Dark Suspicion

Safety is an illusion. Danger is real.

Detective Charli Cross can't escape the haunting image of her partner’s truck exploding right before her eyes. Was the bomb meant for him? Or for her? The cryptic messages from the man who kidnapped and murdered her best friend ten years ago suggest a more chilling answer.

Charli knows the clock is ticking. And she’s got a target on her back.

With her partner in the hospital, Charli doubles down on solving the most important—and personal—case of her career. But when she's diverted to investigate another brutal crime, she's partnered with the last woman she wants to work with. Together, they must track down a perp who savagely murdered a newly engaged man. Who wanted him dead, and why?

As Charli grapples with this gruesome case, another dark question looms: Who is terrorizing her with increasingly chilling and elusive threats?

One thing is clear. Charli won’t be safe until her friend’s killer is behind bars. Or dead. But caught in a web of deceit and danger, danger is closer to Charli than she ever imagined.

By turns compelling and shocking, Dark Suspicion is the ninth book in the Charli Cross series from best-selling author Mary Stone—guaranteed to make you question how safe it is to start your car.