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The First Death

Columbia River, Book 4

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The First Death

By: Kendra Elliot
Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt, Michael Crouch
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A Wall Street Journal bestselling series.

For a search and rescue expert, the buried remains of her past are a dangerous obsession in a twisting novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.

Rowan Wolff was five years old when she, her brother, and their babysitter were kidnapped by a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest. The babysitter was murdered. Rowan was saved. Her brother was killed and buried in the forest, his remains never found. The convicted killer refuses to say where he buried the boy. Twenty-five years later, Rowan is committed to search and rescue with her faithful canine and is obsessed with finding her brother’s grave—and closure.

Detective Evan Bolton thrives on unraveling tough cases, but his latest is disturbing. There’s another serial killer hunting in Deschutes County, Oregon, and the crimes are identical to those committed by the sociopath languishing in prison. Each victim is linked to Rowan. When skeletal remains of several bodies are exhumed in the forest, Rowan’s connection becomes more entwined and impossible to ignore.

Rowan and Evan are determined to solve the case before someone else dies. And someone else will, as the truth about the past is unearthed.

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Critic reviews

“The First Death was certainly hard to put down. I’m confident that finding Malcolm will become an obsession with readers, as it did for me.”—Bookreporter
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Riveting heart wrenching but a good not sappy ending. What more can you want. Thank you Kendra and the narrators

Excellent

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I read 2-5 books a month and was struggling to find one to keep me interested… this one did. If anyone can recommend one for me please do as I am running out of ideas

Cried listening to this, fist book in a while that grabbed me

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I love Rowan, Thor and Evan so much!
Rowan's story is brutal and harrowing, and just when you think it can't get any worse, the betrayal hits and everything you thought you knew is shattered into a million pieces. The unexpected but happy news, far outweighs the bad for Rowan, but nothing can obliterate the trauma....although Evan helps massively!
I love that Evan finally gets his girl, he has been an amazing character throughout this series so far and once again he doesn't disappoint here.
I originally read this on Kindle Unlimited, I listened to it this time on Audible....please brace yourself - it's emotionally brutal.

Hauntingly brilliant

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Solid performances from both actors. Exciting story that had me hanging on for the next chapter.

Good thriller

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Yet another fantastic story by Kendra Elliot. It’s been worth the wait since the last novel. Looking forward to the next ones!

One of the best

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