At the reading of her father's will, Maria Slade receives shocking news—as a four-year-old, she'd witnessed her prostitute mother's murder and been taken into hiding by the well-meaning preacher who'd raised her as his own.

Maria remembers none of that. But now she's determined to flush her mother's killer out of hiding and discover the identity of her birth father. She heads to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she meets Detective Bodie Scott.

Empathizing with this beautiful woman looking to find out who she really is, he opens the decades-old case file. Their investigation leads them down a dangerous path, where no one is what they seem. Where a father does not want to be found. And a murderer has "like mother, like daughter" in mind for Maria.

Standard size paperback in near-new condition.

Happy to combine post with other wins - I have loads of thriller, paranormal romance and romance books listed by authors including Cherry Adair, Alison Brennan, Nancy Bush, P.C. Cast, Janelle Denison, Christine Feehan, Lori Foster, Cindy Gerard, Tess Gerritsen, Heather Graham, Lori Handeland, Karen Harper, Tami Hoag, Linda Howard, Lisa Jackson, Iris Johansen, Andrea Kane, Alex Kava, Lora Leigh, Kat Martin, Carla Neggers, Karen Robards, Karen Rose, Joann Ross, Sharon Sala, Lisa Scottoline, Maggie Shayne, Gena Showalter, Karin Slaughter, Jill Sorenson and Shiloh Walker.