Snow Creek by Gregg Olsen
Description
Footprints were scattered about like fallen leaves. She looked down into the ravine, and once more her lungs filled with fear. A body, blackened and motionless lay splayed out in the bushes.
Detective Megan Carpenter is no stranger to evil. Escaping the horrors of her old life, she’s vowed never to let anyone hurt her or those she loves ever again. Joining the small police force in Jefferson County’s Port Townsend, Megan is determined to get every victim of a crime the justice they deserve.
So when Ruth Turner walks into the Sheriff’s office claiming her sister Ida Watson has been missing for over a month, Megan’s instincts tell her that she needs to do more than just file a report.
Arriving at a secluded farmhouse in the hills above Snow Creek, she finds Ida’s teenage children alone and frightened.
Then a few days later, close to the Watsons’ home, the blackened body of a woman is discovered in an abandoned pickup truck.
Megan must unravel the disturbing secrets of the isolated Snow Creek community if she is to catch the killer.
But Megan has dark secrets of her own too…
Hidden in the back of her closet is a box of tapes containing every single recording of her therapy sessions with Doctor Albright over thirteen years ago. As Megan begins to play the tapes, she’s taken straight back to her terrifying childhood, back to the time she was a kid called Rylee, fighting to survive.
Can Megan finally confront the past she’s spent years trying to block out and will listening to her own painful story help her solve the complex case she is now entangled in?
From the Number One New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author, comes an absolutely heart-stopping and completely unputdownable crime series, introducing Detective Megan Carpenter.
A Note From the Publisher
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Advance Praise
Read what everyone is saying about Gregg Olsen:
‘Olsen will scare you – and you’ll love it.’ Lee Child
‘With The Last Thing She Ever Did, Gregg Olsen delivers an edgy, tension-filled, roller-coaster ride of a novel that will thrill and devastate in equal measure.’ Linda Castillo, New York Times bestselling author
‘Wickedly clever! Twisted.‘ Lisa Gardner
‘Lying Next to Me is a clever, chilling puzzle of a tale. A riveting, sharp-edged page-turner, it’s Gregg Olsen’s best book yet.’ A.J. Banner, USA Today bestselling author
‘Gregg Olsen pens brilliant, creepy, page-turning, heart-pounding novels of suspense that always keep me up at night.’ Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author
‘Olsen's latest examines how a terrible, split-second decision has lingering effects, and the past echoes the present. Full of unexpected twists, The Last Thing She Ever Did will keep you guessing to the last line.’ J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of Lie To Me
‘Master storyteller Gregg Olsen continues to take readers hostage with another spellbinding tale of relentless, pulse-pounding suspense.’ Rick Mofina, international bestselling author of Last Seen
‘Tense. Well-crafted. Gripping.’ Mary Burton, New York Times bestselling author
My Review
This isn't the first Gregg Olsen book I've read, nor do I think it will be the last. It's one of those stories that set you out thinking you're reading one story while wondering how the pieces will fit only to read on in shock as it all comes together perfectly.
This one had more than one villain making it hard to determine who did what and why. I can't give anything away here but can offer this piece of advice - don't count anybody out!
Even when you're sure you how will unfold, I can promise you that this tale will only grab a hold tighter while keep turning the pages for more!