“She wondered if setting up the pole was more than just a theatrical device. Something about it seemed resolute, almost like a… — Blake Pierce Copy Share Image
“The older you get, the more you realize life is about those connections you make. Once they’re gone, what do you really… — Blake Pierce Life Copy Share Image
“Keri shook the cobwebs from her head, took a swig from her water bottle, got out, and headed back inside the station,… — Blake Pierce Water Bottle Copy Share Image
“She stepped away from the door, letting it slowly swing open. She could feel the fresh air from the other side of… — Blake Pierce Fresh air Copy Share Image
“She had called Zack, fully aware that he was at work and would not be able to take her call. She left… — Blake Pierce Front door Copy Share Image
“you know the truth. Evie’s never coming back. And the sooner you make your peace with that, the sooner you can start… — Blake Pierce Peace Copy Share Image
“Mackenzie finally arrived home at 10:45, exhausted. The day had been long and draining but she knew that she would not be… — Blake Pierce Law firm Copy Share Image
“Jared Ellington, thirty-one years old, a Georgetown graduate with a background that included a stint in profiling in counterterrorism cases. His black… — Blake Pierce Black hair Copy Share Image
“Done for the night, he steered his ship for shore, and as it chugged steadily for the dock at Reedsport, one of… — Blake Pierce Copy Share Image
“classic example of the Peter Principle at work. Walder had successfully risen to the level of his incompetence.” — Blake Pierce Peter Principle Copy Share Image
“Wonder what?” Porter asked. Mackenzie, never one for beating around the bush, answered for Nelson. “Why he’s decided to go active now,”… — Blake Pierce Copy Share Image
“the worst kind of boss—someone who had no idea what he was doing, and was therefore all the more determined to throw… — Blake Pierce Copy Share Image
“serene and still as murder scenes she’d seen—almost as stoic as that first cornfield where they’d discovered the first victim. Anything of… — Blake Pierce Copy Share Image
“Day drinking?” she said, mock offended. “It’s not day drinking if I start after five,” — Blake Pierce Day drinking Copy Share Image
“What do we do now?” Keri asked. “Meet me at your car in five minutes. I have to wrap a few things… — Blake Pierce Copy Share Image
“Yet as she picked up two dirty plates from the coffee table and stepped over an Xbox disc on the floor, Mackenzie… — Blake Pierce Copy Share Image
“She and Zack had moved in together a little over a year ago, trying to take every possible step they could in… — Blake Pierce Marriage Copy Share Image
“For the first time in a very long time, she felt tears of gratitude. She managed to keep them in, though, letting… — Blake Pierce First time Copy Share Image
“She and Zack had moved in together a little over a year ago, trying to take every possible step they could in… — Blake Pierce Marriage Copy Share Image
“So this is what I’ve become, she thought. Alone, cold, and emotionless.” — Blake Pierce Copy Share Image
“work and would not be able to take her call. She left him a message that she now regretted as she wheeled… — Blake Pierce Front door Copy Share Image
“Mackenzie noticed at once that Porter had referred to her by her first name and called her a girl rather than a… — Blake Pierce Copy Share Image
“This time, seeing the woman strung up in such a way, Mackenzie was unable to repress a memory of her sister. Steph… — Blake Pierce Time Copy Share Image
