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by Charlie Donlea (Author)
Silence of the Lambs meets Cruel Summer in GUESS AGAIN, as #1 internationally bestselling author Charlie Donlea dives into the long shadow of trauma on a small Wisconsin town, hybristophilia and the allure of evil, and the toll the truth can take on those who hunt for it...
For fans of Riley Sager, Anna Downes, Alex Finlay, Ashley Flowers, Stacy Willingham, and Karin Slaughter. A missing girl: 17-year-old Callie Jones was the all-American sweetheart of her small Wisconsin community. No one could have guessed that one summer night at her friends' lake party would be the last time anyone would see her. A highly publicized search followed, but her body was never found. Callie's case went cold. A former renegade cop 10 years ago, Ethan Hall was the detective assigned to Callie's case. When all leads slipped through his fingers and the trail went cold, Ethan's guilt led him to leave law enforcement and the trauma of the child crime unit. But now, when Ethan's former partner requests his help on the 10th anniversary of Callie's disappearance, Ethan reluctantly agrees to be brought back into the fold. A twisted killer Serial killer Francis Bernard was sentenced to life behind bars--but he has no plans to stay locked up in his tiny cell. When cop Ethan Hall turns to him for information on Callie's case, Francis sees his chance. Twisting him into his psychological web, Ethan thinks he's safe with Francis locked up, but little does Ethan know, Francis has hands on the outside. And she's willing to die for him. A woman with a dangerous obsession Eugenia Morgan is lucky, she knows some people spend a lifetime trying to find their soulmate, but she's already got hers. She just has to break him out of prison first...Author Biography
Charlie Donlea is the USA Today, IndieBound, and #1 internationally bestselling author of critically acclaimed, propulsive thrillers including The Girl Who Was Taken, Twenty Years Later, Some Choose Darkness, and Those Empty Eyes. Published in nearly 40 countries and translated into more than a dozen languages, his books have sold nearly 2.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Donlea has been praised for his "soaring pace, teasing plot twists" (BookPage) and talent for writing an ending that "makes your jaw drop" (The New York Times Book Review). He was born and raised in Chicago, where he continues to live with his wife and two children. Visit him online at CharlieDonlea.com.
