written by Leslie from now on!" Goodreads reviewer, ¿¿¿¿¿"Oh my god!!... I cannot express the thrill I felt reading this book. Phenomenal!!... And those killers... Dang... No comment!!" Goodreads reviewer, ¿¿¿¿¿

Wenn Du ihm gefällst, bist Du so gut wie tot ...Der Serienkiller "The Family Man" hat mehr als dreißig Familien getötet und wartet im Todestrakt auf seine Hinrichtung. Als die junge FBI-Agentin Tess Winnett den Auftrag bekommt, sich den Fall noch einmal genau anzuschauen, bemerkt sie einige Ungereimtheiten: Drei der Morde fallen aus dem Raster des Killers - gibt es einen Nachahmungstäter, der jahrelang unentdeckt blieb? Tess will diesem Verdacht auf den Grund gehen und kontaktiert Laura Watson, die einzige Überlebende des Massenmörders. Als ihre gesamte Familie abgeschlachtet wurde, war sie gerade einmal fünf Jahre alt. Was geschah in der Mordnacht wirklich? Je mehr Laura sich ihren Erinnerungen stellt, desto näher kommt sie dem wahren Täter ...Ein spannender Thriller über einen grausamen Psychopathen und eine traumatisierte junge FrauLeslie Wolfe ist eine erfolgreiche amerikanische Krimi- und Thrillerautorin. In ihren Krimireihen erschafft sie unvergessliche, starke und brillante Ermittlerinnen und begeistert ihre Leser mit rasanten Spannungsplots und einem umfangreichen psychologischen Hintergrundwissen.

Ein atemberaubender Serienmörder-ThrillerIm Morgengrauen wird eine junge Frau tot an einem einsamen weißen Sandstrand in Palm Beach gefunden - alles deutet auf einen Ritualmord hin. Das FBI wird zu dem Fall hinzugezogen und die Agentin Tess Winnett beginnt zu ermitteln. Bald schon stellt sich heraus, dass es sich um einen Serienkiller handelt, der seine Opfer tagelang gefangen hält, vergewaltigt und auf grausame Art und Weise foltert. Als noch eine junge Frau verschwindet, beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Wird Tess den Mörder rechtzeitig finden? Auf der Suche nach dem Killer muss sie sich auch ihren eigenen Dämonen stellen und gerät selbst in tödliche Gefahr ...Leslie Wolfe ist eine erfolgreiche amerikanische Krimi- und Thrillerautorin. In ihren Krimireihen erschafft sie unvergessliche, starke und brillante Ermittlerinnen und begeistert ihre Leser mit rasanten Spannungsplots und einem umfangreichen psychologischen Hintergrundwissen.