Search - Darkness on the Edge of Town (Laura Cardinal, Bk 1)

Moved way too slow. I gave up at Chapter 3.

This author keeps you guessing until the very end. Complex storyline, believeable characters, enjoyable read - kept me turning pages late into the night!

ITS ALWAYA DARKEST..... Bisbee, Arizona. A family community that attractsa healty trade in tourism. Like many small towns,it has its fair share pf petty thefts and domestic disturbances. But no one is prepared for the discovery of a teenage girl;s dead body propped up inside the park band shell, clothed in a doll-like dress...RIGHT BEFORE DAWN....Arizona Department of Public Safety investigator Laura Cardinal knows immediately what she is up against: a cunning sexual predator. But why is she being plagued by memories of the abduction of a schoolmate some eightteen years earlier? In a runaway case that propels her from lavish ''''''''tucson estate to the sedretive heart of a sleepy florida town, Laura must comfront the ghost of her own past--even as another child goes missing and she muct race against the clock to find her.

Excellent thriller from a new author!

A dead teenager is left in the middle of town, dressed and posed like a doll. As the investigation unfolds, secrets of even the police department are uncovered. Continuous action and a shocking ending make this book hard to put down!