When All the Girls Have Gone

Zusatztext Praise for When All the Girls Have Gone Jayne Ann Krentz is a woman who knows her way around a thrilling plot...[She] knows how to ignite the sparks in a relationship and she also knows how to create suspenseful situations...Krentz has done it again.Huffington Post A tasty whodunit...[A] lot of action. Seattle Times The perfect blend of spooky and romantic.Bustle When All the Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz leaves readers spellbound...Just when the reader thinks they had found the answers! the carpet is pulled from under them with a new set of questions.Working Mother A number of intriguing storylines are cleverly intertwined to make Jayne Ann Krentz's When All the Girls Have Gone a compelling! suspenseful and satisfying read.BookPage With its fast-paced plot spiked with unexpected twists and plenty of danger! snappy writing infused with tart wit! and a captivating pair of protagonists who could give Bogart and Bacall a run for their money when it comes to creating sexual sparks! Krentz's latest superbly written tale ticks off every box on a romantic-suspense fan's wish list. Booklist (starred review) Krentz returns with an intricately plotted romantic suspense novel that satisfies on every level...A terrific read by a stellar author. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Informationen zum Autor Jayne Ann Krentz is the author of more than fifty New York Times bestsellers. She has written contemporary romantic suspense novels under that name, as well as futuristic and historical romance novels under the pseudonyms Jayne Castle and Amanda Quick, respectively. There are more than 35 million copies of her books in print. Klappentext A thrilling novel of the deceptions we hide behind, the passions we surrender to, and the lengths we'll go to for the truth from the New York Times bestselling author of Untouchable. When Charlotte Sawyer is unable to contact her stepsister, Jocelyn, to tell her that one of her closest friends was found dead, she discovers that Jocelyn has vanished. Beautiful, brilliant, and reckless, Jocelyn has gone off the grid before, but never like this. In a desperate effort to find her, Charlotte joins forces with Max Cutler, a struggling PI who recently moved to Seattle after his previous career as a criminal profiler went down in flames-literally. Burned out, divorced and almost broke, Max needs the job. After surviving a near-fatal attack, Charlotte and Max turn to Jocelyn's closest friends-women in a Seattle-based online investment club-for answers. But what they find is chilling... When her uneasy alliance with Max turns into a full-blown affair, Charlotte has no choice but to trust him with her life. For the shadows of Jocelyn's past are threatening to consume her-and anyone else who gets in their way...This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected copy proof Copyright © 2016 Jayne Ann Krentz Chapter One The killer waited patiently for the target to emerge from the cabin. There was no great rush, after all. The waiting allowed time to savor the prospect of revenge. It was rather pleasant sitting there, propped against a mossy tree, rifle at the ready. High summer in the Cascades was a very enjoyable time of year. True, the tourists clogged the narrow mountain roads and insisted on stopping at every lookout point to take photographs. They left their trash behind at the numerous picnic sites. But come fall they would be driven away by the heavy rains and high winds of the early storms. In winter snow would make the roads treacherous. In the meantime the warm, gentle breeze stirring the branches carried the scents of the trees and the vegetation that thrived in the short growing season. Now there was time to contemp...

Praise for When All the Girls Have Gone
 
“Jayne Ann Krentz is a woman who knows her way around a thrilling plot...[She] knows how to ignite the sparks in a relationship and she also knows how to create suspenseful situations...Krentz has done it again.”—Huffington Post
 
“A tasty whodunit...[A] lot of action.”—Seattle Times
 
“The perfect blend of spooky and romantic.”—Bustle
 
“When All the Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz leaves readers spellbound...Just when the reader thinks they had found the answers, the carpet is pulled from under them with a new set of questions.”—Working Mother
 
“A number of intriguing storylines are cleverly intertwined to make Jayne Ann Krentz’s When All the Girls Have Gone a compelling, suspenseful and satisfying read.”—BookPage
 
“With its fast-paced plot spiked with unexpected twists and plenty of danger, snappy writing infused with tart wit, and a captivating pair of protagonists who could give Bogart and Bacall a run for their money when it comes to creating sexual sparks, Krentz’s latest superbly written tale ticks off every box on a romantic-suspense fan’s wish list.”—Booklist (starred review)
 
“Krentz returns with an intricately plotted romantic suspense novel that satisfies on every level...A terrific read by a stellar author.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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Jayne Ann Krentz

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A thrilling novel of the deceptions we hide behind, the passions we surrender to, and the lengths we'll go to for the truth from the New York Times bestselling author of Untouchable.

When Charlotte Sawyer is unable to contact her stepsister, Jocelyn, to tell her that one of her closest friends was found dead, she discovers that Jocelyn has vanished.

Beautiful, brilliant, and reckless, Jocelyn has gone off the grid before, but never like this. In a desperate effort to find her, Charlotte joins forces with Max Cutler, a struggling PI who recently moved to Seattle after his previous career as a criminal profiler went down in flames-literally. Burned out, divorced and almost broke, Max needs the job.

After surviving a near-fatal attack, Charlotte and Max turn to Jocelyn's closest friends-women in a Seattle-based online investment club-for answers. But what they find is chilling...

When her uneasy alliance with Max turns into a full-blown affair, Charlotte has no choice but to trust him with her life. For the shadows of Jocelyn's past are threatening to consume her-and anyone else who gets in their way...

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This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected copy proof

Copyright © 2016 Jayne Ann Krentz

Chapter One

The killer waited patiently for the target to emerge from the cabin.

There was no great rush, after all. The waiting allowed time to savor the prospect of revenge.

It was rather pleasant sitting there, propped against a mossy tree, rifle at the ready. High summer in the Cascades was a very enjoyable time of year. True, the tourists clogged the narrow mountain roads and insisted on stopping at every lookout point to take photographs. They left their trash behind at the numerous picnic sites. But come fall they would be driven away by the heavy rains and high winds of the early storms. In winter snow would make the roads treacherous.

In the meantime the warm, gentle breeze stirring the branches carried the scents of the trees and the vegetation that thrived in the short growing season.

Now there was time to contemplate the past and all the injustices that could be laid at the feet of the man inside the cabin. While making preparations the killer had worried that when the moment finally arrived, there would be at least a few qualms. Instead there was only a great sense of certainty.

The door of the cabin opened. Gordon Greenslade came out onto the porch. He had always been a good-looking man and he was aging well. His hair had turned an attractive silver-white, not dull gray. He was still lean and fi…