Tessa Wegert Libros

Senior Investigator Shana Merchant has spent years running from her past. But she never imagined a murder case would drive her to the most dangerous place of all—home. After leaving the NYPD following her abduction by serial killer Blake Bram, Shana Merchant hoped for a fresh start in the Thousand Islands of Upstate New York. Her former tormentor has other plans. Shana and Bram share more than just a hometown, and he won’t let her forget it. When the decades-old skeleton of Shana's estranged uncle is uncovered, Bram issues a challenge: Return home to Vermont and solve the cold case, or the blood he spills next will be on her hands. As Shana interviews members of her family and the community, mining for secrets that could help her solve her uncle's murder, she begins to realize how little she remembers of her childhood. And when Bram grows impatient and kidnaps again, leaving a trail of clues Shana alone can understand, she knows his new victim will only survive if she wins the psychopath’s twisted game. In order to solve one mystery, Shana must wade into her murky past to unravel another.

The body is discovered on Wolfe Island, under the shadowof an enormous wind turbine. For Senior Investigator Shana Merchant, who's madea home in one of the Thousand Islands' small communities, finding the killermeans dredging up her new friends and neighbors' old grudges and dark secrets... and Shana is keeping a terrible secret all of her own.

"A storm-struck island. A blood-soaked bed. A missing man. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant believes it all adds up to a killer in their midst--and that murder is a family affair. Thirteen months ago, former NYPD detective Shana Merchant barely survived being abducted by a serial killer. Now hoping to leave grisly murder cases behind, she's taken a job in her fiancé's sleepy hometown in the Thousand Islands region of Upstate New York. But as a nor'easter bears down on her new territory, Shana and fellow investigator Tim Wellington receive a call about a man missing on a private island. Shana and Tim travel to the isolated island owned by the wealthy Sinclair family to question the witnesses. They arrive to find blood on the scene and a house full of Sinclair family and friends on edge. While Tim guesses they're dealing with a runaway case, Shana is convinced that they have a murder on their hands. As the gale intensifies outside, she starts conducting interviews and discovers the Sinclairs and their guests are crawling with dark and dangerous secrets. Trapped on the island by the raging storm with only Tim whose reliability is thrown into question, the increasingly restless suspects, and her own trauma-fueled flashbacks for company, Shana will have to trust the one person her abduction destroyed her faith in--herself. But time is ticking down, because if Shana's right, a killer is in their midst and as the pressure mounts, so do the odds that they'll strike again"-- Provided by publisher

Set in a remote island community during a harsh winter, a senior investigator faces the disappearance of an Instagram celebrity, Cary, who vanishes while ice fishing. As tensions rise among the eight residents, including Cary's partner Sylvie, secrets begin to surface, intertwining with a haunting cold case from the investigator's past. With a storm approaching, Shana must unravel the mystery before she becomes the next victim, blending suspense with the chilling isolation of the Thousand Islands, appealing to fans of classic mystery writers.

Former NYPD detective Shana Merchant is a talented Senior Investigator, keeping her new friends and neighbors in New York's beautiful Thousands Islands community safe. She's a loving partner. A strong woman. A survivor. She's also the cousin of a serial killer. And after months of concealing the truth from the world, her secret is finally out ...

A suspicious drowning throws New York State senior investigator Shana Merchant's life into turmoil in this taut, thrilling small-town mystery - perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Ruth Ware. Sixteen-year-old Henrietta used to be happy. But that was before her family hit the national news. Before she - and the whole world - knew she was related to one of New York's most prolific serial killers. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant readily agrees when her brother asks her to take in his troubled, rebellious daughter for the fall semester. Doug's convinced that spending a few months in Alexandria Bay with Shana will straighten Hen out. But when Hen arrives, Shana's not so sure. She can't help but distrust the strange and manipulative teen, who binge-watches bloody movies and roams the house at night, taking things that aren't hers. Soon, though, Shana has more to worry about than missing heirlooms when she's called to investigate the suspicious drowning of a local teenager, only to discover her niece at the scene of the crime. What happened that night on the dark, uninhabited island of Devil's Oven? With Hen and her new friends not talking, and a community determined to keep their secrets dead and buried, Shana knows it's a race against time to uncover the truth before her niece is upgraded from key witness to prime suspect.

Senior Investigator Shana Merchant leidet unter einer posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung, seit ein Serienkiller sie gefangen hielt. Von der Rückkehr ins Grenzland der Thousand-Islands-Region, Shanas Heimat, hatte sie sich eigentlich innere Ruhe und ein beschauliches Kleinstadtleben erhofft – eine Illusion, wie sich schnell herausstellt: In Swanton wird das Skelett ihres seit Jahrzehnten vermisst gemeldeten Onkels gefunden. Die örtliche Polizei geht von einem Mord aus. Dann verschwindet ein kleiner Junge auf einer der Inseln. Shana ahnt, dass die beiden Fälle etwas miteinander zu tun haben. Und nicht nur das: Jemand scheint nur auf ihre Rückkehr gewartet zu haben. Jemand, der sie schon lange verfolgt ...