Scared to Death by Australia-resident UK author Rachel Amphlett (
Fantastic Fiction) is the 1st novel in her Detective Kay Hunter series of police procedural crime thrillers, this one pitting her against an apparent serial kidnapper who may escalate into something more, free for a limited time courtesy of Australian small publisher Saxon Publishing.
This was last week's Free Book of the Week selection in the iTunes UK store and is apparently still free and offered worldwide.
Currently free @
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK),
Kobo &
iTunes &
Google Play, (all available to Canadians)
Description
"If you want to see your daughter alive again, listen carefully."
When the body of a snatched schoolgirl is found in an abandoned biosciences building, the case is first treated as a kidnapping gone wrong.
But Detective Kay Hunter isn’t convinced, especially when a man is found dead with the ransom money still in his possession.
When a second schoolgirl is taken, Kay’s worst fears are realised.
With her career in jeopardy and desperate to conceal a disturbing secret, Kay’s hunt for the killer becomes a race against time before he claims another life.
For the killer, the game has only just begun...
Scared to Death is the first book in a new crime thriller series featuring Kay Hunter – a detective with a hidden past and an uncertain future…