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Right Behind Her

Melinda Leigh (2021-09-14)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages315 (Standard (250-400))
SeriesBree Taggert #
Setting
CSM age18+

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageModerate

Hero archetypes

Protective Hero

Synopsis

The discovery of human remains unearths another nightmare from Sheriff Bree Taggert's past in a bone-chilling thriller by #1 Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh. Twenty-seven years ago, Sheriff Bree Taggert's father killed her mother, then himself. Now Bree and her younger brother, Adam, find human bones on the grounds of their abandoned family farm. The remains are those of a man and a woman, both murdered in the same horrible way. When the investigation determines the murders occurred thirty years ago, Bree's dead father becomes a suspect, forcing Bree to revisit the brutal night she's spent most of her life trying to forget. The only other suspect is an unlikely squatter on the Taggert farm who claims to know secrets about Bree's past. When he mysteriously disappears and Bree's niece is kidnapped, the cold case heats up. Bree has stoked the rage of a murderer who'll do anything to keep his identity--and motives--a secret. To protect everyone she loves, Bree must confront a killer.

Tags

ThrillerMysteryCrime FictionPolice ProceduralSuspense

Right Behind Her: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

This adult thriller contains graphic violence, murder investigations involving human remains, child endangerment through kidnapping, and traumatic family history including murder-suicide. The protagonist confronts deeply disturbing elements from her past.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include child harm, graphic violence, murder, kidnapping, and death of parent (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Adult readers will be gripped by the cold case mystery and the sheriff's determination to protect her family while confronting her traumatic past.