Nightmare: A Blacklick Valley Mystery (Paperback) by Donna Cummins

9781725664722. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 316. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 316 p. The Blacklick Valley Mystery, 5. Tension is running high in Blacklick Valley as Sheriff Jed Tyler races against time to untangle the remaining elusive secrets that threaten its inhabitants before another life is lost. Will he succeed in his efforts or-this time-will he be too late? More than a year has passed since Claire Whitman's diabolical abduction of three women, the murder of one, where she piteously cast them into a place of our worst nightmares, leaving them to die in the most horrific way. But did she act alone? Or, did she have an unknown accomplice-one still viciously intent on carrying out his murderous scheme? And what of Annie Ross, the young, na�ve mistress of Laura Kinkaid's late husband Frank, who was forced into an unwanted abortion that left her relentlessly guilt-ridden, broken, and betrayed? Has she simply disappeared into the mists of her delusional mind? Or, is she back with a fiery vengeance and her own psychotic plan for justice? Last fall, CIA operative Tripp Castleberry, in conjunction with federal DEA agents, believed his team had cracked the local link in a far-reaching Mexican drug cartel network, cutting off the massive flow of illegal drugs flowing into the region with a secretive sting operation. Unfortunately, the mastermind, the king-pin behind it all, remained unidentified and has recently reestablished operations. Will he continue to elude authorities at every turn or will he finally be unmasked? Now, just weeks after Jed and Jenny's divorce has finalized, are Laura and Jed and baby Jonathan, the product of their illicit love affair, living the idealized life they had imagined at Laura's grand estate at Green Hills? Is Jenny content in her new relationship with Tripp Castleberry, the mysterious and dangerous lover from her past who came back to reclaim her? Has Timmy, Jenny's young son, adapted to the sweeping changes in his world or does his life seem to be collapsing around him? Is hard-core, take-no-prisoners business entrepreneur Samantha Jessup destined to living her life alone, or is there a man out there strong enough to tame her? Return now to Blacklick Valley as these webs of mystery unfold in explosive detail and for the volatile and shocking conclusion of The Blacklick Valley Mystery Series.