Look-Alike

Raven's Peak, North Georgia
Nine months later

"I didn't kill my wife." Sheriff Miles Monahue leaned back in his desk chair in an effort to rein in his volatile emotions. "Like I told the police when I reported Caitlin missing three weeks ago, I have no idea where she is or what happened to her."

FBI agent Reilly Brown's accusing look spoke volumes. "Take off your sunglasses, Sheriff." Brown folded his arms on Monahue's desk and pierced him with a stare as icy as the North Georgia winter wind outside. "I like to look at a man's eyes when I'm talking to him."

Monahue whipped off his Ray-Bans, struggling to bank his temper as he met the agent's gaze head-on. He'd always had dangerous impulses, but lately he'd barely been able to restrain himself from acting on them. He half attributed his springboard reactions to the stress of his wife's disappearance.

But the emptiness had been in his soul a long damn time. And lately, he'd developed severe headaches and a sensitivity to light. The doctor said it was stress, that he needed to lighten up. Release his emotions in a healthy way.

Hell, the man didn't know what he was talking about. ... read full excerpt from Look-Alike ebook