Angels Burning

From the New York Times bestselling author of Back Roads, ';a no-holds-barred, page-turning, perfectly crafted thriller' (Heather Gudenkauf, author of The Weight of Silence) following a small town police chief who's forced to dig into her own shadowy past as she investigates the murder of a teenage girl.On the surface, Chief Dove Carnahan is a true trailblazer who would do anything to protect the rural Pennsylvanian town where she has lived all fifty of her years. Traditional and proud of her blue-collar sensibilities, Dove is loved by her communitybut she hides a dark and self-destructive streak, fed by a secret she has kept since she was sixteen. When a girl is beaten to death and her body tossed down a fiery sinkhole in an abandoned coal town, Dove is faced with solving the most shocking crime of her law enforcement career. She identifies the girl as a member of a local family of petty criminals. To further complicate things, the man convicted of killing Dove's mother is released from prison and reveals a startling accusation. Dove now must face the chilling parallels between her own family's trauma and that of the dead girl's. ';A darkly compelling look into how the past colors the present, this psychological thriller will linger' (RT Book Reviews) with you long after you turn the final page.