Scorched Line (Kate Fox, 12)

When her estranged mother becomes the target of a killer, Kate must decide whether blood truly outweighs betrayal.

“Baker is skilled at telling her story... A really solid read.” —First Clue

Marguerite Fox is back.

Three years after vanishing without a word, the woman who shattered Kate’s family has returned to the Sandhills—and this time, someone wants her dead.

A shot fired. A chase through open country. Suddenly, Kate is forced to do the unthinkable: face a past she thought was buried. With her siblings on edge, threats circling closer, and trust wearing thin, protecting her family might mean protecting the one person she can’t forgive.

But Marguerite has secrets buried deeper than prairie roots—and she’s not done making deals. As loyalties shift and old wounds rip open, Kate must choose between justice and family… before someone else makes the choice for her.

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Praise for Shannon Baker:

"...terrific series..." —Catriona McPherson, multi-award-winning author of A Gingerbread House

"...Baker knocks the wind out of you..." —Carolyn Ridder Aspenson, USA Today bestselling author of Damaging Secrets

“Shannon Baker gets better with every book.” —Amazon Charts bestselling author Jess Lourey

"...winning characters and a stunning setting…" —Mystery Scene

"A wonderful western mystery not to be missed! Enjoy!" —Fresh Fiction

"...laugh-out-loud humor and heart-stopping suspense...” —Gwen Florio, author of the Nora Best and Julia Geary series

"Baker serves up a ballsy heroine, a colorful backdrop, and a surprising ending." —Kirkus Reviews

"...Baker offers readers a protagonist and a place they will love coming back to visit book after book." —William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author

"...perfect blend of small-town atmosphere, intriguing plot-line, and down-to-earth characters affectionately called Sandhillers." —Christine Carbo, author of the bestselling Glacier Mystery Series

Shannon Baker is the award-winning author of The Desert Behind Me and the Kate Fox series, along with the Nora Abbott mysteries and the Michaela Sanchez Southwest Crime Thrillers. She is the proud recipient of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers 2014 and 2017-18 Writer of the Year Award. Baker spent 20 years in the Nebraska Sandhills, where cattle outnumber people by more than 50:1. She now lives on the edge of the desert in Tucson with her crazy Weimaraner and her favorite human. A lover of the great outdoors, she can be found backpacking, traipsing to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, skiing mountains and plains, kayaking lakes, river running, hiking, cycling, and scuba diving whenever she gets a chance. Arizona sunsets notwithstanding, Baker is, and always will be a Nebraska Husker. Go Big Red.