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Mackenzie White #10
Before He Longs
FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White is summoned when another body is found dead in a self storage unit. There at first appears to be no connection between the cases; yet as Mackenzie digs deeper, she realizes it is the work of a serial killer-and that he will soon strike again.
Mackenzie will be forced to enter the mind of a madman as she tries to understand a psyche obsessed with clutter, storage, and claustrophobic places. It is a dark place from which she fears she may not return-and yet one which she must probe if she has any chance of winning the game of cat and mouse that can save new victims.
Even then, it may be too late.
A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, BEFORE HE LONGS is book #10 in a riveting new series-with a beloved new character-that will leave you turning pages late into the night.
Mackenzie will be forced to enter the mind of a madman as she tries to understand a psyche obsessed with clutter, storage, and claustrophobic places. It is a dark place from which she fears she may not return-and yet one which she must probe if she has any chance of winning the game of cat and mouse that can save new victims.
Even then, it may be too late.
A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, BEFORE HE LONGS is book #10 in a riveting new series-with a beloved new character-that will leave you turning pages late into the night.
190 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 28, 2018
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About the author
Blake Pierce
922 books5,923 followersBlake Pierce is author of the bestselling RILEY PAGE mystery series, which includes seven books (and counting). Blake Pierce is also the author of the MACKENZIE WHITE mystery series, comprising four books (and counting); of the AVERY BLACK mystery series, comprising four books (and counting); and of the new KERI LOCKE mystery series.
An avid reader and lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.blakepierceauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.
An avid reader and lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.blakepierceauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.
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February 18, 2024
Voila le dixième tome de mystère Mackenzie White, une autre dose du suspens et de mystère.
Des femmes disparues et retrouvées assassinées dans des espaces d'entreposage personnel, quand un autre corps est découvert dans un autre espace d'entreposage personnel les agents de FBI sont convoqués. Et Oui Mackenzie et Ellington sont nommés pour clarifier ce mystère mais la condition c'est que cette affaire sera la dernière qu'ils vont travailler ensemble avant leur mariage ( oui Mac et Ellington choisirent le lieu où sera la fête de leurs mariage.)
Les scènes de crime contiennent toutes des objets de dînette et des petites poupées !
Quelle Raison ?? Quel lien unit ces victimes ?? Quel est le Rapport des victimes et les petites poupées et les objets de dînette ?
Mackenzie n'avait plus d'empreintes, plus de piste potentiel et non plus de suspect !!
Après une longue aventure le mystère est petit à petit à s'éclaircir et la fin était traumatisante , logique et bien sur choquante surtout les raisons de criminel était bizarres à cause de son enfance douloureuse et toutes ces crimes étaient qu'une vengeance malsaine !
Le tome 10 était vraiment magnifique et la relation romantique de Mackenzie et Ellington progresse tendrement et doucement , une trop belle histoire en parallèle avec l'ensemble des crimes et des enquêtes, ses scènes ensemble me fait sourire à chaque fois un trop beau tome
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Des femmes disparues et retrouvées assassinées dans des espaces d'entreposage personnel, quand un autre corps est découvert dans un autre espace d'entreposage personnel les agents de FBI sont convoqués. Et Oui Mackenzie et Ellington sont nommés pour clarifier ce mystère mais la condition c'est que cette affaire sera la dernière qu'ils vont travailler ensemble avant leur mariage ( oui Mac et Ellington choisirent le lieu où sera la fête de leurs mariage.)
Les scènes de crime contiennent toutes des objets de dînette et des petites poupées !
Quelle Raison ?? Quel lien unit ces victimes ?? Quel est le Rapport des victimes et les petites poupées et les objets de dînette ?
Mackenzie n'avait plus d'empreintes, plus de piste potentiel et non plus de suspect !!
Après une longue aventure le mystère est petit à petit à s'éclaircir et la fin était traumatisante , logique et bien sur choquante surtout les raisons de criminel était bizarres à cause de son enfance douloureuse et toutes ces crimes étaient qu'une vengeance malsaine !
Le tome 10 était vraiment magnifique et la relation romantique de Mackenzie et Ellington progresse tendrement et doucement , une trop belle histoire en parallèle avec l'ensemble des crimes et des enquêtes, ses scènes ensemble me fait sourire à chaque fois un trop beau tome
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October 9, 2022
Another good one. This one has a few twists and turns I never saw happening. I love the way this story is going. It was unexpected and it makes me wonder the choices Mackenzie is going to have to make with her job, and with Ellington. Mackenzie is going to have a baby and she hasn't told Ellington yet that he is going to be a dad. This is new to all her other series. The women have usually already had kids and the kids are teens and almost adults. None of the female MC were pregnant which I think makes the stories so much better.
I recommend all the books in the Mackenzie White series. So far I love them all in this series
I recommend all the books in the Mackenzie White series. So far I love them all in this series
October 1, 2018
I liked how excited that Mackenzie and Ellington were to be working one last case together. I get why they wouldn't be able to work together, a big conflict of interest, but they do work good while on the same case. I also like that by working together they get to spend a bit more time in each others company. By not working together they could be on opposite sides of the country.
This case was creepy. I would hate to be left to die like all the women. One thing they didn't touch on was how the guy was able to stop killing for a while.
I hated how Mackenzie and Ellington fought in the middle of things. It seemed petty and I found myself on Mackenzie's side. With the info that Mackenzie found out later it made me wonder though about the fight, maybe it was nothing. I found myself laughing at the personal thing that Mackenzie discovered and how/when she shared it with Ellington.
It will be interesting to see where things go from here for Mackenzie and Ellington.
This case was creepy. I would hate to be left to die like all the women. One thing they didn't touch on was how the guy was able to stop killing for a while.
I hated how Mackenzie and Ellington fought in the middle of things. It seemed petty and I found myself on Mackenzie's side. With the info that Mackenzie found out later it made me wonder though about the fight, maybe it was nothing. I found myself laughing at the personal thing that Mackenzie discovered and how/when she shared it with Ellington.
It will be interesting to see where things go from here for Mackenzie and Ellington.
May 7, 2025
FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White is summoned when another body is found dead in a self storage unit. There at first appears to be no connection between the cases; yet as Mackenzie digs deeper, she realizes it is the work of a serial killer-and that he will soon strike again.
Mackenzie will be forced to enter the mind of a madman as she tries to understand a psyche obsessed with clutter, storage, and claustrophobic places. It is a dark place from which she fears she may not return-and yet one which she must probe if she has any chance of winning the game of cat and mouse that can save new victims.
Even then, it may be too late.
Mackenzie will be forced to enter the mind of a madman as she tries to understand a psyche obsessed with clutter, storage, and claustrophobic places. It is a dark place from which she fears she may not return-and yet one which she must probe if she has any chance of winning the game of cat and mouse that can save new victims.
Even then, it may be too late.
June 28, 2025
Se va poniendo muy bueno junto con cada caso, la vida de la agente Mackenzie White. Me gusta mucho ver en cada libro su evolución como mujer, porque como agente ella es grandiosa.
December 30, 2023
Otro caso con mucho suspense de la agente White.
Y junto al avance en su historia personal con Ellington, hace este libro muy entretenido.
Y junto al avance en su historia personal con Ellington, hace este libro muy entretenido.
October 4, 2018
Before He Longs - a review by Rosemary Kenny
Wow - what a winner! Another great book by the outstandingly prolific author Blake Pierce, Before He Longs, #10 in his excellent Mackenzie White Mysteries series, sees (the newly pregnant), FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White, take on perhaps the most harrowing of all her cases.
Mackenzie and her policeman fiance Ellington have been making their wedding arrangements for some time, although he enjoys winding his mother up, (and irritating Mackenzie at the same time) by introducing his bride to be to her saying Mackenzie is more obsessed with work, than planning their wedding.
I liked the way the tension built up gradually throughout the novel and exploded when Mackenzie found the corpses and was trapped by the killer in a deserted garage inspection pit.
The way the killer seemed to be one or more steps ahead, until Mackenzie was able to link all the killings by means of the toy tea set items and dolls and then work out his obsession with small storage units was absolutely riveting, as was the showdown with herself and her baby at risk.
I actually can't think of anything I didn't like/that didn't fit etc., as the characters, storyline, development of the plot - everything was just fabulous and I really appreciated a 'proper' ending that doesn't mean you have to read the previous/next book - although I highly recommend you do!
Wow - what a winner! Another great book by the outstandingly prolific author Blake Pierce, Before He Longs, #10 in his excellent Mackenzie White Mysteries series, sees (the newly pregnant), FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White, take on perhaps the most harrowing of all her cases.
Mackenzie and her policeman fiance Ellington have been making their wedding arrangements for some time, although he enjoys winding his mother up, (and irritating Mackenzie at the same time) by introducing his bride to be to her saying Mackenzie is more obsessed with work, than planning their wedding.
I liked the way the tension built up gradually throughout the novel and exploded when Mackenzie found the corpses and was trapped by the killer in a deserted garage inspection pit.
The way the killer seemed to be one or more steps ahead, until Mackenzie was able to link all the killings by means of the toy tea set items and dolls and then work out his obsession with small storage units was absolutely riveting, as was the showdown with herself and her baby at risk.
I actually can't think of anything I didn't like/that didn't fit etc., as the characters, storyline, development of the plot - everything was just fabulous and I really appreciated a 'proper' ending that doesn't mean you have to read the previous/next book - although I highly recommend you do!
October 3, 2018
I love all of the Blake Pierce series and this one did not disappoint. I wait anxiously for a new book to come out but I am always sad when I finish it so quickly. Mackenzie and Ellington make a great team.
I am not going to give any details away, you must read it for yourself. Every since I read the first Riley Page book (because it was free) I found my favorite author. In this new Mackenzie book women are getting murdered in storage units. I love the kind of offbeat imaginative bizarre way this is done with funky little details added. Thank you Blake for giving us some great mysteries to read with detailed characters we can relate to (the good guys).
I am not going to give any details away, you must read it for yourself. Every since I read the first Riley Page book (because it was free) I found my favorite author. In this new Mackenzie book women are getting murdered in storage units. I love the kind of offbeat imaginative bizarre way this is done with funky little details added. Thank you Blake for giving us some great mysteries to read with detailed characters we can relate to (the good guys).
May 8, 2023
*4.5
I think this might be one of my favorite books in the series so far. Not just because of being with the characters that I've come to love reading about but the criminal they were hunting in this book really stood out to me in comparison with some of the others. There was a lot of psychology involved with this one--which I adored--and the author took the time to really delve deep into the killer's psyche.
Really excited for the next one!
Content: Strong language used regularly (f-word primarily), innuendo, one sex scene that is descriptive but not very long, violence
I think this might be one of my favorite books in the series so far. Not just because of being with the characters that I've come to love reading about but the criminal they were hunting in this book really stood out to me in comparison with some of the others. There was a lot of psychology involved with this one--which I adored--and the author took the time to really delve deep into the killer's psyche.
Really excited for the next one!
Content: Strong language used regularly (f-word primarily), innuendo, one sex scene that is descriptive but not very long, violence
May 16, 2019
These books are incredibly addictive and as you can see from my reading list, I am reading them at the rate of knots. I have been devouring this series and every other series this author has written. What I will note, is that the books seem to be getting shorter at the same price point and the editing leaves a lot to be desired. However, the stories just bring me back for more and more and more.
February 17, 2020
Mackenzie is on the hunt for a serial killer who stabs women and then locks them in a storage unit. The storyline is entertaining however it feels like the author got a little distracted between McKenzie's personal life and her case. Overall I'm glad that Mackenzie is finally moving forward in her personal life.
November 12, 2025
I chose to grab the Audible version and had to stop. This author used a great narrator for other books in this series that I lined (Elaine Wise) but this one, he had Mary Sarah. It was awful. I have nothing good to say about her narration, her voice. I had to return the audible and I will need to borrow the ebook.
February 23, 2020
There are lapses
I think I read too many suspense thriller and watched too many crime movies that i sort of pre-empt what should happen ... I felt like the story was stretched for drama not for the suspense of it.
Also seen at least three typos but it's just me being picky!
I think I read too many suspense thriller and watched too many crime movies that i sort of pre-empt what should happen ... I felt like the story was stretched for drama not for the suspense of it.
Also seen at least three typos but it's just me being picky!
June 3, 2021
5...And just like that, magic!! I mean, this Mac novel had an amazing premise AND for the first time all the personal drama didn't hold bad the storyline!! This one is thus far my favorite of this series!!
October 14, 2018
Yet another book that kept me up past my bedtime. This one is fast paced and kept me on the edge of my seat
March 9, 2019
Excellent
Another great read by Blake Pierce it's has a good story and had me reading until the early hours not wanting to put it down
Another great read by Blake Pierce it's has a good story and had me reading until the early hours not wanting to put it down
March 27, 2019
Thrilling
It's horrible to think of the sickness in the world and the damage a parent can do to an innocent child.
It's horrible to think of the sickness in the world and the damage a parent can do to an innocent child.
June 22, 2019
Truth
I chose this rating because this shows the struggles all people have in their past and present, and suprises you find out at the most inconvenient times.
I chose this rating because this shows the struggles all people have in their past and present, and suprises you find out at the most inconvenient times.
April 29, 2020
Love all your books
November 27, 2020
The narrator gets her o's mixed up with her a's. Spoilt what would have been a good book to listen to
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December 16, 2020
another audio book. The narrator is horrible.
July 14, 2021
Fabulous job connecting the two agents. Enjoyed their "last" job together.
June 4, 2022
Good quick read - I have to skip the relationship fill with Ellington.
July 10, 2024
This was a good one! I’m it was a fun read and had the same vides as it did in the beginning.
August 13, 2024
Good one!! This was storage facilities and dolls. Her issues and way she treats her partner bothers me some times. I feel like he puts in a lot to get that relationship to work.
January 5, 2025
Dels 10 volums que he llegit de la sèrie, aquest és, sens dubte, el millor. Un bon cas, amb una bona trama policial, complexa i sorprenent. I els personatges guanyen profunditat psicològica
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August 28, 2025Ugh the one where Mac gets pregnant. Gross. How much longer will I last
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February 23, 2020
This was such a satisfying read. Not just because of the uniquely sick serial killer MacKenzie and Ellington are chasing but because of the growth of Mac, the testing and evolving relationship between Mac and Ellington (can't find his first name in my head right now) as they plan a wedding, meet his mom, and chase a serial killer at the same time. I really loved this one!
If you have read these from book one you know what I mean. If you haven't read book one yet, jump in, the water is warm with a surprise waiting.
If you have read these from book one you know what I mean. If you haven't read book one yet, jump in, the water is warm with a surprise waiting.
October 3, 2022
HOOPLA
November 11, 2019
Great Story
Wow this story was great Mackenzie is great detective, now together with her partner, they both the best .waiting to read next adventure.
Wow this story was great Mackenzie is great detective, now together with her partner, they both the best .waiting to read next adventure.
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