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Carolina McKay
Carolina McKay
Series · 5 books · 2020-2022
By
Tony Urban
,
Drew Strickland
Books in series
#1
Her Deadly Homecoming
2020
Three girls. Brutally murdered. Eyelids surgically removed. Their killer never caught. Eighteen years later… a new victim is found. Carolina McKay thought she’d escaped her past. The murders that wrecked her youth. Her family. But most of all, her hometown. After her promising career as a big-city police detective is ended by a gunshot, Carolina heads home to Dupray, West Virginia, defeated and purposeless. Until the murders start anew. Sheriff Lester Fenech, her mentor and surrogate father, feels old and outmatched. With less than a month until his retirement, he’s desperate to solve the case which has tormented him. But he needs help. When the first killings rocked Dupray, Carolina was just a teenager. Now, she’s the best chance they have to catch a monster. Will she be able to pull herself together and solve the murders? Or will her own haunted past get in the way and leave more dead bodies in a killer’s wake? A page-turning thriller packed with twists and suspense. Fans of Willow Rose, Patrick Logan, Karin Slaughter, and Lisa Gardner will love Carolina McKay.
#2
Her Killer Confession
2020
How can she save anyone when she can’t save herself? Detective Carolina McKay survived a serial killer and saved the town she used to call home. Now she finds herself more alone than ever... until a stranger knocks on her door. A desperate father seeking to exonerate his son has no one else to turn to. To prove the confession was forced, Carolina must battle corrupt cops, drug dealers, prostitutes, and reclusive crazies. She wanted the truth, but what she uncovers is worse. Decades worth of unexplainable murders that point to a sadistic serial killer. And Carolina just stepped onto his turf. Praise for the Carolina McKay "Unable to put down. Breathless excitement! Carolina is hard to love and impossible not to, with her guts and flaws showing. Every book seems better than the one before. Excellent reading! "This is a fantastic read!!! Carolina McKay is a kick ass character that draws you in, in the first few paragraphs. I thought I had it figured out and then the twists and turns started.... If you’re looking for a great new series from a fantastic author... THIS is it!" " Love this series! Feels like I am back with old friends when I read these books. The action is non stop, the characters are developed and seem real, and wow at the ending! Great read!" " Awesome ending! Never saw it coming. A grab you by the seat of your pants type of story. Such a variety of characters, with a bit of humor thrown in. Loved it!" "VERY well written, the storyline grabs you with the first paragraph and just keeps getting better. I thought I had it figured out, then the twists and turns started!!! Excellent read !!" "Plot twists galore. Excellent book. Writing was super. The storyline was gripping and intense. I just couldn't put if down. I would definitely recommend this book and author to all." "Absolutely awesome. To say I loved it would be an understatement ." " A new favorite author. This s a brisk, hard to put down read."
#3
Her Deadly Double Life
2020
To catch the perfect killer, she must become the perfect victim. Carolina McKay saved two towns from sadistic killers while putting her own life on the line. Risking it all for strangers comes easy to her, but what happens when the victim is family? After her estranged sister goes missing, Carolina delves into her sordid private life and soon learns that her sister isn’t the only woman who has vanished. There are more. Many more. All signs point to a serial killer more dangerous than any Carolina has squared off against before. As her investigation takes her undercover into the dangerous world of high end sex workers, Carolina is determined to rescue her sister, even if it means taking her place. Praise for the Carolina McKay "Unable to put down. Breathless excitement! Carolina is hard to love and impossible not to, with her guts and flaws showing. Every book seems better than the one before. Excellent reading! "This is a fantastic read!!! Carolina McKay is a kick ass character that draws you in, in the first few paragraphs. I thought I had it figured out and then the twists and turns started.... If you’re looking for a great new series from a fantastic author... THIS is it!" " Love this series! Feels like I am back with old friends when I read these books. The action is non stop, the characters are developed and seem real, and wow at the ending! Great read!" " Awesome ending! Never saw it coming. A grab you by the seat of your pants type of story. Such a variety of characters, with a bit of humor thrown in. Loved it!" "VERY well written, the storyline grabs you with the first paragraph and just keeps getting better. I thought I had it figured out, then the twists and turns started!!! Excellent read !!" "Plot twists galore. Excellent book. Writing was super. The storyline was gripping and intense. I just couldn't put if down. I would definitely recommend this book and author to all." "Absolutely awesome. To say I loved it would be an understatement ." " A new favorite author. This s a brisk, hard to put down read."
#4
Poaching Grounds
2021
Poachers discovered the bodies. Slaughtered. Mauled. Partially devoured. Carolina McKay has never squared off with a killer this vicious. Sober and a licensed Private Investigator, for the first time in her adult life Carolina has found what she’s been missing... Hope. But it’s not long before the past comes calling. Her ex-partner, Hank Kolazarek, is now Sheriff of small town Hopkins, Ohio where human remains were found in the woods. The work of a madman. Outmatched, Hank needs Carolina’s help before more people die. Walking the streets of Hopkins is a man who blends in, is respected, even admired. But his psyche is cracking. His delusions worsening. With each passing day he becomes less man and more animal… With each tick of the clock his hunger grows… When the killer takes one of her only allies, Carolina must break through his facade and uncover his true identity. But with the stress threatening her newfound sobriety, will she crumble, allowing even more victims to fall prey to the hunt?
#5
Winter's Obsession
2022
She was hired to uncover the truth, but she may be buried by the lies. When a teenager disappears from a posh ski resort, her millionaire father, Nikolaus Winter, hires Carolina McKay to bring his daughter home safe and in one piece. A promise that may be impossible to keep. Overwhelmed with suspects, Carolina enters a world of money, control, and jealousy as she tries to unearth what happened to Maurah Winter. All signs point to her running away, until a much darker threat emerges. One that involves those closest to her. As Carolina races to uncover why a girl with the world at her fingertips would vanish into thin air, she finds herself sinking in too deep. So deep she may not get out alive.
Authors
Tony Urban
Author · 27 books
Drew Strickland
Author · 18 books