Bøger af Melinda Leigh

Called to an isolated farm to check on an elderly widow, Sheriff Bree Taggert finds a brutal double homicide. One of the victims is Eugene Oscar, the bitter and corrupt former deputy she recently forced out of the department....

Testigo de una escena que no debería haber presenciado, ahora su vida corre peligro... ¿o es todo mentira?La nueva sheriff Bree Taggert acude a una llamada de Emergencias tras un tiroteo en un camping. Al llegar al lugar de los hechos, se encuentra con una escena desconcertante: no hay asesino ni víctima... ni siquiera hay sangre. Nadie salvo Bree da credibilidad a la única persona que ha presenciado lo ocurrido, Alyssa, una adolescente sin hogar que insiste en que vio cómo un hombre disparaba a su amiga.Bree llama al exayudante del sheriff Matt Flynn y a su perro policía para que rastreen al asesino y busquen a la amiga de Alyssa. Bajo el hielo del lago Grey Lake, descubren el cadáver de un universitario desaparecido, con el rostro completamente desfigurado, pero no es la persona que buscan.Cuando desaparecen otros dos estudiantes y la policía encuentra más cadáveres, Bree debe descubrir cuál es el vínculo que une a las víctimas. Solo tiene una certeza: los asesinatos están motivados por la rabia. Cuando Alyssa desaparece, Bree tendrá que luchar contra reloj para encontrarla antes de que su testigo se convierta en una nueva víctima.

"Twenty-seven years ago, Sheriff Bree Taggert's father killed her mother, then himself. Now Bree and her younger brother, Adam, find human bones on the grounds of their abandoned family farm. The remains are those of a man and a woman, both murdered in the same horrible way. When the investigation determines the murders occurred thirty years ago, Bree's dead father becomes a suspect, forcing Bree to revisit the brutal night she's spent most of her life trying to forget. The only other suspect is an unlikely squatter on the Taggert farm who claims to know secrets about Bree's past. When he mysteriously disappears and Bree's niece is kidnapped, the cold case heats up. Bree has stoked the rage of a murderer who'll do anything to keep his identity--and motives--a secret. To protect everyone she loves, Bree must confront a killer."--Jacket.

"Twenty-seven years ago, Sheriff Bree Taggert's father killed her mother, then himself. Now Bree and her younger brother, Adam, find human bones on the grounds of their abandoned family farm. The remains are those of a man and a woman, both murdered in the same horrible way. When the investigation determines the murders occurred thirty years ago, Bree's dead father becomes a suspect, forcing Bree to revisit the brutal night she's spent most of her life trying to forget. The only other suspect is an unlikely squatter on the Taggert farm who claims to know secrets about Bree's past. When he mysteriously disappears and Bree's niece is kidnapped, the cold case heats up. Bree has stoked the rage of a murderer who'll do anything to keep his identity -- and motives -- a secret. To protect everyone she loves, Bree must confront a killer."--

"When true-crime writer Olivia Cruz disappears with no signs of foul play, her new boyfriend, Lincoln Sharp, suspects the worst. He knows she didn't leave willingly and turns to attorney Morgan Dane and PI Lance Kruger to find her before it's too late. As they dig through Olivia's life, they are shocked to discover a connection between her current book research on two cold murder cases and the suicide of one of Morgan's prospective clients."--Publisher marketing.

"When a retired sheriff's deputy is shot to death in his home, his troubled teenage stepson, Evan, becomes the prime suspect. Even more incriminating, the boy disappeared from the scene of the crime. Desperate to find her son, Evan's mother begs PI Lance Kruger for help. She knows her son is innocent. Kruger and defense attorney Morgan Dane want to believe that too, but the evidence against the boy is damning. Just as the trail goes cold, another deputy vanishes. His shocking connection to Evan's stepfather throws the investigation into chaos as Lance and Morgan fear the worst...that Evan is the killer's new target."--

Ethan uncovers a fresh string of murders tied to Abby's past. Someone's trying to kill her, and this time the stalker seems determined to finish the task.

Winner of the 2014 Golden Leaf AwardIn one moment, high school teacher and single mother Brooke Davenport interrupts a vicious assault, saves a young woman's life, and attracts the attention of a serial killer.Sixteen years ago, Brooke lost her roommate to a brutal murder. Now she teaches women's self-defense, still trying to heal from the guilt and grief that plague her. Convinced the predator knows his victims and is stalking his prey online, she is determined to find him before he strikes again. Her brother's friend, Luke has the computer expertise to help. But Brooke's unexpected desire for Luke complicates her investigation, and her fixation with the case provokes a deadly reaction from the killer.Injured in terrorist bombing overseas, computer expert Luke Holloway is still haunted by flashbacks of his young assistant's death in the explosion. But Luke can't refuse the request of a deployed friend to look after his sister, Brooke. Taking on responsibility for Brooke's safety threatens Luke's tenuous recovery, especially after he develops feelings for her that transcend a promise to a friend. When Brooke saves a young girl from a brutal assault and becomes a killer's obsession, Luke vows to protect her at all costs.