In February 1989 in Stone River, Maryland, Nina Madden
watched in horror as her father was arrested and charged
with raping and killing four college girls. Known as the
Stone River rapist, he was tried, convicted and sent to
prison and out of Nina's life.
Sixteen years later, Olivia, Nina's stepmother, passes away
and leaves Nina the house, personal possessions and two
letters written by her father before his death in prison.
The startling content in one of the letters implies that he
was innocent and indicates the person who's actually the
guilty party.
Local Detective Wes Powell is skeptical because he was on
the force when Nina's father was arrested and felt very
confident that they had the right man. It's not until the
body of a young girl is found and the evidence looks eerily
familiar to Powell in comparison to the Madden case that he
totally believes in Nina.
Nina, Wes, true crime author Regan Landry and FBI agent
Mitch Peyton use all of their talents and areas of
expertise to bring in the real killer and see that justice
is served. But when Nina is confronted by the killer, her
life is in extreme danger. Will Wes reach her in time?
DARK TRUTH, the third installment to Stewart's Truth
series, continues to add great characters and reintroduce
familiar ones from previous books. This is another story
that once I began reading, I could not put down until the
final passage. The writing is rich and descriptive, and the
characters come alive on the page. I'm expecting FINAL
TRUTH to have the same amount of mystery and suspense and
anxiously await its release.
Murder didn't end Nina Madden's life — it destroyed it. When
her father was charged with the serial killings of several
college students, Nina and her mother became pariahs in
their small Maryland town. Though Nina never believed the
hideous accusations, evidence led to her father's conviction
and guaranteed the death penalty. After the execution, Nina
left Stone River to escape the hatred and persecution... but
she couldn't shake the lingering doubts.
More than twenty years later, those doubts are stirred to
grim life. A new series of murders is plaguing Stone River:
a killing spree that bears a striking resemblance to the one
that sent Nina's father to the death chamber. And Nina isn't
the only one disturbed enough by the gruesome events to take
notice. Wes Powell, the cop who pursued the original case,
can't ignore the eerie similarities between the crimes...
nor their harrowing implications. Drawn back into a mystery
that refuses to die, Nina and Wes will cross paths on their
dangerous quest -— and find themselves in the crosshairs of
a bloodthirsty predator.
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