Whispers Left Behind (A Kinsley Aspen Novel Book 1)

Whispers Left Behind is the first book in a crime fiction series following Homicide Detective Kinsley Aspen. A year ago, a quiet community in northern North Dakota was devastated by two murders. The accused killer, defended by Kinsley's father George Aspen, was acquitted and released. For Kinsley, the acquittal has left deep wounds on her career, conscience, and the town's sense of safety. When a mutilated body is discovered in a remote barn with similarities to the original Fallbrook killings, panic spreads through the community. Kinsley is assigned to investigate, but she carries a dangerous secret: the real Fallbrook Killer has been dead for a year. She knows this because she killed him. Now a copycat murderer is at work, and as the body count climbs and suspicion closes in, Kinsley must confront an impossible question about her own culpability.