The Drowned Girls (Angie Pallorino Book 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01JGIOO2Q |
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| Number of Pages | : | 553 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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“A nicely paced thriller that will keep readers entertained and on the edge of their seats.” —RT Book Reviews“Tense and mesmerizing, and not for the faint of heart.” —Omnivoracious“A superbly plotted, intense romantic thriller.…Strongly recommended for fans of edgy heroines and gritty romantic suspense.” —All About Romance“It’s a race against time that will pull you in, have you guessing until the end, and have you wanting to bite your nails to the quick.” —Night Owl Reviews, Top Pick
A three-time RITA finalist, she has also won the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, the National Readers’ Choice Award, and the Romantic Crown for Best Romantic Suspense and Best Book Overall, in addition to being a Booksellers’ Best finalist, a multiple Daphne Du Maurier Award finalist, and a multiple CataRomance Reviewers’
Excellent! I didn't even need to read the blurb to know that I want to read a Loreth Anne White's book.As soon as I saw this cover and saw her name, my finger was requesting the book.The Drowned Girls is everything I have come to expect from Loreth Anne White. Her characters are always well developed and interesting. Usually, they are damaged and trying to find their way.Our main characters are Detective Angie Pallorino and James Maddocks.Detective Angie P. ""Do You Reject Satan and All His Works"" according to Susan. Special Victims Unit, Metro Victoria Police Department. Detective Angie Pallorino is a mess! Her mother has been institutionalized with severe schizophrenia and dementia; five months ago her partner and a little girl died and she blames herself, not the perp. All she can do to keep the pain away is immerse herself in work, over-exercise, and have anonymous, unsafe sex. ".as Angie knew all too intimately, at the heart of all life, and death, was . READ THIS BOOK! THIS! This book! Just wow! So Dark, gritty and many secrets. This is what I look for when I read suspense. Kept me guessing until almost the end. Thank you Loreth and NetGalley for the opportunity to read it!
Then he disappeared.But Detective Angie Pallorino hasn’t forgotten the violent rapist who left a distinctive calling card—crosses etched into the flesh of his victims’ foreheads. But as their search for the killer intensifies, so does their mutual desire. Could he be back?Then the body of a drowned young woman, also bearing the marks of the serial rapist, floats up in the Gorge, and the hunt for a predator becomes a hunt for a killer. But her private life collides with her professional ambitions when she’s introduced to her temporary partner, James Maddocks—a man she’d met just the night before in an intense, anonymous encounter.Together, Angi