The Dead Season
Contents (42)
- Praise for Death in the Family
- Books by Tessa Wegert
- Contents
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- Acknowledgments
- What’s next on your reading list?
Praise for Death in the Family
“Death in the Family is a terrific suspense novel in the classic Agatha Christie tradition. With a masterful hand, Tessa Wegert combines slices of serial-killer thriller with a locked-room mystery . . . simultaneously claustrophobic and hauntingly beautiful. Wegert offers an intense read that will grab your attention and not let go, even after the last page is turned.”
—Christine Carbo, bestselling author of A Sharp Solitude
“Intricate plotting and a razor-sharp narration keep the pages turning in this up-all-night murder mystery. Menacing and atmospheric, Death in the Family will have you on the edge of your seat rooting for Detective Shana Merchant to uncover the truth and triumph over the scars of her own dark past.”
—Wendy Walker, USA Today bestselling author of Don’t Look for Me
“A deliciously complicated locked-room mystery that would make Agatha Christie proud. Add a savvy sleuth battling her own demons and the result is an up-to-date and thrilling ride. Death in the Family definitely deserves a place on your must-read list.”
—Margaret Coel, New York Times bestselling author of Winter’s Child
“Tessa Wegert’s Death in the Family assembles delicious ingredients—isolation, a ticking clock, family secrets—and creates a mystery at once familiar and distinctly her own. Bloody good comfort food.”
—Andrew Pyper, bestselling author of The Residence and The Demonologist
“Tessa Wegert expertly ratchets up the tension, turning an idyllic island claustrophobic as the characters’ tangled pasts unravel and the killer closes in. Compulsively readable and utterly satisfying, with an ending that will leave you desperate for Shana’s next case.”
—Erica O’Rourke, author of Dissonance and Time of Death as Lucy Kerr
“This locked-room thriller has all of the requisite tangled motives and deductive crime-solving, along with a riveting introduction to edgy survivor, Shana, and Tim, her steady, easygoing foil.”
—Booklist
“Death in the Family marks a bold beginning to an addictive new series.”
—BookPage
“Death in the Family has it all: an immersive atmosphere, a cinematic setting, and a deliciously dubious cast. But what elevates this book above the pack is its thoughtfully crafted protagonist.”
—Crime by the Book
Books by Tessa Wegert
THE SHANA MERCHANT NOVELS
Death in the Family
The Dead Season
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