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Texas Rangers

by 3 books in this series
#1 - The 7th Victim
#1 - The 7th Victim
The one who got away - is the only one he wants

It's been seven years since the Seattle Strangler terrorized the city. His victims were all young, pretty, their lifeless bodies found wrapped in a white dress. But there was one who miraculously escaped death. . .

Lara Church has only hazy memories of her long-ago attack. What she does have is a home in Austin, a job, and a chance at a normal life at last. Then Texas Ranger James Beck arrives on her doorstep with shattering news: The Strangler is back. And this time, he's in Austin.
#2 - No Escape
#2 - No Escape
He Was Taught How To Kill

Even behind bars, serial killer Harvey Lee Smith exudes menace. Psychologist Jolene Granger has agreed to hear his dying confession, vowing not to let the monster inside her head. And Harvey has secrets to share - about bodies that were never found, and about the apprentice who is continuing his grisly work . . .

And Now He'll Teach Them


He buries his victims alive the way his mentor Harvey did, relishing their final screams as the earth rains down. And as one last gift to the only father he knew, he'll make the most perfect kill of all.

How To Die


Everything about this investigation is unnerving Jo, from Harvey's fascination with her to the fact that she's working alongside Texas Ranger Brody Winchester, her ex-husband. Harvey's protégé is growing bolder and more vicious every day. And soon the trail of shallow graves will lead them to the last place Jo expected, and to the most terrifying truth of all . .
#3 - You're Not Safe
#3 - You're Not Safe
A broken body hangs from a tree in Texas. A frozen figure is discovered in a meat locker. What seemed like suicide becomes a terror that is only just beginning.

Greer Templeton has been running from the moment that changed her life and ended two others. But with a dead body on her property and Texas Ranger Tec Bragg on her doorstep, her nightmare returns: an obsessed killer has never forgotten the bond that unites them.

One by one, he will track down his victims, until it's time to make Greer's dying wish come true . . .

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