IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS by Tess Gerritsen

In, "In Their Footsteps" by Tess Gerritsen, M16 British Intelligence agents, husband and wife team, Bernard and Madeline Tavistock, on assignment in Paris, are unexpectedly, shockingly, murdered.

Twenty years later, their daughter Beryl, decides to do some investigating into their deaths. Scandal and controversy surrounds the story of her parents' murder.

Her father was a double agent, her mother was having an affair. When her father found out, he killed his wife and then himself. Beryl refuses to believe this version of what happened and is determined to uncover the truth.

If the deaths of her parents had been a simple murder and suicide, then 20 years later, no one would care. 
But someone does care, very much. Beryl and her brother Jordan return to Paris to visit the scene of the crime, but they are not alone.

Someone is going to great lengths to ensure that they do not find out what really happened.

A slightly different genre from Tess Gerritsen, In Their Footsteps is nevertheless still a good, fast-paced and enjoyable thriller.

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THE NIGHT FERRY by Michael Robotham

To catch a killer, catch the night ferry ...

Alisha Barba is trying to get back into the business after a long recovery period following several operations and extensive physiotherapy which caused her to lose her job with the Metropolitan Police and shattered her dreams of becoming a detective.

Out of the blue she receives a letter from an old friend, Cate. Alisha senses that Cate is in trouble. When they meet at a school reunion, Alisha sees that Cate is pregnant and desperate. Before they get a chance to speak, Cate is run down by a vehicle. The paramedics fight to save her. A strange deception is discovered. It is the first of several more to follow. Convinced that Cate was run down on purpose, Alisha is driven to investigate. When Cate dies from her injuries, she leaves behind more questions than answers.

Alisha travels to the city of Amsterdam trying to find out what lies behind the deception perpetrated by Cate. She uncovers a conspiracy in her attempts to seek justice for the untimely death of her friend; a conspiracy that puts her own life in danger.

A good, gripping read, The Night Ferry will take you on a journey through the sordid underground world where life is very cheap, or very costly.

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PROMISE ME by Harlan Coben

"The missing girl - there had been unceasing news reports, always flashing to that achingly ordinary school portrait  of the vanished teen ... that missing girl - had just walked past Edna Sylar. "Please" the missing girl said, her voice a whisper. "You can't tell anybody you saw me".

Myron Bolitar works for himself as a representative for portsmen, actors and various kinds of celebrities. Myron is  one of the good guys, always looking for people to save. He overhears two teenage girls talking in his house, and  makes them promise to

call him anywhere, anytime, if they are ever in trouble. when the one girl does call him, late  at night, he drives her to where she wants to go, but with misgivings. She holds him to his promise not to tell her  parents. Then she disappears. In the nfusion that follows, Myron has to unravel a tangled web of lies and deceit,  involving a lot of unlikely suspects.

Did Aimee run away, or was she kidnapped? What is the connection to the first  missing girl?

Promise Me will hook you in and keep you reading compulsively turning pages to the end.

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THE SOUL CATCHER by Alex Kava

A group of young men, trapped in a cabin with the FBI closing in on them, are instructed by their leader to commit suicide rather than being captured. "Kill or be killed". One of them, Eric Pratt, is not ready to die. He spits out the cyanide capsule instead of swallowing. He has chosen to live.

Reverend Joseph Everett is the charismatic leader of a religious sect, a man who has such a strong hold over his followers he has convinced them that committing suicide is preferable to falling into Satan's hands.

Satan, of course, being law enforcement. Reverend Everett, or Father, as he is called by his flock, is the soul catcher. When a young girl attending one of the Reverend's prayer rallies is found murdered, strangled, FBI criminal profiler Maggie O'Dell is assigned to the case. They soon discover that the girl's murder is connected to the mass suicide in the cabin, and both events are connected to Reverend Joseph Everett. The man seems able to draw people in and hold them spellbound. What is this strange attraction he has? Maggie becomes concerned when she discovers that her own mother has fallen under Everett's spell.

An intensely gripping book, with plenty of death and intrigue, The Soul Catcher will keep you reading until the thrilling climax.

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THE ROSARY GIRLS by Richard Montanari

A murder scene: a young girl, Tessa Wells, 17 years old, dead, her hands bolted together, a rosary clutched between them. She is the first of several such bodies found.

Detective Jessica Balzano's first day in Homicide, and she and partner Kevin Byrne are called to investigate these gruesome murders - all of them young girls from local Catholic schools. It appears the police have a serial killer on their hands; one who inflicts the most horrific torture upon his victims, all in the name of religion.

Dubbed the Rosary Killer, he leaves no trace of himself behind, and Jessica and Byrne are in a desperate race searching for clues before he kills again, and kill he will, until he has played out his gruesome game of murder. The killer is working to his own macabre agenda.

The detectives need to solve the puzzle quickly to prevent more deaths, or those close to them might also become targets.

The Rosary Girls is a gripping, thrilling read that will have you riveted to the end.
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