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 by Dana R. Lynn
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…
Mistaken Mountain Abduction by Shannon Redmon
Mistaken Mountain Abduction is a powerhouse novel filled with action. The suspense kept me up late, turning the page. The hero and heroine were realistic, with a believable dilemma. Aggie Newton, former army lieutenant and helicopter pilot, becomes mortified when she discovers someone abducted her twin sister. What’s more eye-opening is the kidnappers took her while she was wearing Aggie’s coat. Someone had mistakenly taken the wrong twin. Who is after Aggie, and why? Aggie knows her ex-fiancé, Detective Bronson Young, is the best one to call. She could trust him to find her sister. Aggie willingly overlooks the past…
Critical Threat by Lynette Eason
Critical Threat is a non-stop, action-packed, breathtaking novel. Suspense oozed off the pages and kept my attention. Lynette Eason never ceases to amaze me with the wild rides in her romantic suspense novels. FBI Special Agent Grace Billingsley finds herself in a dangerous predicament when she’s called to take on a murder case. She spots evidence at the crime scene that the killer didn’t intend for her to find. Prison psychiatrist Sam Monroe is invited to the crime scene because it has all the markings of a serial killer. Sam should know the signs because his father was a serial…
Concrete Evidence by DiAnn Mills
Concrete Evidence is another action-packed novel by DiAnn Mills. From the moment I began reading, I had a hard time putting it down. Be prepared to read into the midnight hour as the twists and turns keep you guessing who the villain will be and who will die next. Avery Elliot, raised by her grandfather on his Texas ranch, after being disowned by her parents at a young age, finds herself in the crosshairs of an unknown shooter. Why? She’d done nothing wrong. She loved her grandfather immensely and took heed of everything he told her. She worked for his…
Deception by Patricia Bradley
Deception is book #4 in Patricia Bradley’s Natchez Trace Park Rangers Series. This twist-laden novel kept me biting my lip, wondering what would happen next. I had difficulty putting it down because of the suspense and the touch-and-go romance. Patricia Bradley does an outstanding job creating tension and raising the stakes. ISB ranger Madison Thorn is drawn into an investigation in Natchez, Mississippi, and forced to work with her childhood friend, park ranger Clayton Bradshaw. She remembered him as a bully and was none too happy when he pulled her over on a Natchez National Park Road for speeding. Park…
Twin Murder Mix-Up by Sami A Abrams
Twin Murder Mix-Up releases on August 23, 2022. This incredible novel kicks off with high-octane suspense and continuous action. The opening scene grabbed my attention and kept me intrigued, glued to the page, and guessing to the end. With a baby to protect, the stakes shoot higher. Kudos to the author for a job well done. Amy Baker scoops up her sister’s baby and runs for her life after someone murders her twin sister. They’d made a mistake and killed the wrong twin. The only person she trusts is her childhood friend, Keith Young, but they hadn’t spoken in a…
Fatal Forensic Investigation by Darlene L Turner
Fatal Forensic Investigation is an intense, action-packed romantic suspense that will have you biting your nails as you turn each page. The characters are realistic, and the plot is well-developed. Readers looking for a chilling, suspenseful adventure will love this book. Constable Scarlet Wells, a forensic artist, sketches the face of the Coastline Strangler as described to her by his only surviving witness. The strangler shows up and kills the witness, then shoots at Scarlet, grazing her head and knocking her to the floor. He rips the picture from her art pad and destroys it. His eyes are etched in…
ACFW May 2022 New Releases
May 2022 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: Anchored Hearts by Julie Arduini — Can two go-getters surrender their need to control and find a happily-ever-after? Jordyn Bell Hart succeeds in everything she does. Her promotion to morning show co-anchor blossoms her career in the same way her mother’s work had. Jordyn keeps tabs on her family and enjoys helping them grow. When life around her starts to change, can she surrender her desire to control? Spencer Collins knows how to balance a busy life. He…
Secrets Left Behind by Shannon Redmon
Author Shannon Redmon knocks it out of the water with this fast-paced, suspense-filled page-turner. The opening scene thrusts you into the action as two attackers come after Skye Anderson. Will she survive? Were Detective Jake Reed’s suspicions true? The accident that killed her husband may not have been an accident. Who would want to kill him, and why were they after her? Detective Jake Reed appears on the scene and finds Skye in danger. He’s determined to protect her and her little girl while protecting his heart. He’d left her in the hands of his best friend years ago. She…
