Allison Brennan

"Fans of Jeff Abbott and Karin Slaughter will find this crime novel hard to put down." --Publishers Weekly on The Third to Die New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan's latest suspense is about a college senior's podcast that delves into an unsolved campus murder of a popular sorority girl, with individual callers exploring facts previously thought to be true. Lucas Vega is obsessed with the death of Candace Swain, who left a sorority party one night and never came back. Her body was found after two weeks, but the case has grown cold. Three years later while interning at the Medical Examiner's, Lucas discovers new information, but the police are not interested. Lucas knows he has several credible pieces of the puzzle. He just isn't sure how they fit together. So he creates a podcast to revisit Candace's last hours. Then he encourages listeners to crowdsource what they remember and invites guest lecturer Regan Merritt, a former US marshal, to come on and share her expertise. New tips come in that convince Lucas and Regan they are onto something. Then shockingly one of the podcast callers turns up dead. Another hints at Candace's secret life...a much darker picture than Lucas imagined--and one that implicates other sorority sisters. Regan uses her own resources to bolster their theory and learns that Lucas is hiding his own secret. The pressure is on to solve the murder, but first Lucas must come clean about his real motives in pursuing this podcast--before the killer silences him forever.

The Sorority Murder

When the sex offenders she hunts online start turning up dead, Lucy Kincaid, a volunteer with a victim's rights group, is the prime suspect in the murder investigation and must team up with a security expert to find the truth and stop a vengeful stalker from punishing her in the flesh. Original.

A Novel of Suspense

Love Me to Death

"The first in Brennan's amazing new thriller series. Dive in and enjoy this nail-biter."--Catherine Coulter, NYT bestselling author of LABYRINTH An edgy female police detective...An ambitious FBI special agent. Together they are at the heart of the ticking-clock investigation for a psychopathic serial killer. The bond they forge in this crucible sets the stage for high-stakes suspense. Detective Kara Quinn, on leave from the LAPD, is on an early morning jog in her hometown of Liberty Lake when she comes upon the body of a young nurse. The manner of death shows a pattern of highly controlled rage. Meanwhile in DC, FBI special agent Mathias Costa is staffing his newly minted Mobile Response Team. Word reaches Matt that the Liberty Lake murder fits the profile of the compulsive Triple Killer. It will be the first case for the MRT. This time they have a chance to stop this zealous if elusive killer before he strikes again. But only if they can figure out who he is and where he is hiding before he disappears for another three years. The stakes are higher than ever before, because if they fail, one of their own will be next...

The Third to Die

The gruesome killing of eighteen-year-old Angie Vance and another young woman draws homicide detective Carina Kincaid into an uneasy alliance with Sheriff Nick Thomas, the brother of the prime suspect in the crime and a police officer still scarred by a recent encounter with a serial killer, as they join forces to trap a psychopath before more women die. Original.

A Novel

Speak No Evil

A debut entry in a new hardcover series by the best-selling author of Cold Snap introduces Maxine Revere, a nationally renowned investigator of cold cases who resolves in the wake of a suspicious suicide to prove an old friend's innocence of murder. 100,000 first printing

Notorious

New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan's newest thriller features the edgy young detective Kara Quinn and the ambitious special agent Matt Costa as part of a mobile FBI team brought in to investigate the unsolved murder of a college activist and its possible ties to high-stakes crime in the Southwest desert. Something mysterious is killing the wildlife in the mountains just south of Tucson. When a college intern turned activist sets out to collect her own evidence, she, too, ends up dead. Local law enforcement is slow to get involved. That's when the mobile FBI unit goes undercover to infiltrate the town and its copper refinery in search of possible leads. Quinn and Costa find themselves scouring the desolate landscape, which keeps revealing clues to something much darker--greed, child trafficking and more death. As the body count adds up, it's clear they have stumbled onto much more than they bargained for. Now they must figure out who is at the heart of this mayhem and stop them before more innocent lives are lost. A Quinn & Costa Thriller Book 1: The Third to Die Book 2: Tell No Lies

Tell No Lies

Cutting Edge

While using her cyber-hunting skills to help her boyfriend with his latest private investigation, Lucy Kincaid stumbles upon a serial killer who is cruising underground sex parties where drug-addled girls make for easy targets.

Kiss Me, Kill Me

Don't Open the Door

Cut and Run

While helping their friends stop malicious vandals targeting their new resort, aspiring FBI agent Lucy Kincaid and her P.I. boyfriend, Sean Rogan, stumble upon a dead body, which then disappears, leading them into the middle of a violent conspiracy. Original.

If I Should Die

A trainee at the FBI Academy, Lucy Kincaid, devoted to the fight against cyber sex crimes, must take down a prostitution ring through a joint task force in the White House and, with the help of her P.I. boyfriend Sean Rogan, will do anything to make sure that justice is served. Original. 500,000 first printing.

Silenced

When Tony Presidio is found dead, supposedly of a heart attack, Lucy Kincaid, a new trainee at the FBI Academy in Quantico, enlists the help of her PI boyfriend Sean Rogal to follow her suspicions that Tony was murdered.

Stalked

When Lucy Kincaid vanishes just before her high school graduation, her only hope is renegade FBI agent Kate Donovan, but Kate is hiding out in Mexico, desperate to clear her name of a trumped up murder charge.

Fear No Evil

North of Nowhere

A bomb explodes on a sunset charter cruise out of Friday Harbor at the height of tourist season and kills everyone on board. Now this fishing and boating community is in shock and asking who would commit such a heinous crime—the largest act of mass murder in the history of the San Juan Islands. Forensic profilers know there are two types of domestic terrorists: those who use violence to instill fear for political purposes but stop at murder because it detracts from the cause, and those who crave attention and are willing to maim and murder for their own agenda. Accused of putting profits before people after leaking fuel that caused a massive fish kill, the West End Charter company may itself have been the target. But as special agent Matt Costa, detective Kara Quinn and the rest of the FBI team begin their investigation, they discover that plenty of people might have wanted someone dead on that yacht. Now they must track down who is responsible and stop them before they strike again.

The Wrong Victim

Despite all the damaging evidence to the contrary, deputy district attorney Julia Chandler firmly believes the her niece Emily is innocent of the grisly slaying of her stepfather and hires private detective Connor Kincaid, a man with a grudge against her, to investigate the case. Original.

See No Evil

Staying in a borrowed Malibu beach house while her best-selling novel is made into a Hollywood film, Rowan Smith, a former FBI agent haunted by her past, finds her life becoming a nightmare when a dismembered body is found in Colorado, a victim who bears an all too striking resemblance to a character in her novel. Original.

The Prey

When Theodore Glenn escapes from prison, he continues the murdering spree ended by his incarceration seven years ago, but this time his target is the woman who put him behind bars--ex-stripper and club owner Robin McKenna.

Killing Fear

When a homeless veteran is murdered, FBI special agent Megan Elliott becomes involved in a national task force investigating a series of sadistic killings, and she enters into a reluctant alliance with soldier-for-hire Jack Kincaid.

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