El juego de un millonario. Los secretos de una madre desaparecida. Un excéntrico millonario oculta dos millones de dólares antes de morir y la búsqueda del tesoro atrae a una multitud de gente a la plácida ciudad de Eagle's Nest. Las crípticas pistas y la codicia de los buscadores sacan a relucir el lado más oscuro del ser humano: robos, peleas y asesinatos. El jefe de policía, Truman Daly, quiere que su ciudad recupere la paz, pero primero debe resolver un asesinato. Al mismo tiempo, un adolescente denuncia la desaparición de su madre y su hermana pequeña. La agente especial del FBI Mercy Kilpatrick asume la investigación y en el transcurso de esta descubrirá unos oscuros secretos familiares de hace sesenta años cuyas fatales consecuencias han llegado hasta el presente. Las pesquisas de Mercy y Truman se adentrarán en un laberinto de asesinatos, venganzas y secretos que entrelazarán dos misterios tan oscuros como el bosque de Oregón.
Kendra Elliot Libros
Esta autora es celebrada por sus apasionantes thrillers que profundizan en secretos oscuros y las profundidades psicológicas de sus personajes. Su escritura es conocida por su ritmo ágil, tensión creciente y una habilidad asombrosa para mantener a los lectores al borde de sus asientos. Explora las complejidades de la naturaleza humana y las intrincadas dinámicas de las relaciones bajo coacción extrema. Sus narrativas se distinguen por protagonistas femeninas resilientes y tramas meticulosamente elaboradas.







Un hombre muere asesinado brutalmente en las afueras de Portland. La víctima, Reuben Braswell, es un conspiranoico radical. El detective Mason Callahan halla en su casa varios documentos inquietantes que atacan a las fuerzas de la ley e incluyen una inesperada mención de su prometida, la agente especial del FBI Ava McLane. El fallecido era su confidente y tenía motivos de peso para ser paranoico
"Hace veinte años, el padre de Emily Mills fue asesinado y ella encontró su cuerpo colgando en el patio trasero. Su hermana menor, Madison, afirma que estaba dormida en su habitación. Su hermana mayor, Tara, afirma que salió con amigos. La tragedia llevó a su madre al suicidio ya Tara a dejar la ciudad para siempre. El asesino fue capturado. El caso cerrado. Desde entonces, Emily y Madison han tratado de olvidar lo que sucedió esa noche, hasta que un asesinato inquietantemente similar lo devuelve todo. También trae al agente especial del FBI Zander Wells a la ciudad maderera de Oregon. Tan ansioso como está por resolver el brutal doble asesinato, está igualmente intrigado con el misterio del pasado de Emily y sus hermanas..."--Page [4] of cover
A Merciful Promise
- 336 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
"The job: infiltrate a militia amassing illegal firearms in an isolated forest community. FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick is the ideal candidate. She knows Oregon. She's near the compound. And having been raised among survivalists, Mercy understands the mind-set of fanatics. Lie low, follow rules, do nothing to sound an alarm, and relinquish all contact with the outside world. She's ready to blend in. As Mercy disappears into the winter hills, something just as foreboding emerges"--Back cover.
The First Death
- 318 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
A Wall Street Journal bestselling series. For a search and rescue expert, the buried remains of her past are a dangerous obsession in a twisting novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author. Rowan Wolff was five years old when she, her brother, and their babysitter were kidnapped by a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest. The babysitter was murdered. Rowan was saved. Her brother was killed and buried in the forest, his remains never found. The convicted killer refuses to say where he buried the boy. Twenty-five years later, Rowan is committed to search and rescue with her faithful canine and is obsessed with finding her brother's grave--and closure. Detective Evan Bolton thrives on unraveling tough cases, but his latest is disturbing. There's another serial killer hunting in Deschutes County, Oregon, and the crimes are identical to those committed by the sociopath languishing in prison. Each victim is linked to Rowan. When skeletal remains of several bodies are exhumed in the forest, Rowan's connection becomes more entwined and impossible to ignore. Rowan and Evan are determined to solve the case before someone else dies. And someone else will, as the truth about the past is unearthed.
A Merciful Silence
- 337 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
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A Wall Street Journal bestseller. A dead conspiracy theorist. A mass murderer. Two cases collide for Callahan and McLane in a pulse-pounding thriller by Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author Kendra Elliot. A man is savagely murdered outside Portland, and Detective Mason Callahan finds blood-spatter evidence that tells a troubling story. Files reveal the murder victim, Reuben Braswell, was a radical conspiracist. In his home, investigators find pages of diatribes against law enforcement as well as ties to Mason's fiancée, FBI special agent Ava McLane. The victim was her informant--and had strong reasons to be paranoid. To Ava, Braswell's rants were those of a wearying and harmless man...until they collide with her investigation into the murders of police officers and finding the connection becomes urgent. Meanwhile, Braswell's brother and Ava's twin sister both disappear, and disturbing acts of sabotage target Ava's personal life. For Mason and Ava, the brutal crimes and escalating mysteries create a perfect storm for a terrorist conspiracy that becomes dangerously personal--one that has yet to claim its last victim.
Chilled
- 362 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
Brynn Nealey, a forensic nurse on a search and rescue team, faces a dangerous blizzard to find survivors of a plane crash in the Cascade Mountains. She is joined by Alex Kinton, a former US Marshal, who wishes to find the man who killed his brother, and then return the favor. What will happen to Alex's savage instincts when he finally has the opportunity to confront his brother's killer?
Bridged
- 292 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
A Wall Street Journal bestseller After a congressman's tortured body is found dangling from a Portland bridge, the FBI joins the Oregon State Police to investigate the case--and FBI Special Agent Ava McLane, still recovering from a bullet wound, hunts the twisted killer alongside the man who captured her heart, police detective Mason Callahan. But once a third body appears and all evidence points to a serial killer, the public furiously clamors for answers--and the couple's relationship grows fractured under the pressure. Ava and Mason search in the past for clues that predict the future. And when Ava's mentally ill twin spins out of control, the FBI agent who battles monsters every day wonders if she shares her sister's self-destructive streak... In the latest thrilling romantic suspense novel from award-winning author Kendra Elliot, the past and the present violently collide...and the fallout can be deadly.
A Merciful Death
- 351 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
Soon to be a TV series by Warner Brothers Television and Ellen Degeneres's A Very Good Production. FBI special agent Mercy Kilpatrick has been waiting her whole life for disaster to strike. A prepper since childhood, Mercy grew up living off the land--and off the grid--in rural Eagle's Nest, Oregon. Until a shocking tragedy tore her family apart and forced her to leave home. Now a predator known as the cave man is targeting the survivalists in her hometown, murdering them in their homes, stealing huge numbers of weapons, and creating federal suspicion of a possible domestic terrorism event. But the crime scene details are eerily familiar to an unsolved mystery from Mercy's past. Sent by the FBI to assist local law enforcement, Mercy returns to Eagle's Nest to face the family who shunned her while maintaining the facade of a law-abiding citizen. There, she meets police chief Truman Daly, whose uncle was the cave man's latest victim. He sees the survivalist side of her that she desperately tries to hide, but if she lets him get close enough to learn her secret, she might not survive the fallout...