Fourth Victim

By Jan Coffey

Book Overview

USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey

Fourth Victim

Two decades after escaping a deadly New Mexico cult, one survivor remains-

and time is running out.

Kelly Stone, now a single mother and innkeeper in New Hampshire, has kept her dark past hidden, but the truth is closing in. Someone is hunting down the cult's last "chosen" disciples, and Kelly is next on the killer's list.

Determined to protect her, Ian Campbell-a cop with personal ties to the cult's horrific past-will risk everything to keep her alive. Together, they must confront old horrors, uncover chilling secrets, and stop the killers before it's too late.

As the walls close in and danger lurks at every turn, will they uncover the truth in time, or will Kelly become the final victim? The clock is ticking, and the hunters are closing in.

"WOW this book was so hard to out down. You had me guessing who was involved and how Terrific read, and the plot just kept getting thicker every page." ★★★★★

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DK2KF223
• ISBN13: 9798330485123
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Book Duo Creative LLC
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A good little thriller

This is one of those good stories that makes you wonder why you didn't come up with the idea yourself. 20 years after a religious cult commited mass suicide, some survivors are preparing a new mass suicide, and a woman who was rescued from the cult twenty years ago is in danger again. The story is well structured and the characters likeable. It does lose its pace for a while in the last third of the book but it picks up again. Overall a good quick read.

Pretty good

I liked this book a lot. I liked the characters and how the plot developed. The reason for four stars instead of five, towards the end it did get a little slow. I hope these characters show up in another book.

exhilarating romantic suspense

In New Mexico, young police officer Ian Campbell and other cops work the fatal car accident in which four people survive. Since the vehicle came from the Butler Divinity Mission, Ian and a veteran cop drive there to inform Reverend Michael Butler about the accident. However, no dogs or people are anywhere in what seems like a ghost town until they enter the chapel. They find a mass of dead people including Ian's newlywed wife social worker Anne, who worked closely with Reverend Michael.Twenty-two years later, Ian takes a room in New Hampshire's Tranquillity Inn owned and managed by Kelly Stone, one of the four survivors of the Butler massacre. Ian fears for Kelly's life, as an unknown assailant is completing the mission of Reverend Butler by killing the survivors. Ian plans to insure this widow with a brilliant three-year-old daughter Jade lives. As he and Kelly fall in love, neither realizes that the serpent has entered Eden and will use Jade if necessary to complete the quest that includes Butler's daughter Luna-K better known to Ian as his beloved Kelly.FOURTH VICTIM is an exhilarating romantic suspense that starts off with horrific Jones like suicides and murders, slows down to enable a relationship to form between the lead duo, and then goes full speed until the climatic confrontation. Ian is a terrific champion seeking revenge for the murder of his beloved Anne and feeling guilty as he falls in love again. Kelly is a fascinating protagonist hiding her tainted ancestry to protect Jade. Fans of taut thrillers will want to read Ian's efforts to keep the two females who have reawakened long thought comatose feelings safe.Harriet Klausner