A small-town psychological crime thriller that opens with a routine robbery call and ends at the door of a kidnapper’s private nightmare. Female-detective police procedural set in Sweet Home, Oregon, with chapters inside the predator’s head.
A Stolen Hammer. A Dead Suspect. A Trail That Leads Somewhere Worse.
Detective Lacey James of Sweet Home, Oregon needs to solve her marriage problems. Instead, her focus is on a culprit fleeing a robbery call, and her alarm grows when his getaway car turns out to hide rope, gloves, zip ties, and a gun. Her success in hunting the man down turns to horror when he grabs a firearm, killing a fellow officer and then himself.
With her only lead lying silent on a slab, Lacey’s suspicions harden after a woman connected to the case turns up missing. Fearing what every wasted hour means for the kidnapped victim, she follows the clues to a gruesome scene, and a warning that she may already be too late.
Find Her is the first book in the Lacey James small-town crime thriller series and a BookFest Gold Medal winner for best police procedural, for readers who love sharp-witted heroines, small-town police procedurals and villain-POV chapters. Perfect for fans of Kendra Elliot, Lisa Regan and Melinda Leigh.
Praise for Find Her:
★★★★★ “Find Her has all the earmarks of a top-notch psychological thriller.”
★★★★★ “This fantastic small-town crime thriller is well-written with interesting storylines that captivate your attention the entire time.”
★★★★★ “Excellent detective work by Lacey James, I loved her dedication to solve the crime and not give up on finding her.”
★★★★★ “It is a cleverly plotted story with plenty of drama, both crime and personal, some angst, mystery, and thrilling suspense that brings you to the edge of your seat.”
★★★★★ “Lacey James is very relatable as a modern woman who does her job well while trying to hold everything together in her personal life.”
★★★★★ “Lacey is strong, smart, and capable.”
★★★★★ “The view into the mind of Noah was interesting and chilling.”
★★★★★ “I love the small-town start to the first book in the Lacey James series. What starts out as a robbery sure takes a dark turn.”
★★★★★ “Officer Lacey James is a great character – tough, believable, tenacious.”
★★★★★ “This is a very good start to the Lacey James series.”
Chris Patchell is an award-winning USA Today Bestselling Author who started writing to curb the homicidal urges she experienced during her Seattle commute. She writes gripping suspense thrillers set in the Pacific Northwest, including bestsellers Deadly Lies, In the Dark, and her most recent collection of small-town crime thrillers, the Lacey James Series. Her writing has won several awards, including a Next Generation Indie Book Award, several Readers’ Favorite Awards, a BookFest Award, an IndieReader Discovery Award, and a Pacific Northwest Literary Award.
When she’s not writing, you can find Chris reading, hanging out with her family, watching football, and struggling to keep up with her workout regime, all while shushing her incessantly yapping Yorkies. She lives in Oregon with her husband and two kids.
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