Sun Coast chronicles

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5 stars

This rape case is an exception: The victim is more than willing to testify. And there's abundant evidence to put the suspect behind bars. Just one thing bothers Detective Larry Millsaps. Young and beautiful Melissa Nelson seems to know almost too much about the evidence needed to convict her attacker. The unfolding investigation unearths a brutal track record on the part of the suspect ... and a stunning revelation of Melissa's own haunting past that...

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4.5 stars

Reporter Beth Wright is drawn into a web of mystery, intrigue, and murder as she confronts the shame and fear of her own past to expose Bill Brandon, the corrupt manager of a home for children, who uses the youngsters to steal for his theft ring