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The Killing Plains by Sherry Rankin

The Killing Plains

Sherry Rankin, Traci Odom, Brilliance Audio

Amazon Publishing · Print & ebook · February 1, 2025

A Mystery pick for readers exploring The Killing Plains.

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Who it’s for
A straightforward mystery fit for following Sherry Rankin or browsing the category shelves.
Genres
Police Procedurals, Suspense, Women Detectives
Published
Amazon Publishing, February 1, 2025

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About this book

From the winner of the CWA’s Debut Dagger Award. Two victims. Twenty years apart. One elusive killer. Crescent Bluff, West Texas. Everybody knows everybody. And everybody has a secret. When a boy is found dead with the skin of a hare’s head in his hand, everyone knows who killed him—Willis Newland, just released from prison after serving twenty years for an identical murder. But what if everyone’s wrong?

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Detective Colly Newland reluctantly agrees to investigate a case that seems to involve the whole town, including her dead husband’s extended family. But the deeper she digs, the more secrets she unearths. And as threats against her escalate, Colly realizes someone is willing to kill to keep theirs…

Why It Clicks

A straightforward mystery fit for following Sherry Rankin or browsing the category shelves.

Come here for

  • Amateur sleuthing with police-procedural edges
  • A mystery pick tied to The Killing Plains

Expect

  • Murder and crime-adjacent tension
  • Women detectives / amateur sleuths framing

Where it sits

Police Procedurals81%
Suspense34%
Women Detectives29%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Police Procedurals
  • International Crime Fiction
  • Crime Fiction
Authors
Sherry Rankin, Traci Odom, Brilliance Audio
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Published
February 1, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Police Procedurals