GOLD MEDAL WINNER FOR BEST GENRE FICTION 2025 FROM INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERs OF NEW ENGLAND.
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A MOTHER SEEKS REVENGEAfter her daughter bleeds out from a miscarriage in Texas, Patricia Scott kills the doctor who'd failed to give her daughter the medical care she needed. Her next target is the attorney who'd advised the doctor out of personal ambition. Lizzie Vaughn, an investigator with her own dark past, is hired by the doctor's widow after police labeled her husband's death a suicide. Lizzie's hunt for the killer becomes more complicated and dangerous when she also is tapped to find a young woman with a heart condition who has been kidnapped to prevent her from ending a life-threatening pregnancy and whose fate intertwines with Patricia's plans for revenge. Can Lizzie and Patricia set aside their individual quests to prevent another tragedy?
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ERIC HOFFER GENRE FINALIST 2025 SILVER FALCHION JUDGES TOP PICK 2025 PRAISE FOR DEADLY CHOICE |
KIRKUS REVIEWS:
"...Multiple vectors of suspense that keep the reader hooked.
Compelling characters stop at nothing to achieve their ends in this very contemporary thriller."
"...Multiple vectors of suspense that keep the reader hooked.
Compelling characters stop at nothing to achieve their ends in this very contemporary thriller."
MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW:
"...Exquisite tension by juxtaposing diverse lifestyles and characters creates a feel of rich discovery as deadly secrets and circumstances blossom...a perfect storm of creative insights... A delightful foundation of psychological depth."
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