The Drowned Girls

An Angie Pallorino Novel, Book 1

By: Loreth Anne White

Narrated by: Julie McKay

He surfaced two years ago. Then he disappeared.

But Detective Angie Pallorino hasn't forgotten the violent rapist who left a distinctive calling card—crosses etched into the flesh of his victim's foreheads. When a comatose Jane Doe is found in a local cemetery, sexually assaulted, mutilated, and nearly drowned, Angie is struck by the eerie similarities to her earlier unsolved rapes. Could he be back?

Then the body of a drowned young woman, also bearing the marks of the serial rapist, floats up in the Gorge, and the hunt for a predator becomes a hunt for a killer. Assigned to the joint investigative task force, Angie is more than ready to prove that she has what it takes to break into the all-male homicide division. But her private life collides with her professional ambitions when she's introduced to her temporary partner, James Maddocks—a man she'd met just the night before in an intense, anonymous encounter.

Together, Angie and Maddocks agree to put that night behind them. But as their search for the killer intensifies, so does their mutual desire. And Angie's forays into the mind of a monster shake loose some unsettling secrets about her own past. How can she fight for the truth when it turns out her whole life is a lie?

©2017 Loreth Beswetherick (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

A great story, but a bit on the raunchy side

This is one of the best story lines I’ve come across in a while. Interesting enough to keep listening. The only BIG drawback in my opinion is the raunchy sex between the characters. It has some impotence in the story, but didn’t need to be so thoroughly descriptive

A great read!

Action packed novel with a great storyline. Definitely worth every second sent on reading it.

Very intriguing

Keeps you interested and asking for more captivating authors are life's blood I appreciate a good story.

suspenseful!

not my normal romance book but got me from the beginning to the end! love!

One of the best

This was one of the best books I’ve “read.” I loved the twists and turns.

great read

Narrator was very good. Story line was good with an interesting twist. Reading next in series now.

Nice procedural with a heart

A little soap opera-y at times, but really riveting. Kept my interest the whole way.

Very gritty. If you want to see crime scenes (and sex scenes) under absolutely unsparing bright white photographic lights, this one will do it for you. No words, images or ideas spared. In a police procedural, it works.

Quite an intriguing read.

This novel held me hostage for 3 days. I find it hard to disengage. I loved the character that is Angie Palladino. Maddox was the prototype for the perfect man. I can wait until I can get into another of Miss White's selections

Great listen

Great book. It kept me entertained the entire time. I would definitely recommend this book.

every Loreth Anne White book gets better!

Every Loreth Anne White book gets better. I look forward to the next....and the next.