As director of social and educational activities at Rainy
Creek Gardens Retirement Village in Seattle, Charlotte
Sawyer is cautious and careful about everything she does;
the opposite of her stepsister Jocelyn Pruett, a fund-raiser
for a wealthy entrepreneur's foundation. While
Jocelyn is out of town on a month-long, tech-free retreat,
Charlotte checks the mail at her condo and finds an unusual
envelope with three keys inside and a cryptic note from one
of Jocelyn's best friends, Louise Flint. When Charlotte
can't reach Louise by phone, she goes to her apartment. W
What she finds there is shocking.
Louise Flint is dead. Investigating her death is PI Max
Cutler, hired by Louise's cousin. He's convinced Louise did
not die from a drug-overdose or suicide, as officials
determined, but was murdered, especially since her condo
was torn apart. Max offers to help Charlotte contact her
stepsister to inform her of Louise's death, but Jocelyn se
seems to have vanished. What do the keys unlock? And what se
secrets are to be exposed?
Max had been a criminal profiler, but circumstances forced
him to leave that career. He's trying to establish himself
as a corporate private investigator, but jobs are scarce.
Max needs this case to prove himself, and working with the
intriguing Charlotte is a bonus. Max's interest in
Charlotte soon becomes more personal than professional.
She's authentic and real and they easily understand each
other. Working together as "partners" proves interesting an
and enlightening, as well as fervent, for both of them.
Their search takes them to Loring, Washington, a location
with ties to Jocelyn and Louise's other close friends in an
unusual investment club. When another death occurs, and Max
and Charlotte are almost killed in Loring looking for
missing evidence of a cold case they've uncovered, they
know they're getting close. The contents of that missing
evidence box have been worth a fortune in blackmail for the
past ten years. But they have no idea how deep the cover-up go
goes, or how many people will do whatever it takes to stop ex
exposing the awful truth.
The brilliant and incomparable Jayne Ann Krentz has
penned yet another impressive romantic suspense, with the
perfect amount of romance and suspense, in WHEN ALL THE
GIRLS HAVE GONE. As always, her exhilarating plot
progression and emotional characterization is spot-on. I've
been reading, and thoroughly enjoying, Krentz's novels for
many years, and I'm always excited when a new one is due to
be released. Yes, the storyline elements are consistent and
readers know what to expect from her books, but her
expertise at developing those unique elements is what makes
her such a popular wordsmith. And keeps her legions of fans
coming back for more! It's knowing that my expectations
will always be met when reading one of her novels, be it
romantic suspense, historical romance or paranormal
romance, which makes it such a wonderful experience and
exciting escapism.
Jayne Ann Krentz, the New York Times bestselling
author of Secret Sisters, delivers a thrilling novel
of the deceptions we hide behind, the passions we surrender
to, and the lengths we’ll go to for the truth...
When Charlotte Sawyer is unable to contact her step-sister,
Jocelyn, to tell her that one her closest friends was found
dead, she discovers that Jocelyn has vanished.
Beautiful, brilliant—and reckless—Jocelyn has gone off the
grid before, but never like this. In a desperate effort to
find her, Charlotte joins forces with Max Cutler, a
struggling PI who recently moved to Seattle after his
previous career as a criminal profiler went down in
flames—literally. Burned out, divorced and almost broke, Max
needs the job.
After surviving a near-fatal attack, Charlotte and Max turn
to Jocelyn’s closest friends, women in a Seattle-based
online investment club, for answers. But what they find is
chilling…
When her uneasy alliance with Max turns into a full-blown
affair, Charlotte has no choice but to trust him with her
life. For the shadows of Jocelyn’s past are threatening to
consume her—and anyone else who gets in their way...
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