Be A Good Girl
by Tess Diamond
by Tess Diamond
Publication Date: March 27th
2018
Publisher: Avon Books
Genre: Adult, Romantic
Suspense
BLURB
In Tess Diamond’s third romantic
thriller, an FBI agent teams up with the one woman who can offer the salvation
he needs as they search for a serial killer.
As the head of an elite FBI unit,
Special Agent Paul Harrison seems to have everything figured out, but beneath
the surface, an internal war is raging. When he returns to his rural hometown
for the first time in a few years, he’s faced with the memories that led to his
losing the love of his life.
Fifteen years ago, Abigail Winthrop’s
best friend, and Paul’s girlfriend, was murdered by the infamous serial killer,
Doctor X. Now an investigative journalist, she’s determined to find the truth.
But when Abigail discovers evidence that clears Doctor X, she realizes the real
killer is still out there and is striking again when local young girls begin
disappearing.
Turning to Paul for help, Abigail
joins forces with him. As an undeniable attraction develops between them, they
must heal deep wounds from their past—and find a relentless psychopath who
could extinguish their hopes for a future together.
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EXCERPT
Abby took a deep
breath, her eyes settling on the words. This was it. In just minutes, she’d be
face-to-face with him. Her heart was hammering in her chest at the thought.
She turned back to
Stan, and was surprised at how troubled the older man looked.
“Are you sure about
this?” he asked her.
“I’m a big girl,
Stan,” she said. “You don’t have to worry about me.”
“Look . . .” He
licked his lips, looking nervous.
“He’s tricky. Really
tricky.”
“I’ve heard the
rumors,” Abby said.
She didn’t need the
rumors. She knew from real life exactly how sick the man she was about to meet
was. She had spent the last two years learning everything there was to know
about him. She’d talked to every teacher he’d ever had, every relative who was
willing to speak to her and not slam the door in her face. She’d talked to
every single person who’d even had a modicum of contact with Howard Wells,
better known as Dr. X.
She knew him. And she
was about to use that knowledge to get what she wanted from him.
“I just want you to
be careful,” Stan said. “He knows exactly what to say to get to you.”
“I know he talked an
inmate into killing himself,” Abby said.
“Not just one,” Stan
said quietly, looking over his shoulder nervously before lowering his voice and
adding, “And not just inmates.”
Abby’s eyes widened at the implication. She
knew she should press Stan for more information, but she also knew she could
ferret out the truth herself with a little research. She didn’t want to make
him even more nervous, especially because he was authorized
to cut her meeting short if he deemed the situation
unsafe. “I appreciate your concern,” she
told Stan.
“But I’ll only be
asking him questions.”
“Okay,” Stan said.
“Just don’t get too close.” He took her through the same rundown she’d gotten
when she’d first entered the prison: no contact, no passing the prisoner
anything, and no getting within even ten feet of the prisoner. Abby had a
feeling that the last one was a specific rule for the man she was about to see.
The solitary wing was
quiet as they walked through it to the very end, where a door led to another,
even more isolated section.
“Inmate 3847, your
visitor is here,” Stan called out. Abby’s skin prickled at the change in his
voice. When talking with her, he had been kind, almost grandfatherly. But now,
his voice was stern and authoritative, full of “don’t fuck with me” attitude.
“You sit here,” Stan
said, pointing his baton at the bench set a good ten feet away from the thick,
clear plastic wall that made up the front of Howard’s cell. “Inmate 3847, come
forward.”
There was a pause,
and Abby had to bite the inside of her cheek as he shuffled into view.
Howard Wells was
fifteen years older than the last time she’d seen a picture of him, but he was
no less terrifying. Goose bumps—the dreadful, horror-filled kind—spread across
her skin as his eyes met hers.
His hair was gray
now, slicked back, the comb tracks visible, like he’d carefully groomed it for
this meeting. His orange jumpsuit was clean and tidy, his bright blue eyes
shining in his craggy face.
His feet were
shackled, but instead of his hands being cuffed, he was in a straitjacket, his
arms lashed to his sides. Despite this, he held himself like he was the emperor
of his own tiny kingdom. Like she was a serf who had the honor of experiencing
his presence.
Abby showed no
emotion as she sat down, placing her notebook and pen in her lap. Stan hovered
in the corner, and Abby gave him a small nod.
“I’ll be right
outside,” he said. “Panic button is right here.” He pointed meaningfully at the
red button on the wall. “Don’t try any of your manipulative shit, Wells.”
A light tsking sound
filled the air as Stan left them alone, and Abby stared at him. He came
forward, so he was just inches behind the thick sheet of Plexiglas that kept
him from going for her. “Abigail Winthrop,” he said.
“Hello, Howard,” she
said. She refused to call him Mr. Wells. And she certainly wasn’t going to call
him Doctor. There wasn’t going to be any deference here.
She wasn’t playing
his game. She was here for answers—and she was going to get them…
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giving away a paperback copy of SUCH
A PRETTY GIRL by Tess Diamond!
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Author
Info
Tess Diamond is a romantic suspense
addict with a taste for danger – and chocolate cake. She lives in Colorado
Springs with her law enforcement husband, two kids, and ferocious Jack Russell
guard dog. She always dreamed of being an FBI agent, and now she almost is – if
watching 24 reruns and plotting her next novel counts.
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