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The woods are hiding more than Chief Maggie Riley could ever imagine. Including her own worst nightmares…
There’s a blood moon rising over the tiny Maine town of Coyote Cove when Chief Maggie Riley comes across the body of a man, blood seeping from stab wounds into the damp forest floor. As she desperately struggles to secure the scene as an approaching storm threatens to destroy all evidence, Heather, a local teenage girl, emerges from the woods terrified, a silent scream on her lips.
Maggie, a decorated former homicide detective and more than over-qualified for a two-horse-town police chief, has been hiding from her past for the last four years. The quiet of Coyote Cove was everything she needed after… what happened. But with this murder, the life she left behind has found her. Who is the killer? Why was Heather out in the woods that night? And what dark secret is the girl hiding? To uncover the truth, Maggie must use the skills, and contacts, of her former world, however painful that will be.
As Maggie digs into the victim’s background, she is horrified to unearth another body, this time an infamous local, as callously killed as the first. Is there a second murderer in her small town? Or does someone have a secret so dangerous they’d kill twice to keep it hidden?
When Heather goes missing, the battle to identify the killer becomes a race to save a teenage girl. As the search turns to the woods, the hunt is on for a murderer so skilled, so twisted, no one knows how many bodies it will take before they’re found. And whether one of those will be Heather’s…
Review:
This is book 1 of new series, and it comes out swinging! You really don't know as a reader what Maggie's past is, or why she has taken a small town job. You know she seems intelligent, and knows how to work a case, but he's also dealing with back woods attitudes and perceptions. When she takes in a teenager, in order to save her, it adds to the sense of Maggie as a really good guy. But is she? What is in her past that might be affecting the case at hand? It's a very twisted web of deceit and lies, that will leave you shocked and going back a couple of chapters, to see where you missed a red herring or two. A super debut for the series, I can't wait to rad more in it!
About the Author:
With degrees in Crime Scene Technology & Physical Anthropology, Florida author Shannon Hollinger hasn't just seen the dark side of humanity - she's been elbow-deep inside of it!
She is the author of the psychological thrillers 'Best Friends Forever' and 'The Slumber Party,' and the forthcoming Chief Maggie Riley series, debuting in August 2023.
Her short fiction has appeared in Suspense Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and The Saturday Evening Post, among a number of other magazines and anthologies, and her story 'Lady Killer' was a finalist for the 2021 Al Blanchard Award sponsored by the New England Crime Bake.
To see where you can find more of her work, check out www.shannonhollinger.com.
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