"Couldn't put it down!"—FREIDA McFADDEN, #1 New York Times Bestseller From the USA Today bestselling author of The Family Guest and The Night Nanny, comes a gripping, ripped from the headlines suspense that will have you racing through the pages until the jaw-dropping end.Investigative reporter, Skye Collins, is determined to expose the story that will blow Hollywood apart. But when she digs too deep, she literally digs her own grave. Her car careens off a cliff and explodes. Skye is killed instantly, and her sensational, tell-all story is buried with her.Was it an accident… or murder? Did someone want Skye dead?Skye’s husband Finn, a struggling artist, tops the list of suspects. But Finn goes free, and his wife’s tragic death remains a mystery.Five years later, Finn, now a successful painter, hires a live-in governess to homeschool his young daughter, Maddie. Scarlet is perfect —caring, a brilliant teacher, and Maddie adores her. Finn finds himself drawn to his attractive employee even as she keeps her distance.Because Scarlet is hiding a deadly secret. She knows the shocking truth about what happened to Finn’s late wife.And this truth may cost Scarlet her life too.A ticking clock, a sinister predator, and a forbidden romance combine in this unputdownable page-turner, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris, Liv Constantine, and Lisa Jewell.

Detective Roese looked up, a strand of lank hair hanging across her face. Blood staining her bare hands and forearms, she kept her weight pitched forward, pressing down on the sucking chest wound, fighting desperately to prevent another tally on the list of recently deceased.“You can’t go out there. Best case, you never find him in the middle of all this. Worst, it’s a trap.”Outcomes Reed had already considered and dismissed, his faith placed in the inky black K-9 partner by his side. “Even a ghost leaves a scent.”Months into the new hybrid role that was created for Detective Reed Mattox and his K-9 partner Billie, things have returned to some semblance of normalcy. A summer spent working the graveyard shift out of the 8th Precinct with the Columbus Police Department and only the occasional side job for the state Bureau of Criminal Investigations. A stretch allowing them to put the chaos of the spring behind them and to largely avoid any interaction with the governor who selected them for the role.Their moment of peace ends abruptly with a call to the small town of Piketon in the middle of the night. A request for outside presence to oversee an investigation into the sudden and inexplicable death of seventeen-year-old Bridger Van Cott. The star quarterback of the local high school team was found dead behind the wheel of his Trans Am six days before the season opener, the vehicle festooned in the colors of the team’s rival and first opponent.For a community still reeling from a tragedy of national proportions just a few years prior, the newest incident has the potential to become volatile. Reed and Billie’s first task is to tamp the simmering tensions and avoid. a collision brewing between neighboring communities,Their second, to determine what happened to the young man who was already awarded a full scholarship to play major college football next year. Someone with no known enemies or medical conditions and a crime scene containing no signs of a break in or struggle.A murder so perfect, it was almost as if it was committed by…a ghost.

When someone is murdered by a sniper with a military past, it sets off a nationwide manhunt for an elusive serial killer. FBI Special Agent Jack Randall finds himself appointed to track down and stop the shooter. Not by his superiors, but by the killer himself. As more bodies fall, the vigilante takes his political messages to the press, earning the support of the public with his choice of targets and confounding the FBI at every turn. From the desert of Nevada to the urban jungle of New York City, Jack and his team follow the trail of bodies and haunting messages left behind by the vengeful killer. With Jack racing against time, the assassin’s crimes grow bolder, and his message more sinister and closer to home. It becomes clear to Jack that, in order to find the shooter, he will have to look inside his own past and become the man he was years ago.

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The message has disappeared. So has my best friend. When I read the message from my best friend Leona, I sense the danger screaming from every word.Can’t speak. Don’t text or call. Please just come.I race to her house, thinking about the circle of bruises I saw on her wrist days earlier. But when she opens the door, Leona is smiling, her husband’s arm tightly around her narrow shoulders, her little girl’s laughter echoing from the living room.She says she never sent me a message and she’s fine. And when I look at my phone, the message is deleted.But six hours later, the police are at my door. Leona and her family have disappeared, their dinner burned, blood all over the kitchen.My best friend and her beautiful family are missing. I was the last one to see them alive…A completely gripping and addictive thriller from the number 1 ebook bestselling author K.L. Slater,Message Deletedwill have you glued to the pages until the very last twist. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Freida McFadden.What everyone is saying about Message Deleted:‘QUEEN of psychological thrillers… WOW! WOW! WOW! WOO HOO!… mind-blowing… I thought I could predict what was going to happen, but damn, I was so wrong… fantastic… Loved everything.’ Goodreads reviewer, ?????‘This book was insane! I loved it… a wild journey filled with twists, turns and suspense… I was hooked…completely engrossed… kept me on the edge of my seat, I couldn’t put it down and raced through it.’ Goodreads reviewer, ?????‘Kept me guessing, and changing my mind throughout. From the first page until the end, this story was twisting and turning, to the point I almost got whiplash.’ Goodreads reviewer, ?????‘I could not read this fast enough! Driven by the intense need to get to the bottom of this story, I ate up the pages like it was my job.’ Goodreads reviewer, ?????‘Clever and gripping… with many twists and turns. I stayed up far later than I should’ve done to finish it because I really couldn’t put it down. Absolutely brilliant!’ Goodreads reviewer, ?????‘Get this one now. I’m thrilled I did. So highly recommended, I want to scream from the rooftop, “Epic, I say! EPIC! EPIC! EPIC!”’ Goodreads reviewer, ?????‘I devoured this book in less than 24 hours!! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a gripping thriller that has you guessing right from the start.’ Goodreads reviewer, ?????‘A continuous page-turner! My heart was pounding! Once you think you've guessed what’s going on, you turn the page to find another twist in the ever-winding road! One of the best thrillers I have ever read!’Goodreads reviewer, ?????