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Claire Morgan #3
Kensington
August 2008
On Sale: August 1, 2008
Featuring: Claire Morgan
352 pages
ISBN: 0786018879
EAN: 9780786018871
Kindle: B001B8NWFU
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DIE SMILING

Linda Ladd

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DIE YOUNG. . .

Hilde Swenson is a beauty pageant queen with a face to die
for and a body to kill for. But by the time Detective
Claire Morgan finds her in a shower stall—posed like a
grotesquely grinning doll—Hilde is anything but pretty.
She’s the victim of a sick, deranged killer. And she won’t
be the last…

DIE BEAUTIFUL. . .

Brianna Swenson is the beauty queen’s sister—and the
girlfriend of Claire’s partner Bud. She tells Claire that
Hilde had plenty of enemies, including a creepy stalker, an
abusive ex-boyfriend, and a slew of jealous competitors.
But what she doesn’t say is that they both shared a dark,
disturbing secret.

A secret that refuses to die…

DIE SMILING. . .

From the after-hours parties of a sinister funeral home to
the underworld vendettas of the Miami mob, Claire follows
the trail with her lover Nicholas Black, a psychiatrist
with secrets of his own. But it’s not until she uncovers
evidence of unspeakable acts of depravity that Claire
realizes she’s just become a diabolical killer’s next
target…

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