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  • Cause to Dread

  • An Avery Black Mystery, Book 6
  • Written by: Blake Pierce
  • Narrated by: Elaine Wise
  • Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins

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Cause to Dread

Written by: Blake Pierce
Narrated by: Elaine Wise
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Publisher's Summary

From number one best-selling author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense - the Avery Black Series - which continues here with Cause to Dread (Book 6), also a standalone novel. The series begins with Cause to Kill (Book 1).

A man turns up dead in his own apartment, locked in his closet, his body crawling with poisonous spiders, and the Boston police are stumped. As all of their leads collapse, they are dreading the killer will strike again. Desperate, the police have no choice but to turn to Boston’s most brilliant and controversial homicide detective - Avery Black. Now retired, Avery, in a low point in her own life, reluctantly agrees to help with the case. But when other bodies start turning up, murdered in grotesque and unusual ways, Avery can’t help but wonder: is there a serial killer on the loose?

With the intense media pressure and the stress of having a new, inexperienced partner, Avery is pushed to her limit as she struggles to crack the bizarre cases - and to keep herself from falling into the abyss.

Avery finds herself falling deeper and deeper into the twisted mind of the killer, who holds more secrets than Avery could imagine.

The most riveting and shocking book of the series, a psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, Cause to Dread will leave you resisting to pause late into the night.

©2018 Blake Pierce (P)2018 Blake Pierce

What the critics say

“A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go.” (Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan - regarding Once Gone

“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery. Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side, so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.” (Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos - re Once Gone)

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