A Desperate Place
Published on 7. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
979-8-9932086-0-2 (ISBN)
Description
Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles and Kathy Reichs, comes an explosive thriller about a team of two strong women and a crime that will shake you to your core.
THREE SEPARATE HOMICIDES. THREE UNRELATED VICTIMS. ONE GRISLY SECRET.
When the body of a famous actress is unearthed from a shallow grave, journalist Whit McKenna with the Medford Daily Chronicle investigates, unprepared for the sinister trail she must follow. Fresh from a harrowing assignment in Afghanistan with a previous post at the L.A. Times which cost her husband's life, McKenna must pull herself together for the sake of her two daughters. The trauma and heartache have only begun to heal when she is thrust into the plot of a criminal mastermind.
Best friend Katie Riggs, medical examiner detective, works quid pro quo with Whit to solve the 'Dr. Frankenstein' murders before he strikes again. The town is on edge as details of the horrific autopsy reports are leaked. Who will be next? Each front page article McKenna writes brings her closer to a killer who will stop at nothing to realize his deadly ambition.
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Jennifer Greer began her writing career as a police reporter with a degree in journalism and English literature. She studied art and literature in London and traveled the world. She wrote an award winning article on the women and children refugees while reporting from the front lines during the Croatian War. After raising two daughters, she began writing fiction. A Desperate Place was launched by Crooked Lane Books during the pandemic when the stores were closed and still sold over 10,000 copies! Jennifer lives in Oregon with her rescue cat, Henry.