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DI Rita Gupta #2

Dead Cold Hand

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The spine tingling, heart in your mouth second book of the Rita Gupta Series!

Her hair spreads like a halo around her head. Her dead eyes stare into the distance, frozen in shock...


When the body of a teenage girl is discovered in an abondoned warehouse, Inspector Rita Gupta is called in to investigate.
As she delves into the girls troubled life she discovers a secretive online life where innocent youths are forming dangerous liaisons...
As the secrets tumble out, Rita discovers a chilling connection to her own past, and to her mother's murder.
The dots link up, but when a man the dead girl knew is brutally murdered, Rita know this killer's thirst for blood is only beginning...

If you like enthralling murder mysteries, deep characters to fall in love with, and twisting plot lines with a sprinkling of romance and humour, then discover the Rita Gupta series today.

Perfect for fans of James Patterson, Lisa Regan, Angela Marsons, LJ Ross, Harlan Coben, Kendra Elliott, Melinda Leigh!

325 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 24, 2024

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Sam Carter is the pen name of a veteran crime and mystery author who has thrilled kindle readers for almost a decade.

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February 10, 2025
Who are the hunters and who the hunted?
…….I was immediately drawn into the second book about D.I. Rita Gupta, with the mention of The Keeper and The Gathering which linked to The Guardian in the previous book. As the story continued, it began to feel even darker than the earlier story.

Murders, secrecy, videos, texts, a stag’s head, drugs, cash, burner phones - what else is going on? It certainly keeps Rita and her team very busy and surprised me several times. I’m already looking forward to reading Little Voice Lost to find out what Rita’s team has to investigate next.







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July 9, 2025
Gupta's past continues to come after her in a violent way. In book one she put the Guardian in prison, and now the Keeper has taken his place. This book has murderers, child abusers, and many more unsavory characters. There is a hint at the end that there may be another person moving into the top position of the cult called the Gathering.
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April 7, 2025
This was a great story about Rita find out who is killing young people that belong to some kind of cult and finding who is responsible with lots of suspense and action. Thank you very much.
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