Her life is a mystery… And forgetting the past can be deadly. Run off the road, investigative journalist Emma Lyons awakens with no memory of who she is or what happened. And researching her own past with Deputy Liam McCourt quickly leads to a killer who wants them silenced. Branded outsiders in a sleepy Texas town full of dark secrets, can they escape an unknown threat dead set on robbing … dead set on robbing Emma of her past–and future?
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KILLER AMNESIA by Sherri Shackelford is the wonderfully crafted suspense filled story of investigative journalist Emma Lyons and Deputy Liam McCourt.
Deputy Liam McCallister, while working with the Dallas Police Gang Unit, is shot and presumed dead by the Serpent Brotherhood’s leader who they are after in order to prosecute for multiple crimes. To keep the fact that he’s alive, they put Liam in the protection program changing his name to Deputy Liam McCourt and having him working a small berg of a town called Redbird, Texas until the case can be prosecuted and he can return as a witness.
On a rainy night Liam gets a radio call asking for assistance on a one car accident with a person injury. Upon arrival, he’s told it’s not an injury, but rather a fatality. Liam kicks into high gear once he finds the woman in the car is very much alive. The woman immediately has trust in the man that found her not only to get her out of her car which is rapidly filling with water, but that he would keep her safe. The problems only begin with getting her out of the car and up the cliff. Emma Lyons has no idea who she is, where she’s from and only vaguely that a white truck ran her off the road. Later while in the hospital, she is sure that it was a deliberate action and that someone meant her harm. But why?
From that first meeting at the wreck site, there seems to be an attraction of some sort between Liam and Emma. Liam, having had a rough childhood tossed from foster home to foster home always feeling undeserving of a “normal” life and then having to lie about who he is and why he’s there, tries to keep thing professional and keep his distance knowing there can be no future between them. Emma feels peace and protected from day one when Liam is around. She can see in his eyes that something is troubling him and he’s been forthright with her from the beginning, but she can’t help but be drawn to him. When more threats and harm comes to Emma under his watch, Liam is determined to not only solve who is doing this and why, but to keep her safe from all harm regardless to the danger to himself. Once they know who Emma is and her profession, will it give them clues to find the answers? When a man that Emma had recently talked to while researching a book she’s writing turns up dead in Emma’s house, they know she had to have stepped on some serious toes. Is Emma’s investigation for the books connected to the murder and the attacks on her? Can an old cold case be getting too hot for the person that committed the crimes? Will the trail of clues lead them back closer than they thought possible? Is a bad cop always a bad cop or can a bad cop be a good cop? Can Liam find the person trying to harm Emma and not lose his heart in the process? Is there a future for Liam and Emma?
KILLER AMNESIA is a wonderful example of a love inspired suspense story that has you turning pages and hoping for a happily ever after ending. I thoroughly loved this story with the amnesia angle and Emma fighting to remember who she was right alongside the suspense of finding out whodunit and why mixed with just the right amount of romance. The author does a wonderful balancing act to mix just the right amount of each to come out with a fabulous story. I would definitely recommend this book – which I already have to family and friends. I will for sure be checking out more books from this author.
I would recommend this book for anyone who loves Suspense! The author kept me guessing all the way up to the end! I read it in one day because I couldn’t put it down until I knew the whole story. I hope that she will write another story connected to this one. I would give this book 5 stars!
What a suspenseful read! I loved every minute of it and could NOT put it down! I got so mad when I fell asleep 20 minutes to the end. Very fast paced and gripping all throughout the book!
I love amnesia stories, but this one is especially well written! How awful it must feel to suddenly not know who you are, and even worse if someone is trying to kill you – WHY?? That would be REALLY scary! Not only are you trying to outrun this person but you have no idea why so you don’t have a frame of reference to guide you. Fortunately, for Emma Lyons, she has Deputy Liam McCord. She almost dies in a car accident (is pronounced dead actually!) but is taken to the hospital by Liam and eventually recovers but several attempts are made on her life. Liam sticks close to her as the two of them try to unravel the “why” and the “who are you” riddles! Liam has secrets of his own. These two characters are wonderful! I wanted them to solve the mystery/suspense and then live happily ever after …. that took quite awhile! The ending is very unexpected and all the action keeps you turning those pages until you don’t know who is who and what is happening! The secondary characters are also fantastic! I loved this book and highly recommend it!
I loved this story. Liam McCourt was a hero to die for from the very first action-packed scene. Suspense is Sherri Shackelford’s forte, and she shows it off in this fast paced page-turner.