Boldt's Broken Angel

Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short.

Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),
edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.

In this Thriller Short, #1 New York Times bestselling author Ridley Pearson offers a disturbing tale of redemption. Police detective Lou Boldt returns from a three-month suspension and a demotion to work a missing person’s case. But when a second woman goes missing, Boldt realizes he has a serial offender on his hands, and the pressure to solve the case mounts. When all of the victims turn up dead, Boldt is forced to play catch-up and, as things spiral out of control and the killing escalates, a shocking revelation awaits him—one that will forever change him.

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