Susan Lund

Tess returns home to bury her father but what she finds buried in his attic makes her question everything she thought she knew about the mild-mannered trucker… PARADISE HILL, WASHINGTON The seemingly idyllic mountain town harbors a dark secret: four young girls have disappeared over a forty-year period. With no crime scenes, no leads and no suspects, the cases have gone cold. Until today. The remains of one missing girl are discovered in a burned-out cabin at a remote campsite, reopening the case and suggesting the worst may be true – a ruthless child killer is operating in Washington State. TESS MCCLINTOCK Crime reporter and amateur cyber-sleuth Tess is obsessed with the cold cases of missing girls in Washington State. As she works to settle her father's estate, she's shaken to her core when she uncovers evidence pointing to his involvement. FBI SPECIAL AGENT MICHAEL CARTER On leave after solving a particularly heartbreaking case of child abduction and murder for the FBI's Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force, Michael is back in Paradise Hill to recover and visit with family. Despite doctor's orders to stay clear of police work, Michael's drawn back in when Tess asks for his help understanding the secrets found in her father's attic. A RUTHLESS CHILD KILLER Having escaped justice for decades, he's bored and deliberately stirs the pot, revealing the body of one of the dead girls. Despite the fact he's hiding in plain sight, no one suspects that he's really a wolf and not the sheep he pretends to be. He sees Tess and Michael's involvement in the case as a challenge and views Tess as a temptation he can't resist. AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR OLD COLD CASE For Tess and Michael, the cases are personal: Tess's best friend in public school, Lisa Tate, was one of the missing girls from Paradise Hill. Michael was babysitting the night little Lisa vanished. The guilt they harbor over their role in her disappearance drives them both. Desperate for answers, Tess and Michael join forces to track a killer and uncover the secrets Tess finds in her father's attic. Will the answers bring Tess peace or shatter her? THE GIRL FROM PARADISE HILL is Book One in the McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Series. THE GIRL WHO CRIED TOO MUCH is Book Two in the McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Trilogy. THE ONLY GIRL LEFT ALIVE is Book Three, the conclusion to the series.

The McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Trilogy: Book One

The Girl From Paradise Hill

Tess returns home to bury her father but what she finds buried in his attic makes her question everything she thought she knew about the mild-mannered trucker... PARADISE HILL, WASHINGTON The seemingly idyllic mountain town harbors a dark secret: four young girls have disappeared over a forty-year period. With no crime scenes, no leads and no suspects, the cases have gone cold. Until today. The remains of one missing girl are discovered in a burned-out cabin at a remote campsite, reopening the case and suggesting the worst may be true - a ruthless child killer is operating in Washington State. TESS MCCLINTOCK Crime reporter and amateur cyber-sleuth Tess is obsessed with the cold cases of missing girls in Washington State. As she works to settle her father's estate, she's shaken to her core when she uncovers evidence pointing to his involvement. FBI SPECIAL AGENT MICHAEL CARTER On leave after solving a particularly heartbreaking case of child abduction and murder for the FBI's Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force, Michael is back in Paradise Hill to recover and visit with family. Despite doctor's orders to stay clear of police work, Michael's drawn back in when Tess asks for his help understanding the secrets found in her father's attic. A RUTHLESS CHILD KILLER Having escaped justice for decades, he bored and deliberately stirs the pot, revealing one of the dead girl's body. Despite hiding in plain sight, no one suspects that he's really a wolf and not the sheep he pretends to be. He sees Tess and Michael's involvement in the case as a challenge and views Tess as a temptation he can't resist. AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR OLD COLD CASE For Tess and Michael, the cases are personal: Tess's best friend in public school, Lisa Tate, was one of the missing girls from Paradise Hill. Michael was babysitting the night little Lisa vanished. The guilt they harbor over their role in her disappearance drives them both. Desperate for answers, Tess and Michael join forces to track a killer and uncover the secrets Tess finds in her father's attic. Will the answers bring Tess peace or shatter her? THE GIRL FROM PARADISE HILL is the first book in the McClintock-Carter crime thriller series.

A McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller

The Girl from Paradise Hill

For decades, girls have gone missing from the sleepy mountain town of Paradise Hill, Washington. When crime reporter Tess McClintock returns home to Paradise Hill to bury her father, she finds something buried in her father's attic that challenges everything she once thought about the mild-mannered trucker. She enlists the help of Special Agent Michael Carter, on leave due to PTSD after a traumatic child abduction case and a small boy that he couldn't save. Together, they track down a brilliant serial killer who has been operating in town for two decades, uncovering secrets that will shatter the peace of the small town in the mountains. The collection includes all three books in the trilogy.

The McClintock Carter Crime Thriller Trilogy: Books 1 - 3

The Girl From Paradise Hill Collection

A new missing persons case, a prime suspect and questions about an old friend challenge amateur sleuth and crime reporter Tess McClintock and FBI Special Agent Michael Carter in THE GIRL WHO RAN AWAY, the first book in The Girl Who Ran trilogy and another installment in the McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Series. Book Two, The Next Girl, will be released Summer 2019. While Tess McClintock finishes writing her articles about Eugene Kincaid for the Seattle Sentinel, the girlfriend and daughter of an old college friend go missing. When their car turns up abandoned on a remote logging road in the mountains, Tess's friend becomes the prime suspect. Tess enlists FBI Special Agent Michael Carter to help her discover whether her old friend is responsible for their disappearance.

The Girl Who Ran Trilogy: Book One

The Girl Who Ran Away

Introducing DEEP DARK FOREST: the second book in The Dark Series: A Michael Carter Cold Case Thriller by bestselling crime thriller author Susan Lund. Too many secrets are hidden in the deep dark forest… When the skeletal remains of a missing college student are found deep in the forest on the property of wealthy and prominent family, King County Cold Case Investigator Michael Carter and King County Medical Examiner Dr. Grace Keller are on the case. Wealthy, powerful and influential, the family has been above suspicion – until now… With leading legal professionals and powerful law enforcement members, the family has been a pillar of the community for decades, and appears to be above reproach, but Michael can’t help but dig deeper. He and Dr. Keller review the deaths connected to the family, including several that have been ruled accidental or natural. The killer knows every trick in the book... The family has friends in high places who work to protect them when Michael Carter’s investigation gets too close for comfort.

A Michael Carter Cold Case Thriller

Deep Dark Forest

Tess volta para casa para enterrar seu pai, mas o que ela encontra escondido em seu sótão a faz questionar tudo o que ela pensava que sabia sobre o caminhoneiro de boas maneiras ... PARADISE HILL, WASHINGTON A aparentemente idílica cidade montanhosa guarda um segredo sombrio: quatro meninas desaparecidas em um período de quarenta anos. Sem cenas de crime, sem pistas e sem suspeitos, os casos esfriaram. Até hoje. Os restos mortais de uma menina desaparecida são descobertos em uma cabana queimada em um acampamento remoto, reabrindo o caso e sugerindo que o pior possa ser verdade - um assassino de crianças implacável está operando no estado de Washington.TESS MCCLINTOCK Repórter criminal e detetive cibernética amadora, Tess está obcecada com os casos arquivados de meninas desaparecidas no estado de Washington. Enquanto ela trabalha para liquidar a propriedade de seu pai, ela fica abalada quando ela descobre evidências que apontam para o envolvimento dele. AGENTE ESPECIAL DO FBI MICHAEL CARTER Em licença após resolver um caso particularmente doloroso de sequestro e assassinato de crianças para a Força-Tarefa de Crimes Violentos contra Crianças do FBI, Michael está de volta a Paradise Hill para se recuperar e visitar a família. Apesar das ordens do médico para ficar longe do trabalho policial, Michael recua quando Tess pede sua ajuda para entender os segredos encontrados no sótão de seu pai. UM CRUEL ASSASSINO DE CRIANÇAS Tendo escapado da justiça por décadas, ele está entediado e deliberadamente mexe na panela, revelando o corpo de uma das meninas mortas. Apesar de estar escondido à vista de todos, ninguém suspeita que ele seja realmente um lobo e não a ovelha que finge ser. Ele vê o envolvimento de Tess e Michael no caso como um desafio e vê Tess como uma tentação à qual ele não consegue resistir. UM CASO FRIO DE DEZOITO ANOS Para Tess e Michael, os casos são pessoais: a melhor amiga de Tess na escola pública, Lisa Tate, era uma

A trilogia MCCLINTOCK-CARTER crime thriller

A garota de Paradise Hill

When the body of a young girl is discovered near the border between Washington State and Canada, her name is added to the list of missing and murdered girls from the region. Not long after, another young girl is found wandering a deserted road close to the border, telling a harrowing tale of abduction and rape at the hands of child pornographers. Michael Carter and Tess McClintock work together to help authorities find and stop the perpetrators before the next girl goes missing.

The Girl Who Ran Trilogy: Book Two

The Next Girl

When the body of a young runaway turns up near the border of Washington State and Canada, her name is added to the list of girls and young women who have gone missing or been murdered in the past three decades. Soon after, a young girl is found wandering a deserted road, telling a harrowing tale of captivity and abuse in a child sex and pornography ring. Michael Carter and Tess McClintock work together to find those responsible for the abductions and murders before the next girl goes missing.

A young teenage girl's body washes up on the beach near Deception Pass. Just another girl who disappeared in the night. Tess digs deeper into the missing and murdered girls and young women in the Pacific Northwest, and in the process comes a bit too close for comfort to the danger. The next book in the Salish Sea series, Deception Pass chronicles Tess and Michael's fight to stop a killer before he strikes again.

Deception Pass

A serial child killer plays with authorities and plans his next kill... Investigative reporter Tess McClintock and FBI Special Agent Michael Carter track down clues in the most important cold case to them both -- the disappearance of Tess's friend Lisa Tate, who went missing from Michael's back yard almost twenty years earlier. Working together, they uncover evidence that suggests a different killer than the police and FBI have identified. One mistake by the killer leads Tess to take risks to find out the truth, putting herself in danger The chilling conclusion to the McClintock-Carter Crime thriller trilogy, THE ONLY GIRL LEFT ALIVE follows Tess and Michael as they search for the truth about the case that links them together and which sent them both on the path back to Paradise Hill.

A McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Trilogy: Book Three

The Only Girl Left Alive

THREE COLD CASES CLOSED With the closure of the oldest cold case in Paradise Hill, and the potential closure of two more, amateur sleuth and crime reporter Tess McClintock continues to work with FBI Special Agent Michael Carter. When doubts about the killer's identity arise, Tess and Michael to dig deeper into the cases, with help from members of The Missing - the internet sleuth group Tess belongs to. A KILLER ENJOYING THE MAYHEM While they get closer to the truth, Tess and Michael also grow closer, and their budding romance complicating the investigation. The real killer continues to target Tess, toying with her and Michael while he plots his next move. NEW EVIDENCE POINTS TO A NEW SUSPECT New evidence suggests another suspect may have been involved and police and FBI Agents rush to investigate, struggling to separate fact from fiction. THE GIRL WHO CRIED TOO MUCH, the second book in the McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Series, follows Tess and Michael as they fight to stop a ruthless killer before he strikes again. THE ONLY GIRL LEFT ALIVE, is the third book and the conclusion to the series.

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