Blake Pierce has 165 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 30 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 121 ratings. The most-rated is Sans Laisser de Traces [Without Leaving Traces].

The Perfect Facade is book 12 in a new psychological suspense series by best-selling author Blake Pierce, which begins with The Perfect Wife, a number one best seller with over 500 five-star reviews. A group of suburban moms go out to a high-end hotel in the big city to celebrate their 40th birthday, and the night gets wild - too wild. When they wake from their sordid night to find a dead body amongst them, Jessie must unravel what happened that night. Could the murderer be one of them? Or are they being targeted? A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense, The Jessie Hunt series is a riveting new series that will leave you listening late into the night.
©2021 Blake Pierce (P)2021 Blake Pierce
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« Un chef-d’œuvre de thriller et de mystère. Blake Pierce est parvenu à créer des caractères avec un côté psychologique tellement bien décrit, que nous avons l’impression de pouvoir entrer dans leur esprit, suivre leurs peurs et nous réjouir de leurs succès. Plein de rebondissements, ce livre vous tiendra en haleine jusqu’à la dernière page. » (Critiques de livres et de films, Roberto Mattos, re Une fois partie) SI ELLE COURAIT (Un mystère Kate Wise) est le volume 3 d’une nouvelle série thriller psychologique par Blake Pierce, l’auteur à succès de Une fois partie (volume 1) (téléchargement gratuit), un bestseller nº1 ayant reçu plus de 1 000 critiques à cinq étoiles. Kate Wise, agent du FBI de 55 ans, est appelée à reprendre du service quand un deuxième mari est retrouvé assassiné dans une banlieue chic, tué par balle en rentrant chez lui. Une simple coïncidence? Il y a une affaire qui avait hanté Kate tout au long de sa carrière, une affaire qu’elle n’avait pas réussi à élucider. Aujourd’hui, 10 ans plus tard, un deuxième mari est assassiné de la même manière - dans la même petite ville chic de banlieue. Quel est le lien? Et est-ce que Kate pourra se racheter et élucider cette affaire avant qu’elle ne soit classée? Un thriller riche en action avec un suspense qui vous tiendra en haleine, SI ELLE COURAIT est le volume 3 d’une fascinante nouvelle série qui vous fera tourner les pages jusqu’à des heures tardives de la nuit. Le volume 4 dans la série MYSTÈRE KATE WISE sera bientôt disponible. Please note: This audiobook is in French.
©2019 Blake Pierce (P)2019 Blake Pierce

After lying dormant for 10 years, an elusive serial killer strikes again, leaving few clues, and the only way for FBI special agent Riley Paige to catch him in the present is to solve the riddles of the past. Women are turning up dead, and in this dark psychological thriller, Riley Paige realizes she is in a race against time. The murders of the past were too perplexing to be solved, back then. Can Riley solve them 10 years cold? And connect the dots to the present-day crimes? When Riley finds her personal life in crisis, playing cat-and-mouse with a brilliant psychopath may just be too much for her. Especially since there is something that is just not sitting right with this case… An action-packed thriller with heart-pounding suspense, Once Dormant is the 14th book in a riveting new series with a beloved new character that will leave you listening to it late into the night!
©2018 Blake Pierce (P)2018 Blake Pierce
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LA QUEUE ENTRE LES JAMBES est le troisième tome de la populaire série de thrillers RILEY PAIGE, qui commence avec SANS LAISSER DE TRACES (tome 1) - un roman disponible gratuitement sur de nombreuses plateformes. Personne ne s’étonne de retrouver des prostituées mortes à Phoenix. Cependant, quand la police s’aperçoit que ces meurtres sordides sont liés, ils réalisent qu’un tueur en série sévit dans la région et que l’affaire les dépasse. Devant la nature étrange des crimes, le FBI comprend qu’il devra faire appel à son agent le plus brillant : Riley Paige. Riley hésite : elle se remet à peine de sa précédente affaire et tente de recoller les morceaux de sa vie privée. Toutefois, quand elle apprend que ces jeunes femmes sont mortes dans des circonstances bouleversantes et que le tueur est susceptible de frapper à nouveau, elle ne peut s’en empêcher. Elle se lance à la poursuite de l’insaisissable meurtrier. Sa nature obsessive l’emporte loin, très loin - peut-être trop loin, cette fois, au-delà même de ses propres limites. Ses recherches l’entraînent dans le monde troublé de la prostitution, des foyers brisés et des rêves abandonnés. Elle apprend que, même chez les prostituées, on trouve encore des lueurs d’espoir - un espoir qu’un violent psychopathe est en train de leur voler. Quand une adolescente se fait enlever, Riley se lance dans une course frénétique contre le temps et nage en eaux troubles pour atteindre les abysses de l’esprit du tueur. Mais ce qu’elle finit par découvrir, même Riley n’aurait jamais pu l’imaginer. Sombre thriller psychologique au suspense insoutenable, LA QUEUE ENTRE LES JAMBES est la troisième enquête d’une série palpitante qui met en scène un personnage principal attachant. Le roman vous poussera à lire jusqu'à tard dans la nuit. Le tome 4 des enquêtes de Riley Paige sera bientôt disponible. Please note: This audiobook is in French.
©2019 Blake Pierce (P)2019 Blake Pierce
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LA QUEUE ENTRE LES JAMBES est le troisième tome de la populaire série de thrillers RILEY PAIGE, qui commence avec SANS LAISSER DE TRACES (tome 1) - un roman disponible gratuitement sur de nombreuses plateformes. Personne ne s’étonne de retrouver des prostituées mortes à Phoenix. Cependant, quand la police s’aperçoit que ces meurtres sordides sont liés, ils réalisent qu’un tueur en série sévit dans la région et que l’affaire les dépasse. Devant la nature étrange des crimes, le FBI comprend qu’il devra faire appel à son agent le plus brillant : Riley Paige. Riley hésite: elle se remet à peine de sa précédente affaire et tente de recoller les morceaux de sa vie privée. Toutefois, quand elle apprend que ces jeunes femmes sont mortes dans des circonstances bouleversantes et que le tueur est susceptible de frapper à nouveau, elle ne peut s’en empêcher. Elle se lance à la poursuite de l’insaisissable meurtrier. Sa nature obsessive l’emporte loin, très loin - peut-être trop loin, cette fois, au-delà même de ses propres limites. Ses recherches l’entraînent dans le monde troublé de la prostitution, des foyers brisés et des rêves abandonnés. Elle apprend que, même chez les prostituées, on trouve encore des lueurs d’espoir - un espoir qu’un violent psychopathe est en train de leur voler. Quand une adolescente se fait enlever, Riley se lance dans une course frénétique contre le temps et nage en eaux troubles pour atteindre les abysses de l’esprit du tueur. Mais ce qu’elle finit par découvrir, même Riley n’aurait jamais pu l’imaginer. Sombre thriller psychologique au suspense insoutenable, LA QUEUE ENTRE LES JAMBES est la troisième enquête d’une série palpitante qui met en scène un personnage principal attachant. Le roman vous poussera à lire jusqu'à tard dans la nuit. Le tome 4 des enquêtes de Riley Paige sera bientôt disponible. Please note: This audiobook is in French.
©2016 Blake Pierce (P)2016 Blake Pierce
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Si Elle Craignait (Un Mystère Kate Wise) est le volume 6 d’une nouvelle série thriller psychologique par Blake Pierce, l’auteur à succès de Une fois partie (volume 1) un bestseller numéro 1 ayant reçu plus de 1 000 critiques à cinq étoiles. Quand une autre femme est retrouvée morte dans une maison de banlieue vide, le FBI doit faire appel à la brillante agent spéciale du FBI Kate Wise, une retraitée de 55 ans, et lui demande de reprendre du service et d’abandonner sa vie de banlieue pour les aider à retrouver cet assassin psychotique. Mais pourquoi est-ce que le tueur laisse les corps dans des maisons vides de banlieue? Qu’est-ce que les victimes ont en commun? Et est-ce que Kate, malgré son âge, parviendra à l’arrêter à temps et sauver la vie d’une autre femme? Un thriller plein d'action et de suspense qui vous tiendra en haleine, Si Elle Craignait est le volume 6 d'une nouvelle série fascinante qui vous fera résister à l'envie de faire une pause jusque tard dans la nuit. Please note: This audiobook is in French.
©2020 Blake Pierce (P)2020 Blake Pierce

The Perfect Look is book number six in a new psychological suspense series by best-selling author Blake Pierce, whose number one best seller Once Gone has over 1,000 five-star reviews. When a man winds up dead in a hotel room in LA after a night with a prostitute, no one thinks much of it - until what seems like an isolated case turns into a pattern. It soon becomes clear that a prostitute has turned serial killer - and that criminal profiler and FBI agent Jessie Hunt, 29, may be the only one who can stop her. A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense, The Perfect Look is book number six in a riveting new series that will leave you resisting to pause late into the night.
©2020 Blake Pierce (P)2020 Blake Pierce

Once Chosen is book 17 in the best-selling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with the number-one best seller Once Gone, Book 1. A serial killer strikes every Halloween - the bodies of his victims resurfacing years later - and with Halloween only days away, it is up to FBI Special Agent Riley Paige to stop the killer before he strikes again. How has this killer gone undetected for so long? How many victims have there really been? And who will he target next? FBI Special Agent Riley Paige must fend off her own demons and her dysfunctional family life as she races against time to enter the mind of a diabolical killer days away from striking again - one who may even be more brilliant than her. Can she stop him in time? An action-packed psychological suspense thriller with heart-pounding suspense, Once Chosen is book 17 in a riveting series - with a beloved character - that will leave you listening late into the night.
©2020 Blake Pierce (P)2020 Blake Pierce

Almost Gone is book number one in a new psychological thriller series by USA Today best-selling author Blake Pierce, whose number one best seller Once Gone has received over 1,000 five star reviews. When 23-year-old Cassandra Vale accepts her first job as an au pair, she finds herself placed with a wealthy family in a rural estate outside of Paris, and all seems too good to be true. But she soon discovers that behind the gilded gates lies a dysfunctional family, a twisted marriage, troubled children, and secrets too dark to air. Cassandra is convinced she's finally found a fresh start when she takes a job as an au pair in the idyllic French countryside. Just beyond the Paris city limits, the Dubois manor is a grand relic of the past, the family its picture-perfect occupants. It's the escape Cassandra needs - until she uncovers dark secrets that prove things aren't as glamorous as they seem. Beneath the opulence lies a dark web of malice, one Cassandra finds all too familiar, triggering dreams from her own violent and tortured past, one from which she desperately runs. And when a grisly murder tears the house apart, it threatens to take down her own fragile psyche with it. A riveting mystery replete with complex characters, layers of secrets, dramatic twists and turns, and heart-pounding suspense, Almost Gone is Book 1 in a psychological suspense series that will have you listening late into the night. Book 2 and 3 - Almost Lost and Almost Dead - are also available!
©2019 Blake Pierce (P)2019 Blake Pierce

Almost Lost is audiobook number two in a new psychological thriller series by USA Today best-selling author Blake Pierce, whose number-one best seller Once Gone has received over 1,000 five-star reviews. When a divorcee vacationing in the British countryside puts out an ad for an au pair, Cassandra Vale, 23, broke, still reeling from the ruins of her last placement in France, takes the job without hesitation. Wealthy, handsome and generous, with two sweet children, she feels nothing can go wrong. But can it? Treated to the best England has to offer, and with France out of sight, Cassandra dares to believe she finally has a moment to catch her breath - until a startling revelation forces her to question the truths of her tumultuous past, her employer, and her very own sanity. A riveting mystery replete with complex characters, layers of secrets, dramatic twists and turns and heart-pounding suspense, Almost Lost is book number two in a psychological suspense series that will have you listening late into the night.
©2019 Blake Pierce (P)2019 Blake Pierce
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« Un chef-d’œuvre de thriller et de mystère. Blake Pierce est parvenu à créer des caractères avec un côté psychologique tellement bien décrit, que nous avons l’impression de pouvoir pénétrer dans leur esprit, suivre le cheminement de leurs pensées et nous réjouir de leurs réussites. Plein de rebondissements, ce livre vous tiendra en haleine jusqu’à la dernière page. » (Critiques de livres et de films, Roberto Mattos (re Une fois partie) LE MENSONGE D’UN VOISIN (Un mystère Chloé Fine) est le volume 2 d’une nouvelle série suspense psychologique par Blake Pierce, l’auteur à succès de Une fois partie (volume 1) (téléchargement gratuit), un bestseller nº1 ayant reçu plus de 1 000 critiques à cinq étoiles. L’agent de l’équipe scientifique du FBI, Chloé Fine, 27 ans, encore sous le choc des secrets issus de son passé, se retrouve plongée au cœur de sa première enquête: le meurtre d’une nounou dans une ville de banlieue aux allures parfaites. Plongée dans un monde de secrets, de couples infidèles, d’apparences et d’artifices, Chloé réalise très vite que tout le monde pourrait être coupable. Mais en même temps, avec son propre père toujours incarcéré, elle doit se battre contre ses propres démons et découvrir les secrets de son propre passé, au risque de finir démoralisée avant même que sa propre carrière n’ait eu le temps de démarrer. Un suspense psychologique émotionnel avec des personnages complexes, une atmosphère de petite ville et un suspense qui vous tiendra en haleine, LE MENSONGE D’UN VOISIN est le volume 2 d’une fascinante nouvelle série qui vous fera tourner les pages jusqu’à des heures tardives de la nuit. Le volume 3 dans la série CHLOÉ FINE sera bientôt disponible. Please note: This audiobook is in French.
©2018 Blake Pierce (P)2018 Blake Pierce

In Watching, 22 year old psychology major - and aspiring FBI agent - Riley Paige finds herself in a battle for her life as her closest friends on campus are abducted and killed by a serial killer. She senses that she, too, is being targeted - and that if she is to survive, she must apply her brilliant mind to stop the killer herself. When the FBI hits a dead end, they are impressed enough by Riley’s keen insight into the killer’s mind to allow her to help. Yet the killer’s mind is a dark, twisted place, one too diabolical to make sense of, and one that threatens to bring Riley’s fragile psyche crashing down. In this deadly game of cat and mouse, can Riley survive unscarred? In Waiting, brilliant 22 year old FBI intern Riley Paige struggles to decode the riddles of the sadistic serial killer dubbed by media as the “clown killer” - but finds it all becomes too personal when she herself, targeted, is in a battle for her life. Recent college graduate Riley Paige is accepted into the prestigious FBI summer internship program, and is determined to make a name for herself. Exposed to many departments of the FBI, she thinks it will be a quiet summer - until a serial killer holds Washington by suspense. Dubbed the “clown killer,” he dressed and paints his victims as clowns, and mocks the FBI with tantalizing riddles in the media. He leaves everyone to wonder: is he a clown himself? It seems that only Riley has the mind brilliant enough to decode the answers. And yet the journey into this killer’s mind is too dark - and the battle too personal - for Riley to come out unscathed. Can she win this deadly game of cat and mouse? Dark psychological thrillers with heart-pounding suspense, the Riley Paige mysteries are a riveting new series - with a beloved new character - that will leave you turning pages late into the night.
©2018 Blake Pierce (P)2019 Blake Pierce

"A masterpiece of a thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described, that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears, and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the audiobook. Full of twists, this audiobook will keep you awake until the end." - Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re: Once Gone). Once Forsaken, is book 7 in the best-selling, Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with the #1 best-seller, Once Gone (Book #1). When Special Agent Riley Paige finally decides to take a well-needed rest from the FBI, a request for help comes from the most unlikely source - her own daughter. April's best friend is devastated by the death of her sister, a freshman at Georgetown. Worse, she is convinced that the suicide was staged, and that her sister was murdered at the hands of a serial killer. Riley reluctantly looks into the case, only to discover that two other freshman girls at Georgetown recently killed themselves in the same grotesque way - by hanging. As she realizes foul play may be afoot, she brings in the FBI. The case takes Riley deep into the privileged campus of one of the world's most esteemed universities, into the unsettling world of the wealthy, and driven families, that pushed their children to succeed. In time she discovers that this case is far more twisted than it seems - and that she just may be up against the most psychotic killer of her career. A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, Once Forsaken, is book 7 in a riveting new series - with a beloved new character - that will leave you listening late into the night. Book #8 in the Riley Paige series will be available soon.
©2017 Blake Pierce (P)2017 Blake Pierce

From number one bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense. In A Trace of Crime, Keri Locke, missing persons detective in the homicide division of the LAPD, follows a fresh lead for her abducted daughter. She winds her way through a twisted underworld, and step-by-step, she gets closer to finding her daughter. Yet she has no time. Keri is assigned a new case: a dad calls from an affluent community and reports that his teen daughter vanished on the way home from school. Shortly after, ransom letters arrive. Twisted, filled with riddles, they make it clear that there is little time to save the girl. They also make it clear that this is the work of a diabolical killer who is toying with them. Keri and the police must scramble to find the kidnapper, to understand his demands, to decode the letters, and most of all, to outwit him. But in this master game of chess, Keri may find herself up against a foe even she cannot understand, and for the missing girl - and her own daughter - she may just be too late. A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, A Trace of Crime is book number four in a riveting new series - and a beloved new character - that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Book number five in the Keri Locke series is also now available!
©2017 Blake Pierce (P)2019 Blake Pierce

A porn star is found dead, and the LAPD doesn’t think much of it. But FBI agent Jessie Hunt, 29, senses something much more sinister at play, something that may just reach into the upper echelons of power and society. A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense, The Perfect Affair is book seven in a riveting new series that will leave you listening late into the night. Book eight in the Jessie Hunt series will be available soon.
©2020 Blake Pierce (P)2020 Blake Pierce

Cul De Sac (a Chloe Fine mystery) is book three in a new psychological suspense series by best-selling author Blake Pierce, whose number one best seller, Once Gone (book one), has over 1,000 five-star reviews. FBI VICAP Special Agent Chloe Fine, 27, must immerse herself in a suburban world of cliques, gossip, and lies as she races to solve the murder of a seemingly picture-perfect wife and mother on the night of her 20th high school reunion. Old high school friends, now in their late 30s, have returned back to the same suburban town to raise their kids, and have resurrected the same cliques that sustained and divided them 20 years ago. As their 20th high school reunion brings back old memories, resentment, betrayals, and secrets, it causes fresh pain a generation later. On the same night, their former queen bee is found murdered in her home. In this seemingly perfect, manicured town, the past haunts the present - and anyone and everyone is a suspect. Can Chloe Fine solve the murder - while wrestling with the demons of her own past, and the potential release from jail of her own father? An emotionally wrought psychological suspense with layered characters, small-town ambiance and heart-pounding suspense, Cul De Sac is book three in a riveting new series that will leave you listening late into the night. Book four in the Chloe Fine series is also now available!
©2019 Blake Pierce (P)2019 Blake Pierce
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Voici le volume nº4 de la série mystère Mackenzie White par Blake Pierce, l’auteur à succès de Une fois partie. Dans Avant qu’il ne prenne, une affaire troublante est assignée à la toute récente agent du FBI, Mackenzie White. Des femmes disparaissent dans la campagne de l’Iowa, et une tendance se dessine. Un tueur en série pourrait être à l’œuvre et son rythme ne fait que s’accélérer. Vu qu’elle provient du Midwest, Mackenzie est le choix idéal pour cette enquête. Mais Mackenzie est réticente à l’idée de retourner dans le Midwest, dans un cadre profondément rural qui ne lui rappelle que trop ses propres origines et ses propres fantômes tapis dans l’ombre. Elle recherche également l’assassin de son père, mais les ténèbres la tourmentent à chaque détour. Profondément immergée dans un univers peuplé de fermes, de silos, d’abattoirs et de longues routes désertes, Mackenzie a la sensation de retomber dans les profondeurs de sa propre psyché et des cauchemars qu’elle continue à avoir peur d’affronter. Dans ce jeu mortel du chat et de la souris, elle finit par comprendre la psychose du tueur qu’elle poursuit et par se rendre compte que la région de ses origines contient des horreurs encore plus sombres et plus tordues qu’elle ne l’aurait imaginé. Un thriller psychologique sombre avec un suspense qui vous tiendra en haleine, Avant qu’il ne prenne est le volume nº4 d’une fascinante nouvelle série, et d’un nouveau personnage. Please note: This audiobook is in French.
©2018 Blake Pierce (P)2018 Blake Pierce

The Perfect Disguise is book number 10 in a new psychological suspense series by best-selling author Blake Pierce, which begins with The Perfect Wife, a number one best seller with over 500 five-star reviews. When a demanding Hollywood starlet is murdered, Jessie must navigate her way through the murky world of film studios, casting directors, producers, agents, rival actors, and an ecosystem of people who may have wanted her murdered. After one shocking twist after another, the truth, Jessie finds, may be much more unexpected than anyone thinks. Can Jessie, still wrestling with her own demons, enter the killer’s mind and stop him before he strikes again? A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense, The Perfect Disguise is book number 10 in a riveting new series that will leave you resisting to pause late into the night. Book number 11 - The Perfect Secret - is now also available!
©2020 Blake Pierce (P)2020 Blake Pierce

From number-one best-selling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense. A bundle of audiobooks - Cause to Kill (audiobook one) and Cause to Run (audiobook two) - in Blake Pierce’s Avery Black Mystery series! This bundle offers audiobooks one and two in one convenient file. In Cause to Kill, Homicide Detective Avery Black has been through hell. Once a top criminal defense attorney, she fell from grace when she managed to get a brilliant Harvard professor off - only to watch him kill again. She lost her husband and her daughter, and her life fell apart around her. Trying to redeem herself, Avery has turned to the other side of the law. Working her way up the ranks, she has reached homicide detective, to the scorn of her fellow officers, who still remember what she did and who will always hate her. Yet even they cannot deny Avery’s brilliant mind, and when a disturbing serial killer strikes fear into the heart of Boston, killing girls from elite colleges, it is Avery to whom they turn. It is Avery’s chance to prove herself, to finally find the redemption she craves. And yet, as she is soon to find out, Avery has come up against a killer as brilliant and daring as she. In Cause to Run, a new serial killer is stalking Boston, killing his victims in bizarre ways, taunting the police with mysterious puzzles that reference the stars. As the stakes are upped and the pressure is on, the Boston Police Department is forced to call in its most brilliant - and most controversial - homicide detective: Avery Black. Avery, still reeling from her last case, finds herself up against a rival precinct and a brilliant, cunning killer who is always one step ahead of her. She is forced to enter his dark, twisted mind as he lays clues for his next killing.
©2016 Blake Pierce (P)2019 Blake Pierce

From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense.
A bundle of books: #1 (A Trace of Death), #2 (A Trace of Murder), and #3 (A Trace of Vice) in Blake Pierce’s Keri Locke Mystery series! This bundle offers books one, two, and three in one convenient bundle.
In A Trace of Death (A Keri Locke Mystery, Book 1), Keri Locke, Missing Persons Detective in the Homicide division of the LAPD, remains haunted by the abduction of her own daughter, years before, never found. Still obsessed with finding her, Keri buries her grief the only way she knows how: by throwing herself into the cases of missing persons in Los Angeles. A routine phone call from a worried mother of a high-schooler, only two hours missing, should be ignored. Yet something about the mother’s voice strikes a chord, and Keri decides to investigate. What she finds shocks her. The missing daughter - of a prominent senator - was hiding secrets no one knew. When all evidence points to a runaway, Keri is ordered off the case. And yet, despite pressure from her superiors, from the media, despite all trails going cold, the brilliant and obsessed Keri refuses to let it go. She knows she has but 48 hours if she has any chance of bringing this girl back alive.
In A Trace of Murder (A Keri Locke Mystery, Book 2), encouraged by the new lead that has landed, the first in years, Keri Locke pursues it with all that she has, determined to find her daughter and bring her back alive. Yet Keri, at the same time, receives a phone call from a frantic husband, a famed Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, who reports that his wife has been missing for two days. A wealthy socialite with no enemies and little reason to leave her life, he fears the worst has become of his wife. Keri takes on the case, assigned a new partner whom she hates, as Ray still recovers in the hospital. Her investigation leads her deep into the elite.
In A Trace of Vice (A Keri Locke Mystery, Book 3), Keri Locke, Missing Persons Detective in the Homicide division of the LAPD, follows a fresh lead for her abducted daughter. It leads to a violent confrontation with The Collector - which, in turn, offers more clues that may, after all this time, reunite her with her daughter. Yet at the same time, Keri is assigned a new case, one with a frantic ticking clock. A teenage girl has gone missing in Los Angeles, a girl from a good family was who duped into drugs and abducted into a sex trafficking ring. Keri is hot on her trail - but the trail is moving fast, with the girl being constantly moved and with her abductors’ single, nefarious goal: to cross her over the border with Mexico.
Dark psychological thrillers with heart-pounding suspense, the Keri Locke Mystery series is a riveting new series - with a beloved new character - that will leave you resisting to pause late into the night.
©2017 Blake Pierce (P)2019 Blake Pierce