Innocence Taken: Forensic Thriller / Romantic Mystery

Victoria M. Patton

Mar 2017 · The Damien Kaine Series Book 1 · Dark Force Press

About this eBook

Read this nail-biting edge of your seat thriller with some sexy heat thrown in.

Thriller. Police Procedural. Serial Killer. Detective.

If you love CSI and Criminal Minds and books with strong characters and the feel of real-life murder investigations, then read this book and series today.

Two dead girls, another one missing, and a secret that will rip a tight-knit community apart…

When a missing teen’s body shows up dismembered on the side of the road, Lt. Damien Kaine must crush her parent’s hopes of her safe return. The parents are pushing for details and answers. Two things he can’t give. The abduction of a second girl brings only one clue. The girls look alike.

As Damien searches for a sadistic killer, a disturbing pattern emerges. The more he digs into the community’s history, the more missing girls he finds.

With the lack of evidence or movement forward on the case, a quirky FBI profiler is pulled in to assist with the investigation. Damien wrestles with disdain for the agent and an equally strong sexual attraction to her, as he deals with mounting frustrations.

Tensions rise with the abduction of another girl. Damien and his team are in a race against time to save her. But the case is about to take a frightful turn. What they uncover will not only rock them to their core, it will haunt them forever.

Innocence Taken is the first crime fiction novel in the Damien Kaine Thriller series.

Download Innocence Taken - Book 1 in the Damien Kaine Series today.

*This series has adult themes, adult language, and graphic descriptions of crimes and crime scenes.*

Victoria M. Patton combines forensics and police work with just enough humor. Her unique way of writing will have you on a roller coaster ride of emotions and keep you turning pages well past your bedtime. Visit her website whiskeyandwriting.com to learn more about her and sign up for sneak peaks of her books, what murders she’s plotting, and what whiskey she is currently drinking.

Ratings and reviews

Absolutely fantastic. The relationship between Damien & Joe was great the banter between them was brilliant, laughed many times & then with Dillon & Taylor thrown in the mix it gets even better. The whole story was great. I can't wait to read more books from this fantastic author 👍👍❤️❤️

This might have been a fair story if all the rubbish "trying to be sexy" bits had been edited out. Mind you, then there would have been very little left. I wish I could reclaim the couple of hours I wasted reading this tripe. 27.01.2021

A bit of everything, crime, romance, edge of the seat stuff and mystery. My first try of Patton and I loved it! I thoroughly enjoyed the camaraderie and the play on words together with the twists in the plot Well done!

About the author

Victoria M. Patton uses her time in the Coast Guard and her Forensic Chemistry degree to craft the perfect murders. But since she is averse to wearing orange and being in prison, she keeps her murderous sprees between the pages of her books.

She has ten published novels, which include her Damien Kaine thriller series and her Derek Reed paranormal thriller series. She describes her books as dark, sexy, edgy mashups of CSI, Motive, and Criminal Minds.

Inspired by her cat Pumpkin’s advice on storytelling, her novels are not cozy mysteries and not for the faint of heart.

You can find her on Facebook (@Whiskeyandwriting), Pinterest (@victoriampatton), and Instagram (@victoriampatton).

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