Don't Even Breathe by Keith Houghton

Don't Even Breathe (Maggie Novak Thriller, #1)

by Keith Houghton

From the bestselling author of Crash comes a riveting thriller rife with murder, misdirection, and ghosts from the past.

Florida homicide detective Maggie Novak has seen hundreds of brutal murder cases, but when she is called out to investigate the charred remains of a young woman, in what appears to be a Halloween prank gone wrong, she is confronted with a twenty-year-old secret. The body is formally identified as that of school counselor Dana Cullen, but a distinguishing mark makes Maggie look again. She believes it is the body of her school friend Rita, who perished in a fire twenty years ago.

Maggie’s hunt for the truth behind the murder takes her back to a cruel high school trick she’s desperate to forget. And when another body turns up, Maggie realizes she too may be the target of a sinister plot creeping toward its final act.

Maggie needs emotional distance to do her job, but she’s so close to this case that she can’t even breathe. Will Maggie be able to uncover the truth of who wanted Rita dead? Or will her past mistakes catch up with her first?



Also available in the Maggie Novak Thriller series:-

A PLACE CALLED FEAR

THE OTHER CHILD

HER ONLY REGRET

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3 of 5 stars

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Average police procedural. It was kind of messy in parts. It definitely had me guessing but more because I'm not entirely sure it made any sense. There were plots on top of plots. I liked Maggie for the most part. I have the next one and will likely pick it up. 2.5 stars, rounded up to 3.

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