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HIS VICTIMS . . .
A woman is frantic as she awakens in a dark, closed space. From above her comes the muffled sound of cruel laughter, followed by the hard splatter of dirt. Pure terror takes over as she realizes she’s being buried alive—and her last breath is a scream that no one but a sadistic killer will hear . . .

WILL TAKE HIS SECRETS . . .
To journalist Nikki Gillette, this disturbing story is a ticket out of small-town Savannah and on to the big time. She’s already given the killer a nickname—The Grave Robber—and she’s spending every minute dogging tough cop Pierce Reed’s investigation, trailing him through Savannah’s deep thickets and crumbling cemeteries…even though she’s starting to wonder about the secrets he’s keeping . . .

TO THE GRAVE
Another body is found. And another. Each gruesome discovery unnerves Nikki a little more…there’s something familiar about it, something she should know. Now, as a serial killer pulls her ever deeper into his sick game, she has no idea how close she’s getting to the truth—or how deadly it will be . . .

Setting
Savannah, Georgia
Dahlonega, Georgia

Prologue
30 Chapters
Epilogue

Character List
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Pierce Reed: Savannah Police Department detective. He has dark hair.
Sylvie Morrisette: Pierce’s partner. She has short, spiky blond hair. She’s divorced (four times) and mother of two children, Priscilla and Toby.
Cliff Siebert: Savannah police detective. He was Andrew’s best friend.
Reuben Montoya: New Orleans Police Department homicide detective.
Rick Bentz: New Orleans Police Department homicide detective. He’s in his late 40s and is 6’2” with thick brown hair and deep set gray eyes.
Jedidiah Baldwin: Lumpkin County sheriff.
Gerard St. Claire: Medical examiner.
Diane Moses: Lead crime scene investigator.
Katherine (Kathy) Okano: Assistant district attorney.
Nikki Gillette: Reporter with the Savannah Sentinel. She has strawberry blond hair.
Ronald (Big Ron) Gillette: Judge and Nikki’s father.
Charlene Gillette: Nikki’s mother.
Andrew Gillette: Nikki’s brother who died eight years ago.
Lily Gillette: Nikki’s sister. She’s the mother of 2-year old Ophelia.
Kyle Gillette: Nikki’s brother.
Bart Yelkis: Sylvie’s ex-husband.
Davis McFee: Dahlonega police detective.
Bud Ellis: Dahlonega police detective, McFee’s partner.
Simone Everly: Nikki’s best friend and her deceased brother’s former fiancée.
Sean Hawke: Nikki’s ex-boyfriend.
Barbara (Bobbi) Jean Marx: Murder victim. She had a history with Reed.
Jeremy Marx: Bobbi’s husband. They were in the process of divorcing.
Pauline Alexander: Corpse that lay beneath Bobbi.
Roberta Peters: Murder victim. She was a 63-year widow who lived alone.
Thomas Massey: Corpse that lay beneath Roberta Peterson.
Tyrell Brown: Corpse that lay beneath the third murder victim.
Billy Dean Delacroix: Boy hunting on Blood Mountain with his cousin, Prescott, who discovered Bobbi’s grave. He stole her diamond ring.
Prescott Jones: Boy hunting on Blood Mountain with his cousin, Billy Dean, who discovered Bobbi’s grave. He was injured running away.
Merle Delacroix: Billy Dean’s father.
Trina Boudine: Reporter with the Savannah Sentinel.
Tom Fink: Editor of the Savannah Sentinel.
Norm Metzger: Reporter with the Savannah Sentinel. He and Nikki are competing for the graveyard killer case.
Kevin Deeter: Savannah Sentinel editor’s nephew and part time student who’s responsible for the newspaper’s electronics maintenance.
LeRoy Chevalier: Man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her daughter.
Carol Legittel: LeRoy’s girlfriend who he had abused and was convicted of murdering.
Becky Legittel: Carol’s daughter.
Marlin Legittel: Carol’s son.
Joey Legittel: Carol’s son.
Stephen Legittel: Carol’s ex-husband and father of their three children.
Keven Stern: Carol’s brother.
Dr. Francis: Savannah school board member.
Vince Lassiter: Bobbi’s brother.
Jake Vaughn: Kickboxing instructor.
Fred Cooper: Nikki’s apartment manager.
The Survivor: Moniker used by the Grave Robber killer.
Jennings: Nikki’s tabby cat.
Mikado: Simone’s dog.
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Spoiler Info
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Cliff was leaking info about the case to Nikki.

Simone was abducted and died in the coffin.

The Survivor was Joey Legittel. He was set off when LeRoy Delacroix was freed from prison. He killed anyone who was connected to the case, including jurors. The corpses were those of jurors who died earlier. He’d actually killed his mother and siblings and framed Delacroix.

Nikki was also abducted from our parents’ home. Joey killed her father and buried her on top of him. However, Big Ron kept a gun in his ankle holster and Nikki retrieved it. She shot Joey through the coffin as he was shoveling dirt over it. He was injured and Reed arrived to shove him off. Joey came after him with a knife so Sylvie shot him. He later died.

Nikki quit the newspaper. (hide spoiler)]