Margins
If It Bleeds book cover
If It Bleeds
2004
First Published
3.34
Average Rating
384
Number of Pages

It's a newspaper mantra—the most gruesome stories always run on the front page to get people's attention. But when Corina Vasquez lands a bloody lead story, she attracts the attention of a killer. Newly promoted as the assistant to Matthew Henderson, California's Valley Voice investigative reporter, Corina wants only to prove to her boss, her coworkers—and herself—that she's the right choice for the job. When the body of the city's first woman mayor is discovered in a dusty vineyard—and her boss is nowhere to be found—Corina gets her chance. Then a second brutal murder connects to the first. As she unearths the details around both killings, Corina begins to suspect that she's merely skimming the surface of a very deep conspiracy. And only one person can help her—acting mayor Wes Shaw, the man who broke her heart. Wes wants her back. Henderson wants her off the story. And as her reporting of the case thrusts her into the limelight, Corina realizes she's become a target for an unpredictable—and desperate—enemy.

Avg Rating
3.34
Number of Ratings
86
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Author

Bonnie Hearn Hill
Bonnie Hearn Hill
Author · 14 books

Bonnie Hearn Hill's latest novel of suspense, THE RIVER BELOW, was described by Publishers Weekly as, a "poignant standalone (that) is as much a story about friendship and loss as it is a mystery." Hill is the author of six thrillers from MIRA Books, the Star Crossed young adult series, and the Kit Doyle series, IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN (2015), GOODBYE FOREVER (2016), and I WISH YOU MISSED ME (2016). With Christopher Allan Poe, she wrote DIGITAL INK: WRITING KILLER FICTION IN THE E-BOOK AGE, a guide for novelists. Her thrillers INTERN, KILLER BODY, MISTRESS, OFF THE RECORD, LAST WORDS, TIL MORNING, and CUTLINE are now available as e-books. A national conference speaker and contest judge, she has is proud of the many published authors she has mentored.

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