Bleeding through : Rachel goddard mysteries series, book 5

When Veterinarian Rachel Goddard And Deputy Sheriff Tom Bridger Take Teenagers On An Outing To Clean Up Roadside Trash In Rural Mason County, Virginia, They Make A Grisly Discovery: The Plastic-wrapped Body Of A Young Woman. One Teen Peers At The Face Through The Plastic And Screams. The Dead Girl Is Her Sister, Shelley, A Law Student Who Has Been Missing For A Month. As Tom Launches The Investigation, Rachel Copes With A Visit From Her Own Sister, Michelle, Who Is Terrified That A Man Is Stalking Her. Michelle's Own Husband Doubts Her. But Soon It Becomes Clear That The Mysterious Stalker Has Followed Michelle To Mason County, And Now He's Turning His Attention To Rachel, Too. Tom Pursues The Stalker At The Same Time He Investigates Shelley's Murder. Was Shelley's Murder Random, Or Was She Killed Because She Was Working To Prove That A Mason County Man Was Wrongly Convicted Of Murder? Relatives Of His Supposed Victim Were Enraged By Shelley's Efforts To Free A Man They Believe Is Guilty. Did They Kill Her To Stop Her? But What If She Was Right? If An Innocent Man Was Convicted, One Person Would Have The Strongest Motive To Silence Shelley: The Real Murderer. When veterinarian Rachel Goddard and Deputy Sheriff Tom Bridger take teenagers on an outing to clean up roadside trash in rural Mason County, Virginia, they make a grisly discovery: the plastic-wrapped body of a young woman. One teen peers at the face through the plastic and screams. The dead girl is her sister, Shelley, a law student who has been missing for a month. As Tom launches a murder investigation, Rachel copes with a visit from her own sister, Michelle, who is terrified that a man is stalking her. Michelle insists she's receiving threatening calls and someone has invaded her office in the Washington, DC, area. Her own husband doubts her. Although Michelle is a psychologist, she has always been emotionally fragile, and she reverts to her childhood dependence on Rachel, stirring up memories Rachel wants to forget. Soon it becomes clear that the mysterious stalker is real and dangerous and has followed Michelle to Mason County. Now he's turning his attention to Rachel too. Tom pursues the stalker at the same time he investigates Shelley's murder. Was it random, or was she killed because she was working to prove that a Mason County man was wrongly convicted of murder' Relatives of his supposed victim were enraged by Shelley's efforts to free a man they believe is guilty. Did they kill her to stop her' But what if she was right' If an innocent man was convicted, one person would have the strongest motive to silence Shelley: the real murderer. As Tom closes in on Shelley's killer, the stalker makes his move against Rachel He will take seventeen to the match - how many will he bring back? In Cibola football is a matter of life and death. Sir Tristram must reunite his Blood City teammates - Knights, Pirates and Westerners - to win the prestigious Seskie tournament against their oldest rivals. Behind the match is a bigger power play, a king's mission to bring down his greatest rival by persuasion, trickery or force. Needing a squad of soldiers as well as footballers, Sir Tristram must also find a place on tour and in his heart for the teenage child he has not addressed by name since infancy...