Deadly Ambition

A new, original Jenkins & Burns novella from the author of Deadly Readings, Deadly Getaway, and Deadly Expressions.


In the aftermath of the most destructive hurricane to hit the Jersey Shore in a century, Elise Burns and the other residents of Ocean Point are doing their best to recover and rebuild, which is why the recent string of robberies hits everyone especially hard. Fuming to catch the thief preying on those who have already suffered so much, Detective Mitch Burns will stop at nothing to solve the crimes.


When another robbery turns to murder and a college student who’s interning at Elise’s newspaper is caught with the murder weapon in his hand, Mitch is convinced it’s an open-and-shut case. Elise knows the brash and ambitious aspiring reporter would go to any lengths to get a story, but was he a killer? Following clues from the intern’s notebooks and her own reporter’s gut sense, she sets out to track down a thief and a killer and exonerate a suspect she doesn't even like—even if she has to put herself in harm’s way to do it.


About the Author:



Laura Bradford is the author of Hearse and Buggy and Assaulted Pretzel, the first two books in the Amish Mystery series published with Berkley Prime Crime/Penguin. She’s also an award-winning romance author for Harlequin American. Her third romance, Miracle Baby, was named RT Magazine's Reviewer's Choice Award Winner for Best Harlequin American of 2010. Kayla’s Daddy—her first romance—was nominated for the same award and has gone on to be translated in both Spain and Germany. Her next romance, Storybook Dad, is available now.