Dead by Midnight
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In murderâĻ
The last sounds Dean Wilson hears are a clock striking twelve and a killerâs taunting words. And his death is just the first. One by one, victims are stalked and shot at close range. Only the killer knows their sins, and who will be the next to die at midnight?
And in lifeâĻ
In the ten years since her Hollywood career imploded, Lorie Hammonds has built a good life in her Alabama hometown. When the first death threat arrives, she assumes itâs a joke. Then she gets a second. Sheriff Mike Birkett, her high school sweetheart, has avoided Lorie since she returned to Dunmore, but when investigators uncover her connection to a string of recent murders, heâs drawn into a case thatâs terrifyingly personal.
Timing is everything.
With every murder, the killer edges closer. Soon Lorieâs will be the last name left on his list. Her only hope is to unearth a deadly secretâbefore the clock runs out for good.
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Beverly Barton (1946-2011) was known for her romantic suspense novels. She wrote over thirty contemporary romance novels and created the popular Protectors series.
Karen White is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of twenty-five novels, including Dreams of Falling and The Night the Lights Went Out. She has two grown children and currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and two spoiled Havanese dogs.
