After Midnight
*Starred Review* In yet another excellent tale following Lovelace'sThe Captain's Woman[BKL F 1 03], Col. Jessica Blackwell finds she can go home again, but the cost may be her life. Not that Jessica wants to return to the small town where she and her less than virtuous mother were the local pariahs, but being a good soldier, the colonel obeys orders. Meanwhile, a horrendous secret, immense guilt, and a need for revenge drives someone to commit murder. Sheriff Steve Paxton doesn't know why he thinks Colonel Blackwell's innocent. After all, she has the motive and the means for each murder, and the killings didn't begin until word of her return got out. There's just something about Jessica that attracts him, and when someone starts trying to kill her, he makes protecting her his full-time duty. Lovelace's many fans have come to expect her signature strong, brave, resourceful heroines, and she doesn't disappoint. Readers who enjoy military thrillers by such authors as Vicki Hinze and Suzanne Brockmann will be riveted by this nail-biting story by a retired Air Force colonel who writes with an insider's knowledge and assurance.Shelley MosleyCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved