Drown Her Sorrows

by Melinda Leigh

Overview

A Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Sheriff Bree Taggert is blindsided by a killer’s devious plan in number one Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh’s novel of escalating shock and suspense.

When Sheriff Bree Taggert discovers the body of a young woman floating near the bank of the Scarlet River, a note in her abandoned car suggests suicide. The autopsy reveals a different story. Holly Thorpe was dead long before she dropped off the bridge and hit the water.

As Bree and her investigator Matt Flynn delve into the case, secrets in Holly’s personal life complicate their efforts to solve the murder. Holly left behind a volatile marriage, an equally divisive relationship with her sister, and an employer whose intimate involvement with Holly was no secret. Each one has a motive for murder.

When Holly’s sister is terrorized by a stalker’s sick prank, and the prime suspect turns up dead, everything Bree was sure of is upended and her case goes off the rails. When the killer strikes close to home, Bree and Matt must race to solve the murders before one of their own becomes the next victim.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781638084037
Publisher:	Center Point
Publication date:	08/01/2022
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	500
Product dimensions:	5.72(w) x 8.53(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

Number one Amazon Charts and number one Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh is a fully recovered banker. Melinda’s debut novel, She Can Run, was nominated for Best First Novel by the International Thriller Writers. She’s garnered numerous writing awards, including two RITA nominations. Her other novels include She Can Tell, She Can Scream, She Can Hide, and She Can Kill in the She Can Series; Midnight Exposure, Midnight Sacrifice, Midnight Betrayal, and Midnight Obsession in the Midnight Novels; Hour of Need, Minutes to Kill, and Seconds to Live in the Scarlet Falls series; Say You’re Sorry, Her Last Goodbye, Bones Don’t Lie, What I’ve Done, Secrets Never Die, and Save Your Breath in the Morgan Dane series; and the Bree Taggert novels, Cross Her Heart and See Her Die. She holds a second-degree black belt in Kenpo karate, has taught women’s self-defense, and lives in a messy house with her family and a small herd of rescue pets. For more information, visit www.melindaleigh.com.

Editorial Reviews

01/11/2021

At the start of Leigh’s nail-biting third Sheriff Bree Taggert mystery (after 2020’s See Her Die), Bree is called to the scene of an abandoned car parked on a bridge along a back road somewhere in Upstate New York. A license plate check identifies the car’s owner as 34-year-old Holly Thorpe, who’s a bookkeeper at a local construction company. When Bree follows the river below the bridge, she comes across Holly’s body. A search of Holly’s purse left inside the car produces a suicide note. Apparently, Holly jumped to her death, but an autopsy reveals she was dead before she hit the water. For help on the case, Bree turns to Matt Flynn, a former deputy sheriff who now consults on an as-needed basis. That Bree and Matt have recently begun a relationship adds some romantic heat. The tension rises when Holly’s employer, one of several plausible suspects, is murdered. As Bree and Matt try to determine whether the killings are linked, the suspense steadily builds toward a shocking conclusion. Fans of contemporary police procedurals with a strong romance element will be well satisfied. Agent: Jill Marsal, Marsal Lyon Literary. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

Fans of contemporary police procedurals with a strong romance element will be well satisfied.” —Publishers Weekly

“Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh blends a murder mystery, a police procedural, and gripping characters with a tinge of romance. Readers will take a journey with her empathetic main characters…full of suspense, twists, and will keep readers guessing until the very end.” —Crimespree Magazine

“Engaging characters, a terrific plot and thrilling twists will keep readers guessing until the last page. Drown Her Sorrows is a must read.” —Mary Burton, New York Times bestselling author

“A propulsive crime novel. Leigh steadily ratchets up the tension until there’s nothing else in your life that matters except finishing this damn book. If your pulse isn’t racing at the end, you must be dead.” —Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Drown Her Sorrows is an excellently written, fast-paced, suspenseful novel with enough twists and turns to give you whiplash and a conclusion so deliciously shocking, it will leave your jaw on the floor.” —Lisa Regan, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author

“Drown Her Sorrows is a crisply-written, twisty, suspenseful, and fast-paced procedural with heart. Melinda Leigh fans will welcome this addition to her Bree Taggert series.” —Loreth Anne White, Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of Beneath Devil’s Bridge

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