Dying Breath

Written by Heather Graham

Narrated by Luke Daniels

Buried alive  

As a teenager, Vickie Preston survived an attack by a serial killer. That was the first time she saw a ghost. Now the city of Boston is being terrorizedsomeone is kidnapping women and burying them alive, but cruelly leaving a glimmer of hope for the authorities by sending a clue about their location. Vickie is pulled into the investigation when her name is mentioned in one of the notes. And as a historian, she has the knowledge to help uncover the graves the killer known as the Undertaker is choosing. But she also has another, unique lead: the spirit of one of the victims is appearing to her in dreams. 

Special Agent Griffin Price is on the case for the Krewe of Hunters, the FBI's special unit for paranormal investigators. He feels particularly protective of Vickie, since their shared past is connected to the threat that currently surrounds them. With the killer accelerating his plans, time is running out for more victims hidden around the city. Vickie is becoming closer with Griffin, but she's getting too close to the danger, and every breath could be her last.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harlequin Audio
• Release date: May 30, 2017
• ISBN: 9781488202995

Heather Graham

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham has written more than a hundred novels. She's a winner of the RWA's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Thriller Writers' Silver Bullet. She is an active member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America. For more information, check out her websites: TheOriginalHeatherGraham.com, eHeatherGraham.com, and HeatherGraham.tv. You can also find Heather on Facebook.

Reviews for Dying Breath

[Nneamaka M. Payne · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It is extremely exciting and well interesting stories about the historical fiction in the States of Boston and theor people. The two main characters have been known with previous experience of an escape killers who was out for blood on matters he believed his family was wrongly persecuted for crimes they did not commit. When it was another family. The family of Ballantine, Bertramb Aldridge and another family whose son was a doctor and he came to Boston to establish his own practice. Unfortunately was killed in the 1800s by another killer who was also, a Ballantine. He was responsible for the gold and money of the doctor. After the discovery of all the body in 6he family fram of the Pine house. Where Ms. Fiona West was put to die. This revealed the death of the 1800s century killer. It was also that brought out the secret of the past. Vickie Preston was an incredible instrument for helping finding the victims before they were death. Griffin Pryce and Jackson Crow together with a lot of police officers worked the case until the couples killers was caught. But without Vickie dragging into this evils ?. Somehow she did fought for her dear life. She also find out about the children fathered by Bertram Aldridge. One of two of them are the killers. The other a historicarn that help find the death insider the Pina family fram.
Another case has some twice to the story covering the other son of Bertram Aldridge. Unfortunately we were not prieleved to that out come.

[NNEAMAKA PAYNE · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

“Dying Breath” is a spine-tingling paranormal mystery with a dash of romance that opens when teenager Vickie Preston who’s being stalked by a serial killer while babysitting at the Ballantine’s house is warned by a ghost to flee. Saved by FBI Special Agent Griffin Pryce who was a Boston street cop at the time, years later they’re reunited, searching for the victims of the Undertaker who are abandoned in crypts or mausoleums; a cryptic note giving clues to where they’re buried.

As a historian, Vickie has a unique knowledge of Boston and coupled with her ability to see ghosts proves to be a valuable resource for Special Agent Griffin Pryce who works for the Krewe of Hunters a special unit of paranormal investigators assigned to find the killer. But as their feelings deepen the danger escalates as the messages mention Vickie by name.

Intertwined with the history of Boston, Heather Graham creates a tense and suspense-filled murder mystery with a killer that kidnaps women and buries them alive. The plot heats up when Chrissy Ballantine is kidnapped; former serial killer Bertram Aldridge is implicated from behind bars; the spirit of a victim appears to her in her dreams, and clues point to two killers, not one. Fast-paced, the action builds as the Undertaker accelerates his plans naming Vickie in the messages that point to the location of the latest victim. As the intensity of the case increases the chemistry ignites between Vickie and Griffin who can no longer contain their feelings.

Heather Graham develops fine-tuned characters that are strong and often complex like Vickie Preston, a historian, and writer who’s easy-going, charming, and empathetic, especially towards the underprivileged kids she works within an organization called “Grown Ups”. She has a strong work ethic, is stubborn, and is intuitive. Vickie maintains a close tie to deceased, funny, boyish eighteen-year-old Dylan Ballantine who still watches over his family while her love interest is the ruggedly handsome Special Agent Griffin Pryce who’s confident, warm, and trustworthy. It is these characters that bring the plot to life as events unfold and the story progresses quickly and smoothly to a surprising ending with a startling twist.

I liked “Dying Breath” and continue to be a fan of Heather Graham’s paranormal mysteries that keep you on the edge of your seat until the end.