Beverly Barton

Dead by Midnight Beverly Barton

The last sounds Dean Wilson hears are a clock striking twelve and a killers taunting words. And his death is just the first. One by one, victims are stalked and shot at close range. Only the killer knows their sins, and who will be the next to die at midnight? In the ten years since her Hollywood career imploded, Lorie Hammonds has built a good life in her Alabama hometown. When the first death threat arrives, she assumes its a joke. Then she gets a second. Sheriff Mike Birkett, her high school sweetheart, has avoided Lorie since she returned to Dunmore, but when investigators uncover her connection to a string of recent murders, hes drawn into a case thats terrifyingly personal. With every murder, the killer edges closer. Soon Lories will be the last name left on his list. Her only hope is to unearth a deadly secret—before the clock runs out for good.