Hands Across The Grave

By Donna Kolling Lear

Los Angeles, California, 1967

After twenty-seven years with the FBI, Assistant Special Agent, James Riley, has officially retired. Finally out of the crazy and unpredictable world of law enforcement, he and his wife, Meg, are excited to start the next chapter of their lives in the small town of Monrovia, California.
Meg throws James a surprise retirement party that brings their daughter, Clair, and her husband, Tom, home from Ohio and reunites James with his old friend Bob Maywood. When Clair announces that she and Tom will be moving back to Monrovia, James and Meg are thrilled. However, their excitement turns to terror when Clair and Tom fail to return from a short walk. A search of the neighborhood leads James and Bob to an abandoned house, where they find Clair’s opal and diamond necklace and a chloroform-soaked rag.
James and Bob team up with his former supervisor, Special Agent Hank Welch, to find Clair and Tom. They soon find themselves caught in a web of lies, revenge, and deception that threatens the Riley family and friends.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Donna Kolling Lear
• Release date: Jan 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9780989871969

Donna Kolling Lear

Donna Kolling Lear is a mystery writer from Orange County, California. Her debut book, Crimson Gold, was published in 2013 and was a finalist in the 2015 Red City Review Book Awards, Mystery/Thriller genre. Her new book, Hands Across The Grave, was published in July, 2019 and is a sequel too, Crimson Gold. Donna resides in Santa Ana with her husband, John, Cujo the Yorkie, and Gus the cat.

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