Among the Innocent
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Publisher Description
When Leah Miller's entire Amish family was murdered ten years ago, the person believed responsible took his own life. Since then, Leah left the Amish and joined the police force. Now, after another Amish woman is found murdered with the same MO, it becomes clear that the wrong man may have been blamed for her family's deaths.
As Leah and the new police chief, Dalton Cooper, work long hours struggling to fit the pieces together in order to catch the killer, they can't help but grow closer. When secrets from both of their pasts begin to surface, an unexpected connection between them is revealed. But this is only the beginning. Could it be that the former police chief framed an innocent man to keep the biggest secret of all buried? And what will it mean for Leah--and Dalton--when the full truth comes to light?
USA Today bestselling author Mary Alford keeps you guessing as two determined souls plumb the dark depths of the past in order to forge a brighter future--together.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A cop takes on a serial killer with a connection to her past in this taut thriller from Alford (Snowbound Amish Survival). Officer Leah Miller and new police chief Dalton Cooper investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl from the Amish community in St. Ignatius, Mont. When they discover the girl's body in the same barn where the corpses of Leah's family were found a decade ago, the similarities suggest that Dalton's adoptive brother, who was blamed for the killings and died by apparent suicide, was innocent and that the murderer remains at large. Leah and Dalton discover an unsettling secret about Leah's recently deceased adoptive father, the former police chief, and when they close in on the killer, he sets his sights on Leah. As bodies pile up, Leah must rediscover the faith she abandoned after the death of her family to keep her and Dalton safe. A romantic plotline between Leah and Dalton feels rushed and tacked on, but Alford's assured pacing keeps the murder mystery simmering. Romance aside, this tense thriller does the trick.
