Speak No Evil

Silence is deadly. ** ** The murder of eighteen-year-old Angie Vance was exceptionally vile–her mouth was sealed with glue, an obscenity scrawled across her skin, and she was suffocated in a garbage bag. The killing seems personal, so police detective Carina Kincaid focuses her efforts on the victim’s much older ex-boyfriend, Steve Thomas. But without physical evidence, Carina can’t make a collar or a case. She also can’t stop Sheriff Nick Thomas, the prime suspect’s brother, from conducting his own unwelcome investigation. Though Nick is still scarred and unsteady from a recent confrontation with a serial killer, he’s determined to prove his brother’s innocence. But his confidence is shaken when he learns of Steve’s dark side, and when a friend of the murdered girl meets a similarly gruesome fate. With no time to lose, Carina and Nick work together to trap a psychopath, before another unlucky woman faces an unspeakable end. Evil has spoken. Now see what it can do. * * * From the Author’s Website: Each book stands alone. The story is complete (no continuing mystery) and there is a separate hero, heroine and villain. However, I do have recurring characters throughout my books, so someone may be introduced as a minor or major secondary character in one book, then come back as the hero or a secondary character in another book. Setting: San Diego, California Hero: Nick Thomas, Gallatin County (Montana) Sheriff Heroine: Carina Kincaid, Homicide Detective San Diego PD Villain: Rapes, tortures college-aged women and glues their mouth shut. Recurring secondary characters: Will Hooper (Carina’s partner) Dillon Kincaid (forensic psychiatrist) Patrick Kincaid (e-crimes expert, detective SDPD) Lucy Kincaid Dr. Jim Gage (head criminalist) Andrew Stanton (District Attorney, former Kincaid brother-in-law)