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by Tess Sharpe
From the bestselling author Tess Sharpe comes a new action packed thriller about two women whose lives―and hearts―are destined for each other.
Murder either bonds you or breaks you.
Rural PI Mel Tillman knows this well. She's seen her fair share of bloody cases and botched cover-ups. But killing with someone? That is a different kind of mess all together, and Mel's got real experience with it.
No one's heard from Toby Dunne since Chloe Harper's sweet sixteen party―because the birthday girl and sixteen-year-old Mel buried him so deep in the backwoods, no one's ever finding him. Mel loses little sleep over it―Toby had been terrorizing them.
What she does lose sleep over is Chloe, the girl with whom she survived that horrible night in the woods. Chloe, the girl she fell in love with. Chloe, the girl who disappeared and hasn't been seen in more than six years.
Tasked with locating Chloe by her family, Mel can't resist the call of a good chase, or finding the one who got away with her heart (and with murder). When Mel finds an armed and vigilant Chloe living off-grid in a highly booby-trapped patch of Canadian wilderness, she realizes that Chloe had been expecting someone other than her ex to come looking for her. The thing that's kept Chloe going for years is that she's kept Mel safe by running. Now, the truth must come out as they run for their lives once again.
Because when they buried Toby Dunne in the backwoods, they buried something else, too. Something Toby took. And the powerful family he stole it from? They'll do anything to get it back.
Twisty and razor-sharp, Tess Sharpe's No Body No Crime is a heart-pounding thriller teeming with secrets, betrayals, and a star-crossed romance for the ages.
"Dynamic plot twists, shrewd pacing, and well-placed timeline jumps provide sturdy narrative scaffolding, but it's Sharpe's depiction of Chloe and Mel's complicated relationship...that makes the novel shine. Readers who love rooting for antiheroes, or are hungry for queer stories that don't put queerness at the very center, will adore this." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"It's that propulsive pace, jumping between time lines and characters, that makes this sapphic thriller eminently readable. Ultimately a pulse-pounding adventure." ―Booklist
"An entirely original thriller. From the first page to the last, No Body No Crime is a riveting story with two unforgettable heroines. A must-read!" ―Amy Tintera, author of Listen for the Lie
"No Body No Crime is a wild ride―a downright sexy thriller with more twists, turns, and gasps than a roller coaster. It will raise your temperature and make your pulse race." ―Ivy Pochoda, author of Ecstasy
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Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.
Tess Sharpe was born in a mountain cabin to a punk-rocker mother and grew up in rural California. She lives deep in the backwoods with a pack of dogs and a group of formerly feral forest cats. She is the award-winning author of many books for kids, teenagers, and adults, including Barbed Wire Heart and the New York Times bestseller The Girls I've Been.
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