The Girl From Paradise Hill: The McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Trilogy: Book One

Susan Lund

Jul 2018 · The McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Series Book 1 · Susan Lund

About this ebook

 Tess returns home to bury her father but what she finds buried in his attic makes her question everything she thought she knew about the mild-mannered trucker…

PARADISE HILL, WASHINGTON

The seemingly idyllic mountain town harbors a dark secret: four young girls have disappeared over a forty-year period. With no crime scenes, no leads and no suspects, the cases have gone cold.

Until today.

The remains of one missing girl are discovered in a burned-out cabin at a remote campsite, reopening the case and suggesting the worst may be true – a ruthless child killer is operating in Washington State.

TESS MCCLINTOCK

Crime reporter and amateur cyber-sleuth Tess is obsessed with the cold cases of missing girls in Washington State. As she works to settle her father's estate, she's shaken to her core when she uncovers evidence pointing to his involvement. 

FBI SPECIAL AGENT MICHAEL CARTER

On leave after solving a particularly heartbreaking case of child abduction and murder for the FBI's Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force, Michael is back in Paradise Hill to recover and visit with family. Despite doctor's orders to stay clear of police work, Michael's drawn back in when Tess asks for his help understanding the secrets found in her father's attic.

A RUTHLESS CHILD KILLER 

Having escaped justice for decades, he's bored and deliberately stirs the pot, revealing the body of one of the dead girls. Despite the fact he's hiding in plain sight, no one suspects that he's really a wolf and not the sheep he pretends to be. He sees Tess and Michael's involvement in the case as a challenge and views Tess as a temptation he can't resist.

AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR OLD COLD CASE

For Tess and Michael, the cases are personal: Tess's best friend in public school, Lisa Tate, was one of the missing girls from Paradise Hill. Michael was babysitting the night little Lisa vanished. The guilt they harbor over their role in her disappearance drives them both. 

Desperate for answers, Tess and Michael join forces to track a killer and uncover the secrets Tess finds in her father's attic. Will the answers bring Tess peace or shatter her?

THE GIRL FROM PARADISE HILL is Book One in the McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Series. 

THE GIRL WHO CRIED TOO MUCH is Book Two in the McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Trilogy.

THE ONLY GIRL LEFT ALIVE is Book Three, the conclusion to the series.

Ratings and reviews

The story was good as far as it went, though it was easy to work out the killer. However, the book stops dead just when it was getting interesting. I hate it when authors put out books without warning that the story is not finished within the book. It's not fair to the reader. I won't be buying the next instalment.

It's the typical crime mystery book, but the audience knows who the murderer is before the characters do. Also, in order to be an author I think it should be a requirement that you not have grammatical, spelling, and capitalization errors in your book. An author should know how to do those things lol. Also, GET THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CHARACTERS RIGHT. MAKE UP YOUR MIND OF WHAT YOU WANT YOUR CHARACTER TO LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IN ONE DESCRIPTION OF TESS YOU SAID SHE HAD RED HAIR AND IN ANOTHER DESCRIPTION YOU SAID SHE HAD STRAWBERRY BLONDE. IF YOU WANT TO BE AN AUTHOR YOU SHOULD KNOW EVERY LITTLE DETAIL ABOUT THE CHARACTERS.

If you like a "who done it" mystery, with lots of twists and turns.. Stop right now and get this book. Not a "police procedural" ( even though the facts are well laid out.) It's an Original Storyline, (in my experience) well thought out and un-nervingly easy to believe. This Really got and held my attention throughout. I recommend this book. This author is new to me, but not for long, I am definitely going to follow up with the next 2 books in this trilogy.

About the author

 Susan Lund writes crime thrillers and lives in the beautiful West Coast of Canada on the side of Burke Mountain.