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Secrets emerge as a Texas beauty pageant turns deadly in this rich and addictive novel with a jaw-dropping twist from psychological suspense author Kelsey Cox.
2000:Isabelle Whitmore vanishes at Sherman Ranch in Anhalt, Texas, without a trace.
2025: The Lone Star Princess Pageant is about to begin, but this year it’s offering more than an annual dose of rhinestone heels and plunging necklines. Competition is stiffer than ever —and long standing grudges are about to resurface. Ingrid fled Anhalt in the wake of her sister Isabelle’s disappearance and has now returned, just in time for a construction crew to start digging up Sherman Ranch; the pageant brings up past traumas that Melanie can't forget; Cat, newly sober, starts to feel threatened in ways that bring back old demons; and Sarah Lynn, who comes from a long line of pageant winners, knows that losing is not an option.
When old resentments and new confrontations reach their boiling point, temperatures drop to deadly degrees as a record-setting storm brings down the state’s power grid. With everyone trapped under one roof, scores will be settled, and more than one person will end up dead.
Beauty dies. Secrets never do.
KELSEY COX'S NOVELS ARE:
"Riveting."—People
"Heart-pumping."—Nina Simon
"Jaw-dropping."—Amanda Eyre Ward
"Joins my auto-buy list forever."—Rachel Hawkins
Genre: Mystery
Secrets emerge as a Texas beauty pageant turns deadly in this rich and addictive novel with a jaw-dropping twist from psychological suspense author Kelsey Cox.
2000:Isabelle Whitmore vanishes at Sherman Ranch in Anhalt, Texas, without a trace.
2025: The Lone Star Princess Pageant is about to begin, but this year it’s offering more than an annual dose of rhinestone heels and plunging necklines. Competition is stiffer than ever —and long standing grudges are about to resurface. Ingrid fled Anhalt in the wake of her sister Isabelle’s disappearance and has now returned, just in time for a construction crew to start digging up Sherman Ranch; the pageant brings up past traumas that Melanie can't forget; Cat, newly sober, starts to feel threatened in ways that bring back old demons; and Sarah Lynn, who comes from a long line of pageant winners, knows that losing is not an option.
When old resentments and new confrontations reach their boiling point, temperatures drop to deadly degrees as a record-setting storm brings down the state’s power grid. With everyone trapped under one roof, scores will be settled, and more than one person will end up dead.
Beauty dies. Secrets never do.
KELSEY COX'S NOVELS ARE:
"Riveting."—People
"Heart-pumping."—Nina Simon
"Jaw-dropping."—Amanda Eyre Ward
"Joins my auto-buy list forever."—Rachel Hawkins
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Tense, twisty, and impossible to put down, Pretty Dead Things builds from simmering small-town secrets to a high-stakes locked-room nightmare. As rising tensions collide on the night of a glittering pageant, no one is safe and nothing is what it seems. Gripping, propulsive, and full of surprises - a dazzling, unforgettable thriller." - Tiffany Crum
"As twisted as a Texas rattler, Pretty Dead Things by Kelsey Cox will leave you breathless! I couldn't put it down!" - Lisa Jackson
"I couldn't put this book down! Set in the world of glittering Texas beauty pageants, PRETTY DEAD THINGS is compelling and layered, rife with rich characters, juicy twists, and secrets upon secrets. Cox expertly ratchets up the suspense with every page, building to a finish I never saw coming!" - Sophie Stava
"A juicy, addictive thriller packed with complicated women and a past that refuses to stay buried. Pretty Dead Things will keep you guessing until its jaw-dropping end." - Daphne Woolsoncroft
"As twisted as a Texas rattler, Pretty Dead Things by Kelsey Cox will leave you breathless! I couldn't put it down!" - Lisa Jackson
"I couldn't put this book down! Set in the world of glittering Texas beauty pageants, PRETTY DEAD THINGS is compelling and layered, rife with rich characters, juicy twists, and secrets upon secrets. Cox expertly ratchets up the suspense with every page, building to a finish I never saw coming!" - Sophie Stava
"A juicy, addictive thriller packed with complicated women and a past that refuses to stay buried. Pretty Dead Things will keep you guessing until its jaw-dropping end." - Daphne Woolsoncroft
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