Patricia Bradley knocks it out of the park with her inspirational romantic suspense novel Counter Attack, released May 16, 2023. The suspense builds as a serial killer stalks heroine Alexis Stone and murders ladies with her same hair color, height, and build. With each body, he leaves his signature behind—a white pawn from a chess game and a note indicating a chess move. To understand the killer’s next move, Alexis must learn how to play chess. At the request of her chief deputy grandfather, who raised her, Alexis regretfully moves back to Pearl Springs from Chattanooga, where she worked as… 

This novel is intense, dark, and suspenseful. Keep your lights on and your doors locked. A Cry in the Dark will keep you on your toes as a serial killer turns his focus on FBI special agent Violet Rainwater, a violent crimes forensic psychologist, while she’s investigating the horrific disappearance and deaths of women in Nigh Holler. Detective John Orlando is the only person she can truly trust in these back hills of Kentucky, filled with thick forests, caves, and hidden passages. With her secret past nipping at her heels and John’s wife’s mysterious disappearance, they must forgo their personal… 

Crime Scene Witness captured my attention and kept the suspenseful momentum going throughout the book. As a crime scene cleaner, Alissa Page, deaf without her cochlear implants, has plenty of experience, but this case puts a target on her and her daughter’s backs when she unknowingly discovers a clue at the crime scene of a murder. With the killer still lurking, he knocks her out and leaves her to die. Deputy US Marshal Micah Bender arrives and finds unconscious Alissa on the crime scene floor. After the ambulance arrives and she awakens, she asks why she’s on a stretcher. Micah…