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Audiobooks by Denise Grover Swank
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"Rose is BACK!
It’s been nearly three years since the fall of the Hardshaw Group, and Rose is living a low-key life in Fenton County. She’s happily married to Joe Simmons, raising her own two children along with her niece and nephew, and running her landscape business. Everything is coming up…well…roses! And still, when she and her best friend Neely Kate unearth a peculiar wooden box in a client’s yard, she finds herself yearning for the good old days of solving mysteries.
Be careful what you wish for.
Before she can even fight that particular urge though, a teenage boy shows up asking for protection from “The Lady in Black”. There’s no denying it. Trouble seems to be landing right on Rose’s doorstep just like it used to. And no one knows better than her; trouble always comes in threes…
The past is better left behind, but is it ever really gone?"
"With a friend's child missing, and the police failing, disgraced ex-detective Harper enlists the aid of a former crime boss to untangle a mystery that strikes too close to home.
Disgraced, ex-detective Harper Adams is perfectly content wallowing at rock bottom. She's lost her job, house, and reputation, and it only gets worse when she's forced to move back home to Jackson Creek, Arkansas, the one place she swore she'd never return.
But everything changes when she gets chilling news. A childhood friend's daughter is missing...and it's eerily reminiscent of Harper's sister's kidnapping and murder two decades ago.
Not her business.
Except with the police fumbling the case at every turn, Harper realizes she might be the only one who can save the girl.
And she might need the help of James Malcolm, a former crime boss, to do it."
"The third book in the Carly Moore series by Denise Grover Swank.
The dead can't speak.
After months of living in the Smoky Mountains town of Drum, Tennessee, Carly knows firsthand the financial hardship the citizens face. Still, she can't muster the same excitement as everyone else when town patriarch Bart Drummond breaks ground on his new resort that promises more jobs and money.
But the project comes to a screeching halt when the construction crew unearths a grisly discovery - an unmarked grave. The discovery threatens Carly's ex-boyfriend when the authorities learn the body belongs to his old girlfriend who had supposedly left town…and Wyatt is suspect number one.
Carly's sure Wyatt's innocent, even if the rest of the town, and more importantly, the sheriff's department, is ready to lock him up. Carly has moved on from Wyatt, but now he's asking for her help to clear his name. In exchange, he'll tell her what he knows about his father. Information that will help her bring Bart down.
But danger lurks around every corner, and as Carly puts her life on the line to help the man who betrayed her, she begins to question everything and everyone around her…especially Wyatt Drummond."
"Book four of the USA Today best-selling Carly Moore series.
Be careful where you dig....
Life in Drum, Tennessee has been quiet since corruption was uncovered in the sheriff's department three months ago - too quiet. Still, Carly is shocked when she discovers one of her sweetest lunch customers at the tavern has committed murder in cold blood.
Carly is certain the woman was fulfilling an infamous "favor" for the town patriarch, Bart Drummond, but now she has to prove it. She already knew that Drum has two sides - the side they show the world, and the seedy underbelly. Only in Drum, all things seedy lead back to two men - Bart Drummond and the local drug king, Todd Bingham.
The deeper Carly gets, the more she begins to question everything, even her desire to have her own family. But even if she could forget Bart's threat is hanging over her head, she can't forget that her father is still searching for her, ready to drag her back to her own death. She needs to uncover the truth, but everything is buried in secrets."
"The fifth book in the USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling Carly Moore series.
It's been a week since Carly Moore's friend Jerry was run off the road and killed, and the sheriff's department has already struck out on leads. She's not about to sit back and let it go, but the last thing she wants is to endanger anyone else. Besides, as she learned long ago, problems come in threes.
A mysterious woman causes a ruckus in the tavern where Carly works and leaves behind a note: We've got some unfinished business, Carly Moore. I'll be in touch. The stranger looks like trouble, and Carly knows it means nothing good. Then, on the heels of that encounter, she gets shocking news: the crime syndicate her father co-ran has been taken down by the authorities.
She's not foolish enough to think her father has been neutralized, but she realizes she needs to act against him soon if she wants to stop hiding.
The deeper Carly digs into her family's past, the more dirt she finds. But lies are told for a reason, and there are people around her who are willing to kill to keep the truth hidden."
"The penultimate book in the Carly Moore series.
For six months, Carly Moore has been trying to bring down the town patriarch, Bart Drummond. Everyone knows he's behind a "favor" system that has often ended in murder, but no one has ever been able to prove it.
Until now.
Carly has a lead that might crack the case wide open, but her investigation comes to a screeching halt when someone close to her is killed. Now her only goal is to bring the killer to justice.
But the more she digs, the more she can't help but wonder if the murder is the handiwork of Bart Drummond after all...."
"The final book in the Carly Moore series.
Carly had every intention of heading to Dallas to bring down her father, but not as Wyatt Drummand's hostage. After Wyatt kidnaps her at gunpoint and threatens to turn her over to her father-the man she's spent the past nine months hiding from-she explains that his plan will get them both killed. But then, he has a surprising revelation she's not sure she should believe.
Marco Roland is devastated when he realizes his girlfriend has been kidnapped, and he'll do anything to save her. Even if it means crossing lines he never thought he'd breach....
And back in Drum, Tennessee, Max Drummond is forced to confront ugly truths about his family's past and present.
With the help of old friends, Carly must decide who can best help her confront her father with proof of his lies and deceptions. If she doesn't end up murdered first...."
"In the second book of the USA Today best-selling series, Carly looks into a young woman's disappearance while trying to hide her own dark secrets.
Carly Moore is finally feeling settled in Drum, Tennessee. She likes her job waitressing at Max's Tavern and her boyfriend...she should have known both were too good to be true.
The previous waitress Lula unexpectedly returns, threatening Carly's job and stability in Drum. But when Lula disappears, Carly is the only one who believes she didn't leave of her own violation. Lula has a few secrets of her own, and one person is front and center on Carly's suspect list - the town's drug lord.
Teaming up with Marco Roland - a Hensen County Deputy on medical leave - to help find out what happened to Lula, they soon realize her disappearance has ties to Drum's past.
Someone doesn't want stones overturned, and they'll go to deadly lengths to keep the truth hidden. Can Carly and Marco find Lula before it's too late?"
"When doing the right thing goes horribly wrong...
Caroline Blakely is certain of two things: She was happy with her life as a first grade school teacher, and she can never, ever return to it.
After discovering a shocking truth about her father, the wealthy businessman at the helm of Blakely Oil, she's on the run - a difficult feat given her father's endless resources and connections.
With the help of friends, Carly is able to secure a new identity, but her attempts to keep a low profile are blown to bits when she gets stuck in Drum, Tennessee. When she investigates a cry in the parking lot outside her motel room, she finds herself the lone witness to a murder.
Stranded in the small Appalachian Mountain town, she soon realizes that Drum is as riddled with secrets as her own past. A huge chunk of the intrigue centers around the Drummond family, ancestors of the town's founders, and their oldest son, Wyatt - an ex-con.
She knows she'd do best to stay away from the Drummonds, especially Wyatt, and from the mystery she's stumbled upon, but Carly's sense of right and wrong demands that she help, even if it means risking her own secrets...and her life."
"When a young woman is at the wrong place at the wrong time, she becomes a person of interest in a murder investigation.
Maddie Baker just wants to make ends meet. She gave up her school librarian career to return to her hometown and take care of her elderly aunt. So when she starts making Uber runs to supplement her barista job, she never dreamt she'd not only drop a man off to his murder but be labeled a person of interest in his death.
Detective Noah Langley is looking for a fresh start in a city with a lower crime rate and a fraction of the population of Memphis. It's just what he needs to recover from a nightmare that left him severely injured and his teenage mentee dead. The first murder since he's arrived in Cockamamie is a chance to prove to his boss and himself he should be there.
Noah doesn't have many leads, but the few he has all tie back to one person: Maddie Baker. She doesn't seem the type, but the last time he presumed someone was innocent he nearly died. Has Noah lost his instincts? Because if he can't trust his gut, it might be time to turn in his badge."
"Welcome to Lone County, Arkansas, where every corner holds a secret, and the past is never really buried.
Disgraced ex-detective Harper Adams has traded her badge for a desk job at her father's law firm, a move as dull as the small town she's returned to. But things take a turn when a local woman wants to declare her missing husband dead, five years after his mysterious disappearance.
With her father's firm representing the missing man's wife, Harper seizes the opportunity to delve back into her investigative roots. Her search leads her back to James Malcolm, a former crime boss turned tavern owner, who has his finger on the pulse of every shadowed corner. His offer to help with her investigation catches her by surprise.
Why would a former criminal offer his help unless he has something to gain?"
"Maddie Baker hasn't seen Detective Noah Langley since he ghosted her a month ago, but now she needs his help to find a missing woman. When Maddie Baker offers a self-defense course, a terrified young woman asks her for private lessons to escape a chokehold. Maddie readily agrees to meet Amy the next morning, but when she doesn't show up, Maddie becomes concerned.
She enlists the help of Detective Noah Langley and his partner Lance Forrester. Since it's not an official investigation, and the only thing they know about her is her first name, it's not long before their hands are tied.
Besides, Noah has a dilemma of his own. A rash of home burglaries has taken a disturbing turn. Noah and his partner Lance feel pressed to catch the burglars before someone is physically assaulted…or worse.
To top things off, Maddie's ex-boyfriend Steve is in town suddenly wanting her back. Her aunt's dementia is worsening, and her best friend Mallory has shown up on her doorstep with news of her own.
Maddie's got her hands full, so she should let her concern for the missing woman go, right? Only she's trusting her gut, and it's telling her something's rotten in Cockamamie."
