<strong>Discover heart-racing intrigue in this Thriller Short of romantic suspense.<br /><br />Originally published in LOVE IS MURDER (2013),<br /><br />edited by #1 </strong><strong><em>New York Times</em></strong><strong> bestselling author Sandra Brown.</strong><br /><br />In this Thriller Short, <em>New York Times </em>bestselling writer Mariah Stewart weaves a chilling tale about a missing child. Mallory Russo left the local police force two years ago to join the Mercy Street Foundation, an elite unit for finding the missing and lost. Karen, the thirteen-year-old daughter of Donna Ralston, disappeared a decade ago. Donna tells Mallory that a woman who moved away years ago has recently come to town and told her that she used to see Karen walking home from school with her friend, “the Tripp girl.” Mallory’s investigative juices start flowing and it’s not long before she has a hunch about what might have happened. Her beau, a police detective, doubts her. Find out whose instincts are right… <br />Don’t miss any of these Thriller Shorts from Love Is Murder:<br /><strong><em>Diamond Drop</em></strong> by Roxanne St. Claire<br /><strong><em>Cold Moonlight </em></strong>by Carla Neggers<br /><strong><em>Poisoned</em></strong> by Beverly Barton<br /><strong><em>Speechless</em></strong> by Robert Browne<br /><strong><em>Lockdown</em></strong> by Andrea Kane<br /><strong><em>Spider’s Tango</em></strong> by William Simon<br /><strong><em>Night Heat </em></strong>by Laura Griffin<br /><strong><em>B.A.D. Mission</em></strong> by Sherrilyn Kenyon<br /><strong><em>Deadly Fixation</em></strong> by Dianna Love<br /><strong><em>Hot Note</em></strong> by Patricia Rosemoor<br /><strong><em>Last Shot</em></strong> by Jon Land & Jeff Ayers<br /><strong><em>Grave Danger</em></strong> by Heather Graham<br /><strong><em>Without Mercy</em></strong> by Mariah Stewart<br /><strong><em>Even Steven </em></strong>by D.P. Lyle<br /><strong><em>Dying to Score</em></strong> by Cindy Gerard<br /><strong><em>The Number of Man </em></strong>by J.T. Ellison<br /><strong><em>Hard Drive</em></strong> by Bill Floyd<br /><strong><em>After Hours</em></strong> by William Bernhardt<br /><strong><em>Blood In, Blood Out</em></strong> by Brenda Novak<br /><strong><em>Wed to Death</em></strong> by Vicki Hinze<br /><strong><em>The Honeymoon</em></strong> by Julie Kenner<br /><strong><em>Execution Dock </em></strong>by James Macomber<br /><strong><em>In Atlantis</em></strong> by Alexandra Sokoloff<br /><strong><em>Break Even </em></strong>by Pamela Callow<br /><strong><em>Dirty Down Low</em></strong> by Debra Webb<br /><strong><em>Broken Hallelujah</em></strong> by Toni McGee Causey<br /><strong><em>Holding Mercy </em></strong>by Lori Armstrong<br /><strong><em>Vacation Interrupted </em></strong>by Allison Brennan<br /><strong><em>I Heard a Romantic Story</em></strong> by Lee Child