DEADSPEAK 2
by Ruth
Bainbridge
GENRE: Mystery/thriller
BLURB:
DEADSPEAK2. The chilling new entry in the
Deadspeak Mystery Series
Things look different when you're dead.
It’s Halloween and a group of teens throw a party at Harbinger Falls’ most celebrated haunted estate. It’s all fun and games until a session with a Ouija board guides the partygoers to the body of a young girl hidden in the attic.
Detective Kimberly Trent is assigned the case and quickly discovers that all is not as it seems. First, there’s the connection between the death and a string of petnappings terrorizing the neighborhood. Then there’s the suicide note that only leaves more questions than answers. A visit from Kimberly’s ghostly friend Griff Lindon sheds an unwelcome light. It seems she’s had a run in with the newly deceased who tells her she’s been murdered.
This is the second in The Deadspeak Mysteries. The entries are meant to be read in sequential order and do not standalone. In each book, you’ll find a new murder for Kimberly Trent to solve. You’ll also find the continuing search for who murdered Kim’s sister Elizabeth. Each book will take you closer and closer to finding out the identity of The Hex Killer, the serial killer who ended Elizabeth’s short life. It will also bring you to the heart of the evil that’s come back to life to wreak revenge.
Things look different when you're dead.
It’s Halloween and a group of teens throw a party at Harbinger Falls’ most celebrated haunted estate. It’s all fun and games until a session with a Ouija board guides the partygoers to the body of a young girl hidden in the attic.
Detective Kimberly Trent is assigned the case and quickly discovers that all is not as it seems. First, there’s the connection between the death and a string of petnappings terrorizing the neighborhood. Then there’s the suicide note that only leaves more questions than answers. A visit from Kimberly’s ghostly friend Griff Lindon sheds an unwelcome light. It seems she’s had a run in with the newly deceased who tells her she’s been murdered.
This is the second in The Deadspeak Mysteries. The entries are meant to be read in sequential order and do not standalone. In each book, you’ll find a new murder for Kimberly Trent to solve. You’ll also find the continuing search for who murdered Kim’s sister Elizabeth. Each book will take you closer and closer to finding out the identity of The Hex Killer, the serial killer who ended Elizabeth’s short life. It will also bring you to the heart of the evil that’s come back to life to wreak revenge.
Excerpt:
“A missing cat, sir?”
The shower with Max had turned into
a lot more than earning a gold star in good hygiene. The afterglow of
lovemaking stayed with her throughout breakfast, and the drive to work. It lasted
right up until her talk with Captain Brody Walcott.
He never failed to quash thoughts
not related to work.
What the hell was up with him
anyway? How dare he propose such a ridiculous idea? After she’d helped solve
the biggest case in Harbinger Falls’ history, he wanted her to find a cat?
“Not one, Kim—several. And not just
cats. Dogs and cats are disappearing with regularity and people are not happy.”
“Tell them to call Animal Control,”
she lashed.
“Animal Control deals with strays,
not family pets that are stolen.”
It was a joke. It had to be a joke.
She searched his dark eyes, but there were no signs it was.
“I don’t care! Give it to Cinder!”
she blurted, tossing the picture of Smoky across the desk. It skidded to a halt
at the roughened hands of her illustrious leader.
“Kim!” The angry tone shot through
her; she bolted upright in her chair, “I know you think you’re a big detective
and that this is beneath you, but there’s been over thirty dogs and fifteen
cats abducted since September. There’s no accurate record since officers on
this force have the same attitude you do.”
“And what attitude would that be,
sir?”
“That pets aren’t important and that
the police only deal with important things. Well, pets are important!
Especially now that a few missing pets have turned into a pandemic.”
“Sir, I understand that they’re
important to the family, but—”
“Detective Trent, do you really
think you know everything? Read up on the statistical link between abuse of
animals and serial killers, then come back and tell me your opinion.”
“Then you think—”
“What I think is that we either have
a dog fighting operation or—”
“Or?” she prodded as he paused and
took a swallow of black coffee.
“Or that a very sick individual in
our community may develop into something way more terrifying.
AUTHOR Bio
and Links:
Born in the idyllic, sleepy town of Ithaca, NY, Ruth Bainbridge
has been a lover of mysteries for her entire life.
Ever since a child, she has consumed detective stories at regular
intervals, becoming enamored with all the superstars of crime. She loved
nothing more than to match wits with the likes of Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple,
Thomas Pitt, Lord Peter Wimsey, Richard Jury, and Edward X Delaney, becoming
inspired by their brilliance. Hoping to emulate her writing idol’s achievements
in dreaming up such characters, she started composing her own short stories.
However, life interfered with her plans of becoming the next
hopeful to try a life of crime—on paper at least. Devoting herself to her
marriage and the raising of four children, the empty nest syndrome gave her the
impetus to return to her first love—murder.
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Love the excerpt! Thank you for the giveaway!
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