Leslie Wolfe

The Surgeon

Her daughter, with emerald eyes and the sweetest smile, is everything to her. Her whole world. “Mommy,” the little girl says, touching her mother’s face with trembling fingers before she’s torn away. “Don’t cry.” Will she ever see her again?

When single mother Alison Nolan sets off with her six-year-old daughter, Hazel, she can’t wait to spend precious time with her girl. A vacation in Silent Lake, where snow-topped mountains are surrounded by the colors of fall, is just what they need. But hours later, Alison and Hazel vanish into thin air.

Detective Kay Sharp rushes to the scene. The only evidence that they were ever there is an abandoned rental car with a suitcase in the back, gummy bears in the open glove compartment and a teddy bear on the floor.

Kay’s mind spins. A week before, the body of another woman from out of town was found wrapped in a blanket, her hair braided and tied with feathers. Instinct tells her that the cases are connected––and it won’t be long until more innocent lives are lost.

As Kay leads a frenzied search, time is against her, but she vows that Alison and little Hazel will be found alive. She works around the clock, even though the small town is up in arms, saying she’s asking too many questions. Then she uncovers a vital clue – a photograph of the blanket that the first victim was buried in.

Just when Kay thinks she’s found the missing piece, she realises she’s being watched. Is she getting too close, or is her own past catching up with her?

With a little girl’s life on the line, Kay will stop at nothing. But will it be enough to get inside the mind of the most twisted killer she has ever encountered, or will another blameless child be taken?

The Girl from Silent Lake (Detective Kay Sharp #1)

A GRIPPING SERIAL KILLER THRILLERHer blue eyes wide open, glossed over. A few specks of sand clung to her long, dark lashes. Her beautiful face, immobile, covered in sparkling flecks of sand. Her lips slightly parted as if to let a last breath escape.Who is the beautiful girl found at dawn on a deserted stretch of white sand beach? What is her secret?FBI Special Agent Tess Winnett searches for answers relentlessly. With each step, each new finding, she uncovers unsettling facts leading to a single possible conclusion: Dawn Girl is not the only victim. Her killer has killed before. Hiding a terrible secret of her own, Special Agent Tess Winnett faces her inmost fears, in a heart-stopping race to catch a killer who's getting ready to end yet another life. Will she find the killer in time? Will she be able to stop him? At what cost?The rules of the game have changed. So has the textbook definition of a serial killer.Special Agent Tess Winnett is the bold, direct, and short-fused heroine of Dawn Girl. Putting her life on the line, she doesn't pull any punches, searching only for the truth, and for the man who takes lives on her watch. Intelligent, resourceful, and uncompromising, Tess will take readers on a memorable, white-knuckled journey in this suspenseful, gripping serial killer thriller. Fans of David Baldacci and James Patterson will enjoy Leslie Wolfe.

Dawn Girl

Laura testemunhou a morte da família, mas o choque apagou-lhe da memória tudo o que aconteceu nessa fatídica noite. O assassino pode ser qualquer pessoa. Enquanto a polícia tenta que ela se recorde do que sucedeu, o homicida vai tentar matar a única testemunha viva do crime: ela. Por puro instinto de sobrevivência, a menina de cinco anos escondeu-se até que os gritos acabassem. A seguir, um silêncio mortal invadiu a casa. Isto foi há quinze anos. Durante esse tempo, Laura Watson acreditou que o assassino da família se encontrava preso, aguardando a execução no corredor da morte. Mas, enquanto tenta seguir com a vida junto da família adotiva, não consegue libertar-se do medo e da incerteza de um dia se lembrar do que ocorreu. Quando uma aclamada psicóloga propõe a Laura ajudá-la a recuperar as lembranças, ela aceita, ansiosa por lançar alguma luz sobre o seu passado adormecido. O que não sabe é que, quanto mais mergulha nas memórias, mais se torna um alvo para o assassino, que está à solta e não pode permitir que a verdade seja desvendada.

A Rapariga Que Sobreviveu

Os olhos azuis vidrados, o belo rosto, inerte, coberto de cintilantes grãos de areia. Os lábios entreabertos, como que para libertar um último suspiro. Quem é a bela rapariga encontrada ao amanhecer numa praia deserta? Qual é o seu segredo? A agente especial Tess Winnett, do FBI, procura incessantemente respostas. A cada passo, a cada nova descoberta, desvenda factos perturbadores que conduzem à mesma conclusão: aquela não foi a única vítima. O assassino que procuram já matou antes. Escondendo também um terrível segredo, a agente Tess Winnett enfrenta os seus receios mais profundos, numa emocionante corrida para apanhar o assassino, que se prepara para acabar com outra vida. Descobri-lo-á a tempo? Será capaz de o deter? A que preço? AS REGRAS DO JOGO MUDARAM. TAL COMO A DEFINIÇÃO DE SERIAL KILLER. TODOS DESEJAMOS TER ALGUÉM. MAS ESTAREMOS DISPOSTOS A MORRER POR ISSO? A agente especial Tess Winnett é apaixonada, ousada, forte e temperamental. Não hesita em arriscar a vida, numa busca incessante por toda a verdade e por um seria killer cruel que anda a tirar vidas sem piedade. Inteligente, desenvolta e teimosa, Tess levará os leitores numa memorável e aterradora investigação neste empolgante e apaixonante thriller.

A Rapariga Sem Nome

O seu rosto bonito, sereno e imóvel, apoiado sobre o braço. O seu cabelo longo e luxuriante, ondulando suavemente na brisa noturna. Os seus olhos semicerrados e um ténue sorriso nos lábios pálidos, como se acolhesse um amante invisível. Quando o corpo de uma jovem é encontrado no jardim da sua própria casa, uma semana após o seu desaparecimento, as provas levam os investigadores a uma conclusão assustadora: ela não é a primeira vítima de um assassino em série que até então agira nas sombras. E, definitivamente, não será a última. A agente especial do FBI Tess Winnett junta-se aos detetives locais em busca de respostas na intrigante investigação. O agressor deixa atrás de si uma série de indícios, mas nenhuma pista viável. Quando outro corpo é encontrado, a busca intensifica-se, fazendo emergir a invulgar imagem de marca do assassino. Ele gosta de perseguir as suas vítimas antes de sequestrá-las. Ele gosta de lhes oferecer um vislumbre do que está para chegar. Um presságio do futuro sem retorno. Junte-se à inteligente e implacável agente do FBI Tess Winnett e à sua experiente equipa numa verdadeira caça ao homem. Uma história de fazer parar o coração e perder o fôlego, em busca de um assassino inteligente e implacável, levando o leitor num turbilhão vertiginoso repleto de mistério, ação e suspense.

A Rapariga Fatal

A Rapariga da Rosa

Glimpse of Death

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The Watson Girl

If you’re reading this, I’ve gone missing.

I close the binder I’ve been writing in, and walk into the living room. As I stare out of the window at your house next door, I think about all the things I stand to lose if someone comes for me. My handsome, loving husband, who has no idea what I’ve done. My family, who have supported me no matter what. This beautiful home near the ocean, where I thought I would be safe.

Everyone says that I’m paranoid, but I just think I’m prepared. My secrets have placed me in terrible danger.

So if the worst happens, this binder contains everything you’ll need to find me, hidden in a place only you could guess. You’ve always known me best of everyone, ever since we were girls. You’ll be able to put the pieces together and uncover the truth.

Only you can find me. But you’ll need to do it fast.

Because if you don’t, all your lies will come to light too…

From the no.1 Kindle and Amazon charts bestselling author of The Surgeon, comes an outrageously twisty and compelling psychological thriller that you simply won’t be able to put down! Perfect for fans of Shari Lapena, Gillian Flynn and Freida McFadden.

If I Go Missing

Not Really Dead

Where her daughter had played Gretel in front of a cheering audience, only two faint stage lights remained. The theater was deserted and eerily silent; the only sound she could hear was her own heart, pounding in a frenzy against her chest. She rushed outside and stopped sharply at the top of the stairs, stunned, her blood turned to icicles. Darkness had fallen, thick and filled with ocean mist, lampposts like ghosts sprinkling yellow haloes in the sky. Paige was gone. They'd taken her little girl. "Wow. I think I just fell head over heels in love with a fictional character. Tess Winnett is one of the smartest FBI agents and profilers I have come across yet and with analytical skills to rival Sherlock Holmes. Hats off to Leslie Wolfe for easily the best thriller I have read in this genre for many, many years!" - Manie Kilianon ?????The girl: takenAfter nine-year-old Paige disappears without a trace, FBI Special Agent Tess Winnett is called to investigate one of the boldest kidnappings the bureau has seen. The girl was taken from a theater filled with witnesses, in the middle of a children's play. And no one saw anything. Starting a frenzied search and following leads that seem to suggest a link to the girl's father, the state district attorney, Tess is stunned to learn of a ransom call that points to an entirely different motive, old as time itself: money. The first twenty-four hours: criticalFrantic for answers and painfully aware of each passing moment, Tess has a choice to make: trust her instinct and follow the leads that seem to indicate an organized crime connection? Or give into the demands of the parents and assist with the ransom payment? The odds of finding Paige alive drop with every second passing by and making the wrong choice would seal her fate. Her blood would be on her hands.

The Girl They Took

"FBI Special Agent Tess Winnett searches for answers relentessly. With each step, each new finding, she discovers unsettling facts leading to a single possible conclusion. Dawn Girl is not the only victim. Her killer has killed before. So has the textbook definition of a serial killer."--Page 4 of cover

Taker of Lives

Mile High Death

A Rapariga que Desapareceu

Her chestnut hair, long and shiny, fanned around her head, moving gently in the wind. Her eyes, still open, stared at the back door, and her hand stretched out in a pleading gesture. Her lips, pale under the rosy lip gloss, were parted slightly as if to whisper one last word, to draw one last breath.

9 HOURS AGO: In a sleepy mountain town, widow Cheryl Coleman stares anxiously out of her kitchen window while a storm rages outside. When the knock comes, she glances back at her daughters before opening the door with trembling hands…

NOW: Detective Kay Sharp vows to get to the bottom of a heartbreaking murder that has rocked Mount Chester. A single mother has been brutally killed in front of her three daughters. The youngest, three-year-old Erin, is lying inches from the body, her pigtails loose, her face tear-stained. Eight-year-old Heather is discovered hiding under her bed. Sixteen-year-old Julie is nowhere to be found.

The first twenty-four hours are critical in child abductions, and the girls are the key to saving their missing sister. But Heather is in shock, unable to communicate, and all tiny Erin can say is “A monster came”. When Kay finds three suitcases lined up in the hallway, it’s clear that the family were about to run away. But why? And who were they trying to escape?

Thanks to her own past, Kay knows all about traumatic childhoods shrouded in tragedy, and she works around the clock to get justice for the orphaned girls. Turning the town upside down, she uncovers the shocking truth about their peaceful community: it’s home to a serial killer who preys on helpless girls. Faced with the most twisted case of her career, can she catch the monster before another innocent life is lost?

The Angel Creek Girls (Detective Kay Sharp #3)

Detectives Laura Baxter and Jack Holt are members of the elite: Las Vegas Metro PD, one of the toughest and most respected law enforcement agencies in United States. In the middle of city with 2 million residents and 43 million annual visitors, they¿re hunting for a killer. The crime: audaciousIn the middle of a glamorous Las Vegas hotel, in front of hundreds of witnesses and under the lenses of countless video surveillance cameras, a young girl is brutally murdered. What promises to be a quick and easy investigation soon becomes a nightmare. The most recorded crime in Vegas is missing one key protagonist, the killer.The forensics: stupefyingA crime-scene fingerprint unleashes dozens of unsettling questions instead of providing answers. Was this a murder for hire? In the politically-charged case, the scenario seems plausible; the victim¿s secret life could¿ve been the obstacle in an ambitious politician¿s path. As the investigation unspools the well-concealed secrets surrounding the victim¿s life, Baxter and Holt attract the attention of someone desperate to keep history¿s deadly secrets buried.The truth: shockingA testimony from beyond the grave turns into a death warrant for the two unrelenting detectives. While they expose a connection with the victim¿s distant past that could hold the key to catching her killer, they must learn to rely on each other to survive. Two mavericks don¿t make a team. Baxter and Holt trust each other with their lives, only not with their darkest secrets.

Las Vegas Girl

She looked alive, her hair drifting freely in the water, her red lips gently parted, as if to let her final breath escape. A small locket floated by her face, attached to her neck with a silver chain…

When Detective Kay Sharp first left Mount Chester—population 3,823—in her rear-view mirror, she promised never to look back. The town only contained bad memories and dark secrets. But when a brutal crime surfaces, she finds herself home once more, and this time she’s not going anywhere.

Kay is called to Blackwater River, where the body of a seventeen-year-old girl has been found. Surrounded by snowy peaks and a forest alive with the colors of fall, the victim floats in the water, a hand-carved locket around her neck.

The locket seems strangely familiar. Digging into cold cases, Kay discovers that three-year-old Rose Harrelson was wearing it when she vanished fourteen years ago. In the middle of the night, the little girl’s bedroom—with Mickey Mouse on the wall and a hanging baby mobile—was suddenly empty. The unsolved case still haunts the town.

But the teenager they have found has been dead for only a few hours. If the girl in the river is Rose, where has she been? Who has been hiding her all these years? Kay knows she must solve the kidnapping in order to untangle the mystery of the dead body.

Then Kay receives a shocking call. The dead girl has been identified—and she’s not Rose. So why is she wearing the locket, and what happened to the missing child from all those years ago? As Kay unearths a web of lies and deceit spun for decades, the close-knit community will never be the same. And Kay will find herself facing a truly terrifying killer…

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