T J Brearton

A GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GONE. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Immediately grabbed my interest and kept me turning the pages late into the night. This fast-paced thriller is full of twists and turns I didn't see coming." Sheila N. THE PERFECT FIANCÉ OR A MURDERER'S SON? It's him. Tom. I helped put his mom in prison for life. She killed his father. I recognize the sharp nose and flare to the nostrils. His thick eyebrows and defined cheekbones. But mostly it's the eyes. Sea green. THE CONCERNED MOTHER. But my daughter, Joni, keeps calling him Michael. And they're here at the lake house telling us they're getting married. SHE LOVES HIM. BUT I KNOW HE'S LYING. It must be him. But what do I say? Suddenly I'm thrust back fifteen years, looking through photos of a violent and bloody murder scene. I can't be 100% sure. We haven't been the perfect family. But we got through it together. I will do anything to protect us, to protect the life we've fought for. WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? A gripping psychological thriller ready to be devoured by fans of K.L. Slater, Patricia MacDonald, Teresa Driscoll, Lisa Jewell, Natalie Barelli, Shalini Boland, Alex Michaelides and Susanna Beard. READERS LOVE HER PERFECT SECRET: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Brearton kept me guessing until the end. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to a friend. Great for those who like fast-paced mystery thrillers." S.N. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I loved this one . . . The characters were well rounded and the narrative felt believable. Gave me chills. Solid five." Morgan S. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A captivating psychological thriller . . . It kept me guessing with a totally surprising ending. Well worth the read." Carole S. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "There are so many layers to this story . . . loved it." Aileen G. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A very good read . . . This book kept me guessing until the end." Barbara ALSO BY T.J. BREARTON THE NORTH COUNTRY SERIES Book 1: DARK WEB Book 2: DARK KILLS Book 3: GONE THE TITAN SERIES Book 1: HABIT Book 2: SURVIVORS Book 3: DAYBREAK Book 4: BLACK SOUL SPECIAL AGENT TOM LANGE Book 1: DEAD GONE Book 2: TRUTH OR DEAD Book 3: DEAD OR ALIVE STANDALONE NOVELS HER PERFECT SECRET HIGH WATER THE HUSBANDS WHEN HE VANISHED

HER PERFECT SECRET a Totally Gripping Psychological Thriller

"Smart, surprising, and fast-paced...an excellent book. There were so many small moments that I really related to and were just brilliant. -Lisa Regan, author of Vanishing Girls A MIND-BENDING CRIME THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HER HUSBAND'S LIES. A PUBLIC SHOOTING After surviving a public shooting and saving someone in the process, Alex Baines's life is forever altered. His marriage hangs by a thread. His leg is shattered from a bullet wound. And evidence is piling up that the attack was not random... A GUNMAN WITH SECRETS State Investigator Raquel Roth has never seen a case like this. A criminal who makes major mistakes, yet seems to have a master plan. And is someone pulling his strings? A WOMAN WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING TO KEEP HER FAMILY SAFE. Corrine Baines begins to worry someone is after her and her children, too. Everyone becomes a suspect in the plot to hurt her husband - who can she trust? While the investigators race to prevent a terrifying new development in the case, Alex must confront the man who tried to kill him. And Corrine must fight for her life... and the life of her children. THE DARK IS ALWAYS WAITING is a crime thriller that will make you question what's real until the very end, from one twist to the next. Find out the truth and start reading! *This book was previously published as Breathing Fire, but has been completely revised into this definitive version.

A Mind-bending Crime Thriller

The Dark is Always Waiting

A gripping new detective mystery from best-selling crime writer T.J. Brearton You won't want to put this one down. It's got two great detectives, a really evocative setting, and a fast-paced story full of twists and turns, all leading to a stunning and surprising conclusion." Ann Abrams Who is murdering female college students and can they be stopped? The only link between the victims is their participation in an unusual psychology experiment. Leading the investigation is Detective Dana Gates. She has a past no one talks about and a husband and daughters she hardly ever sees. She's a dedicated, by-the-book investigator. And now a serial killer is ripping through the local college campus, and everything she knows is going to change. Robert Hamill, her police partner, is a wild card. Unmarried, no kids, Hamill is Dana's polar opposite. But as the case progresses their differing methods threaten to tear them apart. Hamill breaks with procedure to uncover a list naming potential victims, but the two detectives must work together to stop any more girls from turning up dead. If you like Jeffery Deaver, Linwood Barclay, Lisa Unger Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, or Mel Sherratt, you will be gripped by this new mystery novel. Dark Kills is set in the North Country, a region of New York State that includes the Adirondack Park and the Champlain Valley. Remote, rugged, naturally beautiful, the North Country features copious lakes, rivers, mountains, and wildlife. It is home to some of the richest - and poorest - people in the state. Seasoned individualists make their woodland homes, hard-working families struggle through brutally cold winters in dependent counties, the affluent build their second homes along the pristine lakes. Having spent much of his life living and working in the North Country, it is a place which the author knows intimately. Some of the villages and cities in Dark Kills have been fictionalized, others, like Plattsburgh, are real. ALSO AVAILABLE BY T.J. BREARTON DARK WEB A brilliant detective mystery. Who killed a teenager and left the body in the snow? A WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN A FARMHOUSE A woman found dead in a remote farmhouse begins a gripping series of fast-paced detective thrillers unravelling a dark conspiracy. HIGHWATER An extraordinary and atmospheric supernatural thriller.

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