Best Kept Secrets -2025 Edition

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Secrets weigh on you, no matter if you are a psychopathic killer or a seasoned homicide detective with trauma in your past. This debut novel by Tracey S. Phillips deserves high praise for its ability to show how we all share the same complicated needs and emotions, whether we end up committing murders or solving them. -Annie Feldman, verified reviewer.
Morgan Jewell requests access to a crime outside her jurisdiction. The similarities to what happened in her past are too similar to ignore. Though her partner Donnie James knows this is part of that old obsession, he agrees to tag along.
Morgan is haunted by her best friend’s murder. The event—just before they moved into college dorms together—changed Morgan’s life. Fay Ramsey held a secret in her final days, but Morgan, now a homicide detective, has failed to connect the dots. Nothing makes sense. All leads have run dry.
As Morgan’s fractured memories return, she knows she’s on the trail of Fay’s murderer. A man—whose past is as scattered as Morgan’s memory—appears to be connected to a series of murders. He must be the missing link.
Caryn Klein wants nothing to do with her estranged brother. But she can’t stay away. It’s been too long. And with that detective asking questions about their past, Caryn must contact him. Even though she knows what he’s capable of.
This is the case Morgan has been waiting for. And the closer she gets to the killer, the more memories of her best friend return. What was Fay’s secret? What got her killed? Maybe Morgan didn’t know her at all.
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Praise for Best Kept Secrets
“Beautifully put together. Look out…there’s a new female detective (and talented author) in town. Tracey S. Phillips’s Best Kept Secrets is a twisty, tantalizing read.”
—Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Storm
“Best Kept Secrets will have readers breathlessly turning pages until the final twists and turns.”
—Rosalind Noonan, New York Times bestselling author of The Sisters.
“A thrilling ride!”
—Sarah Meuleman, author of Find Me Gone
“Best Kept Secrets is a gritty and absorbing story from a promising author.”
—Libby Fischer Hellmann, author of the Georgia Davis PI novels
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