Agent: Jill Marsal, Marsal Lyon Literary. Fans of contemporary police procedurals will be satisfied. With such a pleasant life, she has no explanation for the sometimes dark and disturbing nature of her imagination. She lives near the beach with her family and two spoiled rescue dogs. One of the victims is Eugene Oscar, the bitter and corrupt former.

She's dabbled in Arnis stick fighting, studied Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and taught women's self-defense. Sheriff Bree Taggert’s downfall is part of a killer’s cunning design in 1 Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh’s novel of murder, lies, and revenge.

Called to an isolated farm to check on an elderly widow, Sheriff Bree Taggert finds a brutal double homicide.

Tight prose matches the well-drawn protagonists. Melinda holds a 2nd degree belt in Kenpo Karate. Scenes from the killer’s viewpoint heighten the suspense as Leigh keeps the reader guessing what’s going to happen next. The stakes rise when Bree and Matt realize that there are more victims on the killer’s list, including her brother, Adam. With the aid of her boyfriend, police consultant Matt Flynn, Bree eventually identifies a possible suspect. Looking for commonalities between the two victims takes time, something Bree, who’s looking after her murdered sister’s two children, doesn’t have. Soon after LaForge’s murder, Julius Northcote is killed in a similar fashion, the word cheater carved into his forehead. The autopsy reveals that the word liar was carved into his forehead. Spencer LaForge lies dead on his patio, zip ties on his wrists and ankles, plastic wrap around his head. Early in Leigh’s well-paced sixth Bree Taggert mystery (after 2022’s Dead Against Her), former Philadelphia police detective Bree, now the sheriff of New York’s Randolph County, is called to a crime scene.

Lie To Her by Melinda Leigh