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     Three separate homicides.   Three unrelated victims.    One grisly secret.

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Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles and Kathy Reichs, comes an explosive debut thriller about a team of two strong women and a crime that will shake you to your core.

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             About A Desperate Place
                A McKenna and Riggs Novel
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When the body of famous actress Niki Francis is unearthed from its shallow grave by a hungry bear, the residents of Medford, Oregon are alarmed, but sure the murder is a singular crime. After all, there should be plenty of motives and suspects--Niki had fame, wealth, beauty. Shockingly more murders soon follow and all are linked to the same gruesome clue, setting the whole town on edge.

         A non stop thrill ride!

         Turn the first page and you're hooked.


—Jeffrey Deaver, #1 international bestselling author of The Bone Collector and Solitude Creek

  About Jennifer

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 Jennifer began her writing career as a journalist. She graduated from California State University, Fresno with a degree in journalism and English Literature. While still in college she worked as a crime reporter for the Fresno Bee.

 

     Interested in foreign affairs she traveled to Russia in the late 80’s and lived in London studying art and literature.

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Coming October 7, 2025

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     On a snowy Christmas Eve journalist Whit McKenna is called to cover a murder. Friend Katie Riggs, medical examiner detective, is already on the scene of the  vigilante killing.

     The leads for both women turn a twisted path down a long forgotten trail to a newly awakened serial killer.         

     Now a young girl is missing and all the leads point to a dead man.

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