Small-Town Secrets

Colby Agency #32

by Debra Webb

Close a 16-year-old cold three teenage girls slain in a small Midwest Dana Hall, twin sister of one of the victims. Troubled, amnesiac, alienated from family, suffering from horrific nightmares about the killer's William "Spence" Spencer. Thirty-six. Bachelor. Top-notch skills, on the job 24/7. Shows exceptional sensitivity to client's Significant danger. Escalating threats against Dana's presence in town. Spence believes Dana is hiding something relevant to investigation. Possibility he may be hiding something himself. Has his strong, naturally protective nature compromised his professionalism? There's always a first time.

Genres: Harlequin, Romantic Suspense, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Mystery, Suspense

212 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

DEBRA WEBB is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 180 novels, including reader favorites the Finley O'Sullivan and Devlin & Falco series. She is the recipient of the prestigious Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense as well as numerous Reviewers Choice Awards. In 2012 Debra was honored as the first recipient of the esteemed L. A. Banks Warrior Woman Award for her courage, strength, and grace in the face of adversity. Recently Debra was awarded the distinguished Centennial Award for having achieved publication of her 100th novel.

With more than ten million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.

Reviews

[carolyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dana Hall, a twin sister of one of the 3 teenage girls that were slain in a small town, hired Investigator "Spence" to reopen the 16 year old cold case. Her horrific nightmares tend to make her believe that she is the one who killed the three girls and caused her father to commit suicide. She and Spence go back to her hometown to some very unwelcoming residents who want her to leave. Determined to find her answers, she stays just to get Spence's car vandalized and to have her childhood home burned down right before her eyes (while she was inside). No one wants to cooperate, not even the town chief of police. Turns out that he was hiding a big secret to cover up the real murderers and the truth that has been haunting Dana her whole life. In the end, she gets the answers she sought. Although as painful as they were, it is the starting of the healing so she can finally be able to try and put the past behind her so she can get on with her life.

[Phylis Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dana has lived with knowing that someone killed her twin 16 years ago. She is currently having nightmares and thinks that she may be the one who killed her sister. She hires the Colby Agency to help her find the answers and end the nightmare. Someone in the town does not want her to find out the truth so they put all kinds of roadblocks in her way.

[Evelyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story was quite a roller coaster of emotions. It sure kept me guessing right to the end.

[Tracy Bryant bundy spittle]

Small towns can be close, knit communities, but they can also hide things very easily. This book explores just such a case, and will have you reading until the very end a great read.

[Kai Charles(Fiction State Of Mind) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a quick read and a page turner! A young woman comed to the Colby agency for help surrounding murders from sixteen years ago. One of the victims was Dana's twin sister Donna. As investigator Spence returns with her to the small town of Brighton the locals aren't happy to see her and deadly truths come to the surface. A nice readbut very liggt on romance.

[Roxanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it.

[Silverana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the twist at the end. The villain wasn't exactly a villain.

[Linda Sophis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love the series