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Book Excellence Award Finalist for Best Thriller

From the award-winning author of Cold Betrayal

What dark secret is hidden in her past? What evil has been handed down through the generations?

Emily Burton found happiness in a small, picturesque town on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Her sense of peace and security is shattered when she’s brutally attacked, and an innocent person is murdered. The authorities believe the incident is random, until Emily becomes the target of further violence and threats.

With the help of her enigmatic neighbor, she uncovers an eerily similar crime that dates back sixty years. Could there be a connection between the two attacks? Did malevolence stretch its deadly arm across generations?

Emily is convinced there’s a link, but she needs to find it before it finds her.

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November 7, 2019
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"Agatha Christie would have been proud." -Mary Ellen Bramwell, author of Dandelion Summer

"A must-read for anyone who wants to be thrilled!" -J.L. Canfield, award-winning author of What Hides Beneath

"A mystery that stands apart from the rest!" -Daniel Oliver, author of The Long Road

About the Author

Award-winning author A.J. McCarthy grew up with books by Agatha Christie, Sidney Sheldon, and many other masters of mystery and suspense. She has three published suspense thrillers to her credit and plans to have many more to come. She's a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. For more information about A.J. and her work, please go to www.ajackmccarthy.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Rose Writing; First Printing ed. edition (November 7, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 225 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1684333830
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1684333837
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.57 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,290,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #43,545 in Murder Thrillers
- #76,590 in Women Sleuths (Books)
- #126,729 in Suspense Thrillers

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As an author of six published mystery suspense novels, A.J. McCarthy is always on the lookout for new ideas. Her friends and family are cautious, concerned they may become a victim in her next novel. Those who are more adventurous offer up ideas and are willing to sacrifice certain family members for the cause. A.J. bides her time, waiting for the right moment and the perfect victim. She hides behind a quiet, accountant-like façade, and few know what she’s really thinking.

She’s a member of Crime Writers of Canada, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. When she isn’t writing, chances are she is reading.

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J. J. Mount

An Exciting Thriller with Some Weak Points

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 6, 2020

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I liked a lot of this book, but there are a couple of important weak points. I really liked the location descriptions, the character presentations, the overall mystery structure, and most of the lead character development and single POV. What I found weak were many of the actions by the LC. Many questionable decisions concerning her own safety, a police investigation, and especially who to trust. SPOILERS: I can't see how it took over 100 pages for Emily (the LC) to suddenly question, based on her sister's advice, whether Dustin was trustworthy, or even a criminal threat. Why she allowed him into effectively controlling her life with such little knowledge about him is either unrealistic or makes her a very weak woman. As a reader, I didn't trust him from the beginning, and I can't believe Emily, her friends, and the police didn't consider Dustin a strong suspect all along. The entire "twist" at the end didn't convince me. The author was heavy-handed in finally presenting Dustin as a likely suspect, but then bringing in another character as the actual bad guy almost out of the blue. The whole ending seemed rushed and forced.

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Bill

Loved this book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 20, 2022

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This book grabbed my attention from beginning to end. I loved how the writer brought in breast cancer & how Emily was dealing with it. I know that all to well. The writer handled that part of the story perfectly. It was a good mystery with some romance thrown in too. My kind of book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 13, 2021

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I wasn’t too sure who the bad guy was until the end. Highly recommend this book.

Interesting development of characters.

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Bookwyrm61

Legacy of Fear

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 1, 2020

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I loved this book. The characters were believable and fully fleshed and even though I can usually figure out who the bad guy was, I was totally surprised by the person and the solution to this mystery. This is also a prickly romance, with surprises.
I have read several books by this author and I fully intend to read every book she writes.

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Lynn Buderer

Great Suspense Book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 1, 2021

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I love to read suspense books and this book did not disappoint me. I couldn't wait to see what the next page would bring. It was hard to put down and very well written. Thank you for the suspense.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 15, 2021

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Good story with suspense, well-drawn characters and a twisty plot. It’s a fast read that doesn’t require a huge commitment of time or concentration.

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Fun Read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 23, 2021

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I really enjoyed reading this book! Interesting characters and fast moving plot. Good intro to the real existence of mental illness and it's impact.

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Dorothy M. Smeragliuolo

Great thriller

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 29, 2019

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The writer kept you in suspense throughout the story . A lot of books I’ve read recently have been very repetitious but I did not find this at all. This author had you hooked from the beginning and included a surprise ending.

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ppsphil

A Good Read That I Highly Recommend

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 9, 2020

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I read this book in my project to read as many of the 2020 Arthur Ellis awards nominees. that appeal to me, that I can before the Shortlists are announced on Apr 15 2020. While I am always looking for new or new to me Canadian authors to read and I am usually reluctant to pay for a book by an author whose work I have never read I am pleased to say that this time I won the gamble and this will definitely not be the last book by Ms McCarthy that I read. This story has just about all of the good things I like in a mystery such as great descriptions of the settings, weather, well developed characters both the likeable and the unlikeable ones and a plausible story line leading to a quite spectacular and satisfactory ending with not a too unrealistic motive for the violent attacks on Emily and the murders both past and present. Emily and Dustin are both solid characters with enough baggage in their backgrounds to make their actions quite believable and Ted is a good cop. My guess for the culprit turned out, as is often the case, wrong and all the suspicions about Dustin were easily, if perhaps a bit too conveniently, explained. If I can find any real faults with this book it would be that perhaps there were too many attacks on Emily and her property that really only dragged the investigation out a bit too long and I thought the ending was a bit rushed. Anyway an enjoyable read that I recommend and I’ll read more by Ms McCarthy.

Guyguy

Legacy of fear

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 31, 2022

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I would never have guessed who it was. Loved the continuous suspense.

Keldawg

Loved this book!!!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 2, 2020

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Very interesting and well written novel. Wanted it to never end!!

Olivia K Foote

Enjoyable read!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 8, 2020

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The story was captivating and I live on the Island so I liked the setting of the book. Great characters and a fun read.

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