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The Dead Place
2008
First Published
3.54
Average Rating
369
Number of Pages
A twisted serial killer is preying on college students in the small university town of Wickfield. The first victim is found floating in a creek - naked, beautiful and brutally garroted. Lily Slocum was a college student with everything to live for and nothing to fear. How many more victims will there be?
Avg Rating
3.54
Number of Ratings
158
5 STARS
24%
4 STARS
31%
3 STARS
25%
2 STARS
15%
1 STARS
5%
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Author

Rebecca Drake
Rebecca Drake
Author · 6 books

Rebecca Drake is an American author of psychological suspense. Her latest book, JUST BETWEEN US, was featured by O, The Oprah Magazine as a “compulsively readable thriller,” while Publisher’s Weekly and the Associated Press lauded it as “tense, bombshell laden and action-packed” and “twisty and compelling.” Her previous novel ONLY EVER YOU, was chosen by Barnes & Noble as a top thriller and Library Journal’s starred review called it a “gripping domestic thriller.” She is also the author of DON’T BE AFRAID, THE NEXT KILLING and THE DEAD PLACE,as well as short fiction featured in the anthologies, PITTSBURGH NOIR, SWAMP KILLERS, and A THOUSAND DOORS. A native New Yorker and Penn State grad, Rebecca has lived in eight cities, including Doha, Qatar, and was an instructor in Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction MFA program. She currently resides in Pittsburgh with her husband, two children, a large cat and a little dog.

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