Deceit

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Description for DECEIT by Brandilyn Collins: Sometimes the Truth Hides Where You Least Expect ItJoanne Weeks knows Baxter Jackson killed Linda -- his second wife and Joanne's best friend -- six years ago. But Jackson, a church elder and beloved member of the town, walks the streets a free man.Joanne is determined to bring Jackson down, no matter what the police say. Using her skills as a professional skip tracer, she sets out to locate the only person who can put Jackson behind bars. Melissa Harkoff was a traumatized sixteen-year-old foster child in the Jackson household when Linda disappeared. At the time Melissa claimed to know nothing of Linda's whereabouts but was she lying?In relentless style, Deceit careens between Joanne's pursuit of the truth and the events of six years past, when Melissa came to live with the Jacksons. What really happened in that household? Beneath the veneer of perfection lies a story of shakable faith, choices, and the lure of deceit. Show more