A DEADLY BEAUTY

Download or read book A DEADLY BEAUTY written by Kathy Bennett and published by Kathy Bennett. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beauty pageant turned ugly… A local beauty contest is being terrorized with threats to the pageant officials and contestants. When one contestant is killed, and another contestant's mother goes missing, Detective Maddie Divine is drawn into the case. But she has more on her plate than disappearances and death. Her elderly father-in-law suffers from dementia, and he’s been wandering away from home. An obsession turned deadly… As Maddie tries to deal with the guilt of placing him in a senior care center, the pageant attacks escalate. She struggles to find the connection between all the crimes, and then, two more girls go missing. All dark avenues have to be explored, causing Maddie to traverse the drug trade, family relationships, stalking, and kidnapping. But can Maddie figure out who the true killer is before a young girl dies? Authentic Crime…Arresting Stories told by a retired LAPD officer.