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A Secret to the Grave (Detective Parker Bell Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Jane Blythe (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 5: Detective Parker Bell

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This is the beginning of a love story, not a romance

He needs to save her, but she doesn't want to be saved.

Detective Parker Bell has just returned to work after a shooting when he and his partner land the case of a young woman abducted by a man who has left a list of clues pointing to nine other women he plans to kill.

Throughout the course of the investigation Parker meets Tessa Micah, a potential victim and the most interesting, stubborn, infuriating woman he has ever met. When Tessa refuses to shed any light on why she is in the sights of a serial killer it's up to Parker to find the madman before he can bring his plan to fruition, leaving ten dead women in his wake.

A SECRET TO THE GRAVE is the first book in the Detective Parker Bell series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Join Parker and Tessa on a journey of secrets, serial killers, mysteries, anguish, angst, and love in this tragic love story.

Read the complete series today
A Secret to the Grave
Winter Wonderland
Dead or Alive
Little Girl Lost
Forgotten

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Jane Blythe knows how to set the stage for a dark and twisted tale as she prepares to mess with your mind. Powerful, dark and gritty, this edge of your seat tale is a suspense lover's dream. - Tome Tender Book Blog ★★★★★

Jane Blythe managed to stay a step ahead of her readers, by creating a thriller that was anything but a boring read. - Common Book Sense ★★★★★

I was enthralled by reading A Secret to the Grave you can't tell what will happen next. - Readers Favorite ★★★★★

About the Author

A lot of suspenseful mystery plus a little bit of romance!

Jane has loved reading and writing since she can remember. She writes dark and disturbing crime/mystery/suspense with some romance thrown in because, well, who doesn't love romance?! She has several series including the complete Detective Parker Bell series, the Count to Ten series, the Flashes of Fate series of novelettes, and a Christmas series.

When she's not writing Jane loves to read, bake, go to the beach, ski, horse ride, and watch Disney movies. She has a black belt in Taekwondo, a 200+ collection of teddy bears, and her favorite color is pink. She has the world's two most sweet and pretty Dalmatians, Ivory and Pearl. Oh, and she also enjoys spending time with family and friends!

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00M6ACSPM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bear Spots Publications; 2nd edition (July 26, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 26, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3774 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 300 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #17,384 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #6 in Literary Sagas
- #122 in Police Procedurals (Kindle Store)
- #218 in Crime Thrillers (Kindle Store)

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USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe writes action-packed romantic suspense and military romance featuring protective heroes and heroines who are survivors. One of Jane's most popular series includes Prey Security, part of Susan Stoker's OPERATION ALPHA world! Writing in that world alongside authors such as Janie Crouch and Riley Edwards has been a blast, and she looks forward to bringing more books to this genre, both within and outside of Stoker's world. When Jane isn't binge-reading she's counting down to Christmas and adding to her 200+ teddy bear collection!

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Rescue Dog Mom

Chilling and Suspenseful

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2016

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This is a well-written and thoroughly researched murder mystery suspense thriller. The dreary weather at the beginning of the book added to the suspense of the story. I got chills reading certain parts. More than once my heart was racing and I thought I would scream myself. He's a serial killer, so there's more than one gruesome murder detailed in the story. There's also the horribly traumatic past suffered by one of the main characters. I was angry for her and want to see her happy. I also want to see one of the lead detectives on the case happy, as he endured an abusive childhood. This story is the first book in a series, so there is hope for both of these characters to find happiness.

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Aunt G

A Good Read...

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2019

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I thought this book had a lot of promise but I also don't think it reached its full potential. The story is suspenseful but I felt at times it dragged and then at others it cruised along and ignored things that should have been addressed. I did think the characters were interesting but I myself, found them hard to connect with, especially Tessa. She really seemed to rub me the wrong way because A. I didn't think she was half as smart as she thought she was and B. I honestly thought she was a terrible friend. The book offers plenty of drama, tension and creepiness though alongside a slowly evolving romance.

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Marns

Heart Stopping psychological thriller!

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2019

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As I read each book from Jane Blythe, my reaction is the same – heart stopping and blinding tension, and, a temptation to let the family starve while I read this compelling psychological thriller. I swear to you, Ms Blythe loves the criminal mind and weaves together a plot more reminiscent of Taggart or Silent Witness than the more straight forward plots of the Criminal Minds TV program. All of these programs I love, and I love Ms Blythe’s books just as much. 5 Stars

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Teri Hicks

Really good but. . .

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2020

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OK I'm again on the fence with a book and the review as I'm composing it. On the one hand I really enjoyed the book even with the punctuation and grammar issues. But that's just the beginning. The story does hook you in from the beginning and you already know it's going to be a doozey as the author plays it out. The characters are good but he doesn't seem stable enough to be released to return to work much less stable enough to do the job and friend or no it's hard to believe his partner would believe he could have his back. This is only one thing I had issues with but it was enough to make things that happened just a little less believable. The thing is I love this author's recent work and I love the suspense she brings to the read which makes the romance more bearable (I still don't understand how they can go to immediate love and just bypass the hi can we get to know each other but that's just me).

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CocktailsFairytales

Incredible book!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2019

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I knew I was going to enjoy this book after the first few pages, I just wasn't sure how much. It was emotional and suspenseful, twisted and intense. Would you give your life to protect a secret? Tessa and her friends were. Tessa was willing to sacrifice herself to safe the lives of her friends. What she didn't count on was Parker coming in like her own personal knight in shining armor. This book kept me on the edge of my seat right up to the end.

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Leanne

Read with the lights on and the door locked

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2021

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This was my first read by this author and it won't be my last.
At nearly the half way point I had to put it down for a while, well I actually had to get back to work but I was a little freaked out at the method of murder.
This is a story of a group of friends with a huge secret, actually several connected secrets. They come back to haunt them a decade later as they die a gruesome death one by one. Detective Bell is determined to find out why and how they are connected. All the pieces start to come together as the author builds this jigsaw puzzle of pieces slowly.
I didn't really feel the connection between the cop and victim, they both have baggage so I'm not saying they don't deserve their HEA. I'm left with some gaps, though I see this is a series so I'm sure more of their back stories will be included in book 2.
Well put together tale of suspense I really enjoyed it.

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Amanda Siegrist

Awesome story!

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017

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This is a great start to what I'm sure will be a great series. I've read several of Jane Blythe's novels and she always manages to pull me in the story right away and keep me there until the last page. Each character is always well developed and full of such emotion. I did find myself getting very frustrated with Tessa and her friends throughout the book. I wanted to shout at them just to trust Detective Bell, tell him everything!! And Tessa was stubborn (as were her friends). The title of this book was perfect for this storyline. I can't wait to start reading book 2!

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2019

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Holy molly was this a great story. You talk a rollercoaster ride to hell this definitely was one. I really enjoyed the chemistry between Parker and Tessa but all the characters were great. There was a lot of things that happened in this book that I did not expect, but that is what a good author does, keeps you on your toes. Great book and can't wait for the next book.

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Katielou

Suspense and mystery

Reviewed in Australia on April 20, 2022

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Girls with secrets they are willing to die for, a serial killer leaving riddles, and a detective trying to solve the case. Could have been a fantastic book but somehow fell flat.

CLAYR CATHERALL

Great start to this series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2019

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This book was packed with mystery and suspense. It kept me thinking all the way through. I didn’t know who was going to survive. This serial killer was one twisted cookie.
Can’t wait to dive into book 2 in this series

audrey

good read

Reviewed in Australia on February 8, 2020

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This is the first book in a series but complete in itself.
It did ramble a bit here and there but otherwise it was pretty good though the detective falling in love at first sight with a victim is not a good thing in reality.
It did need a bit of grammatical editing but otherwise a good enough story.

Ernie Morley

Billiant book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2019

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Billiant read again u are in the story all the way she my number one author. I am going to get the next one. 😎

Apple

Not bad

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 12, 2019

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I liked the storyline although I found that Parker was a bit quick to fall in love with Tessa. Under all those circumstances. I would not be surprised when it happened again in some next cases he will have. LOL. Story has a strong plot with a good twist and us written good to make is more thrilling to get an edge. I would have liked to know more about Ellie, how she died, that's somehow missing. You get all kind of information about her past, but not much what happened at this weekend where Tessa and Ellie went missing. But still a good read. I am not really a fan to read romance in a good crime, thriller. But thanks to the author, because it was a free book.