Renowned Detective Sidney Becker is burned out. After years of homicide investigations in a big city, she has seen one too many blood-spattered crime scenes. To preserve her fraying mental health, she returns to her hometown in rural Oregon and accepts the job of police chief. Life is good. Beautiful scenery. Low crime. Close to family. Then a beautiful young woman from a prominent family is found murdered in the woods. The staging of the body is chilling and eerily similar to the murder of another woman three years earlier. A detail found at both crime scenes confirms the worst: a serial killer is loose in Sidney’s community. Sidney’s old anxiety resurfaces. Nightmares haunt her sleep. She must battle her personal demons while trying to outwit a killer more cunning than any she’s ever faced. And if she doesn’t catch him before his next conquest, she’ll lose far more than just another victim.

Quiet Scream: A Sidney Becker Mystery Thriller

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Berry, Ms Linda J

Mystery

Linda/Berry

When a young Native American woman is found brutally murdered, a shock wave rips through the peaceful town of Garnerville, Oregon. Murder here is rare.Police Chief Sidney Becker, a highly skilled detective, is relentless. She won't rest until the killer is in custody. Sidney learns from tribal members that the victim had been releasing animals trapped by poachers. A poacher caught her destroying his traps and threatened to skin her alive. Sidney believes nine-year-old Tegan knows the poacher's identity. Blinded by lightning when he was six, Tegan has a heightened sense of smell and hearing. He often meets a ghostly man in the woods to conduct secret activities. This may have gotten the woman killed. Spooked, Tegan and his grandmother flee into a snowstorm. Sidney's dread deepens when the tracks of a lone rider are discovered trailing them. This horseman needs to be apprehended-fast-before he silences Sidney's only witness.

The Dead Chill (The Sidney Becker Murder Mysteries)

Homicide Detective Sidney Becker is burned out. After years of investigations in a big city, she's haunted by grisly crime scenes and depraved murderers. Seeking balance, she accepts the job of police chief in her hometown-a peaceful mountain community in Oregon.Life is good. Beautiful scenery. Low crime. Close to family.Then a woman is found brutally murdered in the woods. The staging of the body is chilling, and resembles another victim found in the same area years earlier. The case went cold.Now the killer has come out of hiding. The killer is ruthless, and plans each murder to the smallest detail. The only clue found at the crime scene is an origami butterfly planted on the victim. Inside is a handwritten, meaningless verse. To outwit a killer more cunning than any she's faced before, Sidney must decode his cryptic message and lure him into the open-before he strikes again.

The Killing Woods: Book One Of The Sidney Becker Mysteries (Formerly published as Girl with the Origami Butterfly) (The Sidney Becker Murder Mysteries)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Pretty Corpse: A Lauren Starkley Mystery

BERRY, LINDA

Sully, a wounded Marine, returns from Afghanistan to face challenging battles at home. His parents are estranged, his rodeo legend father is an invalid, and the family ranch is nearing bankruptcy. The county is in an uproar. Thieves have been striking neighboring ranches, stealing champion horses, and disappearing into the desert like ghosts.While recovering, Sully attempts to make peace with his abusive father. The dark secrets that destroyed his parent’s marriage slowly come to light. Though furious, Sully is forced to live and work with his father for the survival of the ranch.Sully’s only refuge is the mother of a young marine recently killed in action. Despite their age difference, he begins to connect with her in a way he never thought possible. When Sully’s close friend is killed by the horse thieves, he and his Paiute companion decide to track the renegades themselves. What awaits in the high desert will sorely test their courage and survival skills—skills neither of them thought they’d ever use on American soil.

Hidden Part One: A Michael Sullivan Mystery

berry, linda J

former marine, rodeo, horse theft, murder

Hidden part 2: A Michael Sullivan Mystery

When two women are found murdered in remote parts of her small town, Police Chief Sidney Becker detects an alarming pattern. Both were killed in a grisly fashion, and an obscure Viking coin was planted on each corpse.The symbology of the coin will lead Becker to discover clues that are dark and disturbing. The more she uncovers, the more twisted the picture becomes. It appears the killer’s motive is revenge. What did his victims do to trigger these acts of violence?The killer stays one step ahead of Becker’s team at every turn. As they close in, he becomes more dangerous. Sidney barely escapes his deadly traps of fire and ice.What clues lie in the legend of the Viking apocalypse that killed the God of Thunder? Will the bones of a headless corpse help track the killer? He isn't waiting around for Becker to figure it out. He has more victims in mind.

Cold Revenge (The Sidney Becker Murder Mysteries)

Thrillers & Suspense

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