Mary Stone

Donna Berdel

Say the words... In a dark basement, a cold-blooded killer pits friend against friend, torturing one until the other says the horrible words that will end their friend's suffering. He's gotten away with murder for years. Until now... Ellie Kline can't remember most of her kidnapping when she was fifteen, but that night has shaped her life. Instead of cowering, that horrible night made her strong. Determined to prove herself as a cop despite being heir to the Kline fortune, she never backs down, and she never takes no for an answer. When the daring takedown of a suspect catapults her into the spotlight, it earns her a promotion...and the admiration of a killer. Now a detective assigned to the Cold Case Unit, Ellie is drawn into the mysterious murder of a young, unidentified college-age woman with no missing persons' report, no leads, and no evidence. Even more shocking is that, while she was tortured extensively, her death was quick. But as Ellie delves deeper, she discovers a startling connection between the woman found dismembered in a park and another Jane Doe case. Is there more? As hazy memories of her own past begin to surface, it's not only her family and the brass at Charleston PD who are watching her every move. Someone lurks in the shadows, ready to kill if Ellie's journey into history gets too close to the cold truth. A riveting roller coaster ride of a psychological thriller, Cold Truth is the first book of the Ellie Kline Series that will make you consider adding a second lock to your door. Scroll up to one-click your copy today!

Cold Truth

Everyone has a purpose. Some are just darker than others. Always calm, cool, and collected, Savannah PD Detective Charli Cross compensates for her petite five-foot frame with an impenetrable exterior and pragmatic competence. It's an approach that catapulted her to the rank of detective at twenty-three and contributes to her and her partner's unequaled murder clearance rate. But when a bird-watching couple discover the remains of a teenage girl stuffed in a storage container, Charli's composure starts to crack. Not only is the murder horrifying, it dredges up memories of Charli's best friend. Madeline was only sixteen when her body was found a mere half-mile from the grisly discovery. Add the sadistic sexual component to this recent crime, as well as the location of the body, and Charli fears they are facing the hallmarks of the worst kind of serial killer-one who's organized and thorough. One intent on fulfilling his dark purpose. Charli wants to stay unemotional. But when more victims are discovered, she is determined to stop the killer before he strikes again. This time, it's not just her job. It's personal. Spine-tingling and chilling, Dark Purpose is the adrenaline-charged first book in the Charli Cross series from bestselling author Mary Stone-guaranteed to ensure you never walk home alone again. Scroll up to grab your copy today!

Dark Purpose

The deadliest monsters live outside the shadows... Katarina, The Master's protégé, is making a comeback one mark at a time, but she's slowly losing her razor-sharp edge. Seeking revenge, she's making bloody mistakes that just might cost her the one true desire of her heart. When The Master-aka Dr. Kingsley, the monster who kidnapped Cold Case Detective Ellie Kline as a teen-surfaces, Ellie and Special Agent Clay Lockwood track him to Florida. Each new horrifying clue adds a new whirl to the circle of evil that's growing wider and wider. Now, it's circling back on itself. When Ellie was a beat cop, she saved a child from Katarina's clutches. Little Harmony is missing again. This time, a secret is being exposed one terrible illegal adoption at a time. The circle's evil fingers are wrapping tighter around Harmony. It's a race to the rescue with the life of an innocent child at stake...and hundreds more. A blood-pumping chase to stop a monster turns high stakes in Cold Shadows, the sixth book of the Ellie Kline Series. Before you begin reading...count your knives. Scroll up to one-click your copy today!

Cold Shadows

Kill or be killed... Despite her blossoming relationship with Clay Lockwood, Charleston police detective Ellie Kline will never find her happily ever after until Dr. Lawrence Kingsley is locked away for good...or dead. Not only did the sociopathic psychiatrist kidnap Ellie when she was fifteen, the serial killer has murdered or traumatized everyone Ellie has sworn to protect. She's no longer looking for justice...she's looking for vengeance. Now, with Kingsley's protégé in a psych ward, it's up to Ellie to find Katarina's young daughter, Bethany, the latest victim of Kingsley's monstrous machinations, before he kills again. But there's nothing Kingsley loves more than a game of cat and mouse, with Ellie as his unwilling opponent. Before long, Ellie is drawn into the doctor's twisted game as he leaves her clues that lead her on a dangerous hunt-one that could finally put an end to Kingsley...or to Ellie and everyone she loves. Lock your doors, steel yourself, and hold on tight for Cold Death, the bone-chillingly nerve-racking and thrilling conclusion to the Ellie Kline Series. Scroll up to grab your copy today!

Cold Death

The cold trail offers no place to hide... On New Year's Eve, Charleston Cold Case Detective Ellie Kline vows this will be the year she finally brings Dr. Lawrence Kingsley to justice. Not only did the elusive serial killer force her to play his twisted games as a teen, but his reign of terror has killed countless other victims and traumatized the few who survived. When her boss hands her the files containing dozens of trafficked children, she's instructed to close as many as possible. Drawn by the case of a twelve-year-old boy who disappeared sixteen years ago, Ellie decides that Kingsley-who also vanished without a trace-will have to wait. Before long, the autistic boy isn't the only missing person Ellie must follow the clues to find. One by one, those who once escaped Kingsley's snare begin to disappear. It's only a matter of time before Ellie's next. Each shocking twist and turn of Cold Trail, the eighth book of Mary Stone and Donna Berdel's Ellie Kline series, leads to a wild goose chase where the hunter becomes the hunted in a thriller that will convince you of one thing...safety is only an illusion. Scroll up to grab your copy today!

Cold Trail

Sometimes the prey eats the predator... The only way to take his power from women is to kill. Lucky's playground is America's cold highways, and in twenty years he's never been caught. Only perfected his skills, leaving countless victims in his dust. Dr. Kingsley, the man who kidnapped Detective Ellie Kline when she was fifteen, is in the wind. But if he's incapacitated and on the FBI's Most Wanted list, has someone taken his place? Partnered with Special Agent Clay Lockwood to crack open a case as horrifying as the human trafficking ring Ellie and the Charleston PD broke open, all signs point to a new master, or mistress, of a terror that went under with the master. But Ellie is determined more than ever to bring this ring of terror down, and she's now got Special Agent Clay Lockwood at her side. When someone very close to Ellie is taken, the hunt turns personal once again. A hair-raising hunt for a predator turns deadly in Cold Highway, the fourth book of the Ellie Kline Series that will make you howl for mercy. Scroll up to one-click your copy today!

Cold Highway

Hunt or be hunted... On a farm in the backwoods of Charleston, South Carolina, a hunter stalks prey-the two legged kind. And it's not the first time. New players have emerged in the underground human trafficking ring lurking in the shadows of the dignified city, ramping up the stakes. Coming off the high of solving her first case as a Charleston PD detective, Ellie Kline has linked several Cold Cases together, leading her to the chilling discovery that a serial killer has been watching her for years. Details from the night she was kidnapped when she was fifteen are surfacing, but not fast enough. The man whose voice she still hears in her head is a brutal killer, one responsible for countless murders of women. She has to find him, stop him. Assigned to a new John Doe cold case, Ellie is surprised to also find evidence of a missing woman. Suspicions that her beloved city of Southern charm is the center of an ever swirling circle of human trafficking become all too real. When a lead takes her into the darkest parts of the internet, she's one step closer to solving her own abduction. Ellie's case will take her on a cold and dangerous hunt that leads her to a truth no one could have predicted. A hypnotic, perilous psychological thriller, Cold Hunt is the second book of the Ellie Kline Series that will have you looking over your shoulder at every creak. Scroll up to one-click your copy today!

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