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AMISH COUNTRY SECRETS
Reporter Grace Miller’s Amish hometown seems the perfect place to recuperate from surgery—until a tragedy puts her on the trail of her mother’s long-unsolved murder. Now someone’s set their lethal sights on her, determined to keep the truth behind her mother’s death and a fatal car crash involving local teens hidden. After discovering that Grace is in danger, police captain Conner Gates drops everything to protect her...and help solve the cold case his father could not. But as they delve into the past, can they face down the dangerous foe hiding in plain sight, threatening to turn their blossoming love into a deadly trap?
ALISON STONE lives with her husband of more than twenty years and their four children in Western New York. Besides writing, Alison keeps busy volunteering at her children’s schools, driving her girls to dance and watching her boys race motocross. Alison loves to hear from her readers at [email protected]. For more information, please visit her website, alisonstone.com. She’s also chatty on Twitter, @alison_stone. Find her on Facebook at Facebook.com/alisonstoneauthor.
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Plain Jeopardy
Alison Stone
ISBN: 978-1-474-08060-6
PLAIN JEOPARDY
© 2018 Alison Stone
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Suddenly, the library basement lights went out.
Frozen in blackness, Grace called out, “Hello, I’m down here.”
A muffled shuffling sent terror pulsing through her veins. She slid along the cabinets, the handles jabbing her side. A rhythmic creaking filled her ears, the sound made louder in the blackness.
“I know you’re down here,” someone whispered.
Tiny pinpricks of fear blanketed Grace’s scalp. She moved closer to the desk, realizing whoever it was had intentionally turned off the lights. Was coming for her.
Her hand found her tote bag on the desk. She reached inside for her phone. She swallowed hard. Remain calm. You’ve been in far scarier situations. Her usual response to those who warned her that her investigation was going to get her into trouble didn’t seem to be doing her much good at this exact moment.
A groan of something heavy being moved cut through the blackness. Grace scrambled under the desk with her phone. A violent whoosh of air sent her hair flying away from her face, and a loud crash exploded in her ears...
Welcome back to Quail Hollow, NY. This time we learned about Grace, sister of Heather from Plain Sanctuary. Grace had spent her life traveling, researching and writing about other people’s lives. She avoided looking too deeply into her own life because it was too painful. However, when circumstances forced her to face her fears, she finally found answers, peace of mind and
