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Whisper of Bones (Widow's Island Novella Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Melinda Leigh (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 20,221
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Dark secrets surface in the third Widow’s Island novella by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.

When a body washes up on the state park beach, Deputy Tessa Black’s experience as a former Seattle detective tells her that the death was not an accident. All evidence points to another murder on the remote island.

The victim is a local contractor with a shockingly long list of enemies. The more locals Tessa interviews, the more people she suspects—from the bitter ex-wife and estranged current wife to disgruntled former clients and employees. They all have different reasons to want him dead.

As Tessa’s investigation heats up, arson and a vicious assault convince her the killer is desperate to hide his crime—and that she’d better solve the case before he claims another victim.

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    Widow's Island Novella
  2. Print length
    111 pages
  3. Language
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  5. Publisher
    Montlake Romance
  6. Publication date
    October 22, 2019
  7. File size
    8105 KB
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About the Author

Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author Melinda Leigh is a fully recovered banker. A lifelong lover of books, she started writing as a way to preserve her sanity when her youngest child entered first grade. During the next few years, she joined Romance Writers of America, learned a few things about writing a novel, and decided the process was way more fun than analyzing financial statements. Melinda’s debut novel, She Can Run, was nominated for Best First Novel by the International Thriller Writers. She’s also garnered Golden Leaf and Silver Falchion Awards, along with nominations for two RITAs and three Daphne du Maurier Awards. Her works include the She Can series, the Morgan Dane novels, the Scarlett Falls novels, the Midnight novels, and the Rogue River novellas. She holds a second-degree black belt in Kenpo karate, teaches women’s self-defense, and lives in a messy house with her husband, two teenagers, a couple of dogs, and two rescue cats.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07GB2BVQP
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Montlake Romance (October 22, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 22, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 8105 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 111 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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#1 Amazon Charts and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh has sold over 14 million books. As a fully recovered banker and a life-long lover of books, she started writing as a way to preserve her sanity while raising her kids. Melinda's debut novel, SHE CAN RUN, was an International Thriller Award finalist. Since then, she has garnered numerous writing accolades, including two RITA® Award nominations and an induction into the NJ Romance Writers Hall of Fame.

Melinda holds a 2nd degree belt in Kenpo Karate. She's dabbled in Arnis stick fighting, studied Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and taught women's self-defense. She lives near the beach with her family and two spoiled rescue dogs. With such a pleasant life, she has no explanation for the sometimes dark and disturbing nature of her imagination. Find out more about Melinda by visiting www.melindaleigh.com.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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CrossFire
5.0 out of 5 stars very short very good
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2024
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Small island. Local police officers and an fbi agent on medical leave.Tessa solves the murder and finds a clue to Samantha’s disappearance.
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Camy Jo Weber
4.0 out of 5 stars Oh my Lanta !
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2024
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The 3rd book was great! We get more into Tessa and Logan’s relationship. We are also getting more murders. The 3rd in a month. Dr. Henry Powers (the new Dr in town) is also the coroner. News to him lol he was expecting a quiet life on the island.
The twists are getting good!
I can’t wait to see what Tessa and Cate learn from digging into Sam’s disappearance.
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Diana Tschimperle
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2024
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Recommend for great read and love following the characters through their lives ups and great endings. I highly recommend this as light and quick reading
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Erika
3.0 out of 5 stars Mundane
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2024
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I took a break from this series because the first two books were so underwhelming. This installment wasn’t much better. The suspense was decent. I was interested in the theory that the ex or current wife did it. The big reveal fell flat. The villain’s motive was kinda lame. The good thing about this book is that it renewed my interest in the background mystery of what happened to Tessa’s childhood friend. I’ll have to stick with the series to follow that storyline. I know to keep my expectations low based on how weak the first three books have been.
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A mom
4.0 out of 5 stars yay
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2024
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I’m enjoying these little stories. Each one helps you get to know the characters better while they solve a murder and then there is the same old mystery in the background
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Lilly Hi Way
5.0 out of 5 stars Short but Nice to Read Novella
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2023
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This is a novella but its short length doesn't keep it from having lots of content. There's an underlying mystery but we also see changes in the central characters and in their relationships to one another. All in all it makes for an enjoyable read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful read
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2024
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Great story with lots of suspense to keep reading half the night away. Interesting to add personal health issues to the increase tensions.
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Okiri
4.0 out of 5 stars Short, uncomplicated suspense books
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2023
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Short and complicated books this was the 3rd in the series but I have read. I I'm not sure if it's the writing or the narration, but these books often feel like someone took a list of facts from a police report and decided to add some explanations and clarifications around them to make them into a story...
Very different from the style of books that I'm used to reading. Still, just borrowed the fourth one....
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Frances Gaves
5.0 out of 5 stars Good grief another hit. This woman doesn't know how to write a mediocre book.
Reviewed in Canada on May 30, 2022
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Hang on to your socks everyone. Like all her others, we get to know the regulars in the mystery and I absolutely love it. Next book, here I come.
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Graham Searle
5.0 out of 5 stars Murder and Romance
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2021
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Tessa gets called to a reported dead body in the park. She calls Logan the park ranger and he attends as well where they find a man impaled by a harpoon. Enquiries continue and several persons are suspect. Eventually the person responsible is revealed but in the process Logan and Tessa become close. Could this be a long term relationship?
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Dee Clarke
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story line
Reviewed in Australia on December 5, 2020
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I really enjoyed the story. It kept me up late into the night
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Kindle Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2022
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A nice easy read. Well written. Clearly there are more books in the series. I'll keep an eye out for them.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Whisper of bones
Reviewed in Canada on February 11, 2020
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This was another good book to this series. I am looking forward to so much more adventures in this series.
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