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Don't Cry

Don't Cry, September 2010
by Beverly Barton

Kensington
Featuring: Audrey Sherrod; J.D. Cass
432 pages
ISBN: 1420110349
EAN: 9781420110340
Paperback
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"DON'T CRY ranks as one of my favorite reads of this year"

Fresh Fiction Review

Don't Cry
Beverly Barton

Reviewed by Sandi Shilhanek
Posted September 6, 2010

Romance Suspense

When I go to the bookstore and see a new release from Beverly Barton, I know I'm going to be reading a deeply emotional and gripping tale of romantic suspense. Her latest release, DON'T CRY, is just what I have come to expect from Ms. Barton. DON'T CRY keeps readers captivated by its varied cast of characters, their relationships to one another, and the strong suspense around the identity of The Rocking Chair Killer. How many young women are going to become victims before he or she is stopped? Audrey Sherrod was a young girl when her baby brother Blake disappeared. Was it his disappearance and her part in it that made her turn to a career as a grief counselor? Now that someone is kidnapping and killing victims then arranging them on a rocking chair, how will Audrey and her family handle the stress? J. D. Cass, a special agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, intends to just observe as the police attempt to capture The Rocking Chair Killer. Soon, however, he's totally involved not only in the case, but with Audrey. He and Audrey are fighting their attraction to each other because of the case and because Audrey had started out as the therapist helping J. D. and his daughter (who he never knew until she was a preteen) establish a healthy loving relationship. DON'T CRY is not as gritty as some of Ms. Barton's previous titles. After having recently met this gentle lady, I can't believe that she can write any type of murder. I personally have been a fan of Ms. Barton's since The Cherokee Point trilogy, but DON'T CRY ranks as one of my favorite reads of this year. I am anxiously awaiting the sequel that she hadn't intended, but is now promising.

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SUMMARY

Nowhere To Run
The crime scenes are horrifying: the victims arranged with deliberate care, posed to appear alive despite their agonized last moments and the shocking nature of their deaths. No Place To Hide
Chattanooga grief counselor Audrey Sherrod moonlights for the local police. It's clear to her, and to Special Agent J.D. Cass, that the murders are the work of a deranged serial killer. At first, the only link is the victims' similar physical appearance. But then another connection emerges, tying them to a long-ago series of horrifying crimes Audrey hoped would never resurface—crimes that hit all too close to home. No Time To Cry
Each grisly new discovery proves the past has not been forgotten, and the worst is yet to come. Audrey went looking for the truth and she's about to find it...and it will be more twisted and more terrifying than she ever imagined...


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