An Adele Sharp Mystery

When a serial killer case spanning three U.S. states goes cold, Adele returns to San Francisco and to the man she hopes to marry. But after a shocking twist, a new lead surfaces and Adele is dispatched to Paris, to lead an international manhunt. Adele returns to the Europe of her childhood, where familiar Parisian streets, old friends from the DGSI, and her estranged father reignite her dormant obsession with solving her own mother’s murder

Left to Run is book two in a new FBI thriller series by USA Today best-selling author Blake Pierce. A serial killer is ravaging the American expat community in Paris, his kills reminiscent of Jack the Ripper. For FBI special agent Adele Sharp, it’s a mad race against time to enter his mind and save the next victim - until she uncovers a secret darker than anyone could have imagined. Haunted by her own mother’s murder, Adele throws herself into the case, delving into the grisly underbelly of a city she once called home.

An Italian couple vacationing in Germany is found brutally murdered, causing an international outcry. FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp is the only one with the international expertise to cross borders and stop the killer - and she finds herself working alongside her estranged father, who knows far more about her mother’s unsolved murder than he lets on. Though still shaken from the recent events in Paris, Adele must embark on a wild chase across Germany, uncovering lies and deception at every turn. Can Adele and her father heal the rift between them?

A young woman is found wandering, in a daze, on a rural road in Germany, having escaped her attacker. If she can talk, and remember, maybe she can lead authorities back to his lair - and save the other women there before it’s too late. As the sprawling international case begins to enmesh dozens of victims from many countries, authorities quickly realize there is only one way to solve this: To bring in FBI special agent Adele Sharp, triple citizen of the U.S., France, and Germany.

A woman is found dead in Bordeaux, murdered against the backdrop of its idyllic wine country, and authorities suspect a connection to a similar murder in Italy — and an active serial killer. FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp, triple agent of the US, France and Germany, is called in, the only one with the international expertise — and brilliant mind — to piece it all together. 

In the Sistine Chapel, the first tourists of the day look up - and are horrified to find a dead body affixed by ropes to the ceiling. More victims soon appear, strung up in similarly dramatic fashion on other major attractions throughout Europe. Who is killing them? Why? Who will be next? And is FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp - triple agent of the US, France, and Germany - brilliant enough to enter the serial killer’s mind and stop him before it’s too late?