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Edge of Midnight (Chasing Evil Trilogy #3)
by
Leslie Tentler (Goodreads Author)
The writer becomes the story when crime reporter Mia Hale is discovered on a Jacksonville beach, bloodied and disoriented, but alive. She remembers nothing, but her wounds bear the signature of a sadistic serial killer. After years lying dormant, The Collector has resumed his grim hobby: abducting women and taking gruesome souvenirs before dumping their bodies. But none of...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
January 24th 2012
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Feb 13, 2012
♡KarLynP♡
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of dark and realistic romantic suspense
4.5 stars. A great chilling romantic suspense, and an author to watch.
Edge of Midnight is for romance fans who like their stories with a good dose of nail biting suspense, a strong emotionally charged romance between the H/h, and a great deal of attention to the details.
Crime reporter Mia Hale escaped the evil hands of a serial killer, but she has no memory of what happened. Special agent Eric Macfarlane with the FBI enlists her help to find the man that is kidnapping and torturing women befor...more
Edge of Midnight is for romance fans who like their stories with a good dose of nail biting suspense, a strong emotionally charged romance between the H/h, and a great deal of attention to the details.
Crime reporter Mia Hale escaped the evil hands of a serial killer, but she has no memory of what happened. Special agent Eric Macfarlane with the FBI enlists her help to find the man that is kidnapping and torturing women befor...more
Raising audiobook narrated by Bernadette Dunne to 4 stars.
3.5 stars for interesting leads and very compelling storytelling. Problem is I am so tired of the same story told by every romantic suspense author. The last six RS I have read by six different authors are all variations of the same plot.
*Serial killer targets heroine
*Cop/agent/SEAL swears to keep her safe
*Heroine ignores hero's warnings and blithely puts herself in villain's evil clutches
*Hero tortures himself with guilt but pulls himse...more
3.5 stars for interesting leads and very compelling storytelling. Problem is I am so tired of the same story told by every romantic suspense author. The last six RS I have read by six different authors are all variations of the same plot.
*Serial killer targets heroine
*Cop/agent/SEAL swears to keep her safe
*Heroine ignores hero's warnings and blithely puts herself in villain's evil clutches
*Hero tortures himself with guilt but pulls himse...more
When newspaper crime reporter Mia Hale is found on a Jacksonville beach disoriented and injured, pieces of a gruesome puzzle begin to fall into place for FBI agent Eric McFarlane. He’s been called down from Washington D.C. to investigate because a series of brutal murders appear to be the work of a killer now resurfaced in Florida.
Called The Collector because of his habit of taking gruesome souvenirs from his victims, the sadistic madman has apparently resumed his practice after a three-year hia...more
Called The Collector because of his habit of taking gruesome souvenirs from his victims, the sadistic madman has apparently resumed his practice after a three-year hia...more
Last July at Thrillerfest I received a copy of this book free (along with dozens of others) and have been working my way through the stack. I wish that Leslie Tentler's book had been at the top of the stack, this was great!
The story kicks off with immediate questions to answer, with a car driven into a fence and no driver to be seen. The two cops quickly find the driver--a young woman half naked, brutalized, and with no memory of what has happened. Turns out, Mia is a local reporter covering th...more
The story kicks off with immediate questions to answer, with a car driven into a fence and no driver to be seen. The two cops quickly find the driver--a young woman half naked, brutalized, and with no memory of what has happened. Turns out, Mia is a local reporter covering th...more
One of the best thrilling and suspenseful novel I have come across in recent times. Leslie Tentler is definitely the author to watch out for. It's a story involving a serial killer known as "The Collector". Eric, the hero of the story is trying to catch "The Collector" from a very long time. Not just because he's assigned to the case but he has his own personal reasons. Mia, the heroine is "The Collector" latest conquest but somehow she escapes him. And now comes the twist, she doesn't remember...more
We hosted Leslie Tentler on our blog during her tour for this book, and I'll admit -- I'd never heard of her until that day. But I was intrigued by the blurb and decided to grab a copy of the book once I saw that she'd reassured our commenters that they didn't have to be read in order. I'm so glad I did (and SO very glad I discovered her -- I've since gotten the other two books in the series).
Edge of Midnight features a truly deranged villain. You know, the kind that keeps you up at night or inv...more
Edge of Midnight features a truly deranged villain. You know, the kind that keeps you up at night or inv...more
This is the third book in Tentler's Chasing Evil trilogy of Romantic Suspense, and possibly the best. I enjoyed both of the previous books, but this one was truly engrossing. Mia Hale is a reporter who was captured and tortured by a sadistic killer known as The Collector. The only difference between Mia and his previous victims is that somehow she escaped. The problem is she remembers nothing of her kidnapping and torture, or even how she got away. On the one hand, she's desperate to remember in...more
This is the third book in Tentler's Midnight series, however, each book has been written as a stand alone and I did not find that I was confused or missing anything that occurred in previous books as this is the first Leslie Tentler book that I have read. In this novel Tenlter explores what happens when one of a serial killer's victim is able to escape and his obsession of continuing to complete his collection.
Mia Hale is a crime reporter for the Jacksonville Courier but Mia is about to experien...more
Mia Hale is a crime reporter for the Jacksonville Courier but Mia is about to experien...more
Move over Lisa Jackson, Romantic Suspense has found its new voice! In a spine tingling conclusion to her Chasing Evil trilogy Leslie Tentler takes readers on a rollercoaster ride that begins in the first sentence and ends with the very last page.
When reporter Mia Hale turns up bloody and disoriented on a Florida beach, the puzzle pieces begin to lock into place for FBI agent Eric McFarlane who has been called down to Florida to work a murder case that has the ear marks of a case that he has bee...more
When reporter Mia Hale turns up bloody and disoriented on a Florida beach, the puzzle pieces begin to lock into place for FBI agent Eric McFarlane who has been called down to Florida to work a murder case that has the ear marks of a case that he has bee...more
This was an amazing 5 star read! An even mix of spooky & romance! Well balanced & smooth! I stayed up all night to finish it!
FBI Agent Eric MacFarlane has been hunting a serial killer for years. The killer has taunted him & even killed his wife.
After the killer disappeared for a few years, a woman is found on the beach, bloody wearing only her underwear & has a number carved in her stomach.
Mia Hale, the victim that escaped, is an investigative reporter doing a story on 2 missing...more
FBI Agent Eric MacFarlane has been hunting a serial killer for years. The killer has taunted him & even killed his wife.
After the killer disappeared for a few years, a woman is found on the beach, bloody wearing only her underwear & has a number carved in her stomach.
Mia Hale, the victim that escaped, is an investigative reporter doing a story on 2 missing...more
Much better than both of the previous books in the series. I liked the characters, I loved the storyline, I liked that the romance wasn't rushed even if it did follow the pattern that most romances in these types of books do - damsel in distress and hero cop fall for each other. It's been done countless times over, but the way Ms. Tentler did it was fabulous. It wasn't rushed and it made sense.
The suspense was some business, my palms were actually sweating as I read through. I also liked the twi...more
The suspense was some business, my palms were actually sweating as I read through. I also liked the twi...more
Jan 01, 2012
Manda Collins
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of Karen Rose, Mariah Stewart, Cynthia Eden
Recommended to Manda by:
NetGalley
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Another pulse pounding romantic suspense from Tentler, who is proving herself to be a solid author of FBI procedurals mixed with tender romance. We first meet heroine Mia Hale when she's just made her escape from The Collector, a serial killer who has relocated from the DC area to Jacksonville, Florida. A journalist, Mia had been working on a story about two missing women in the Jacksonville area before she went missing herself. As the first of the Collector's victims to escape alive, she has va...more
Amazing read that captivates you from the first page.
The Collector, a serial killer who the FBI have being trying to find and arrest for nearly three years has resurfaced in Jacksonville, Florida were two women have been abducted and while Mia Hale, crime reporter for Jacksonville courier is working the story she is also kidnapped. She manages to escape and is found on Atlantic beach with some shocking wounds and no recollection of what happened to her.
FBI Agent Eric MacFarlane who works in VCU,...more
The Collector, a serial killer who the FBI have being trying to find and arrest for nearly three years has resurfaced in Jacksonville, Florida were two women have been abducted and while Mia Hale, crime reporter for Jacksonville courier is working the story she is also kidnapped. She manages to escape and is found on Atlantic beach with some shocking wounds and no recollection of what happened to her.
FBI Agent Eric MacFarlane who works in VCU,...more
This final book in the Chasing Evil trilogy was even better than the first two, but induced some nightmares. No, wait. That's a good thing. I had to pull myself from the book a few times and remind myself that it was fiction. Leslie does an amazing job of describing the scenery and situations that it's easy to get swept into the investigation and the suspense over whether the good guys will figure out who the bad guy is before the next murder.
That said, this book is much more gruesome than her f...more
That said, this book is much more gruesome than her f...more
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Expected Release Date: January 24, 2012 (Available Now!)
Publisher: Harelquin
Imprint: Mira
Author’s Website: http://leslietentler.com/
My Source for This Book: Netgalley
Part of a Series: Yes, Book 3, Chasing Evil Trilogy
Series Best Read In Order: Works well as a standalone
Steam Level: Steamy
Crime reporter Mia Hale has been following a series of disappearances in the Jacksonville beach area when she postulates a connection...more
Expected Release Date: January 24, 2012 (Available Now!)
Publisher: Harelquin
Imprint: Mira
Author’s Website: http://leslietentler.com/
My Source for This Book: Netgalley
Part of a Series: Yes, Book 3, Chasing Evil Trilogy
Series Best Read In Order: Works well as a standalone
Steam Level: Steamy
Crime reporter Mia Hale has been following a series of disappearances in the Jacksonville beach area when she postulates a connection...more
Mia Hale is the luckiest woman alive since she has escaped the clutches of a serial killer. Regrettably she doesn't remember very much about her abduction or the killer. Eric MacFarlane is hot on the case of the serial killer known as "The Collector," but his motives are questionable as his wife was a victim of this killer just a few years ago. Eric is determined to protect Mia at all costs but is he willing to risk his career?
There are serial killers and then there are sick, twisted and sadisti...more
There are serial killers and then there are sick, twisted and sadisti...more
EDGE OF MIDNIGHT has to be one of the creepiest romantic suspenses that I have ever read. And I mean that in all the nicest ways.
This book hits all the right spots: a beautiful plucky heroine, a hero who has tragedy in his background, great secondary characters, a beautiful location, great pacing and snappy dialogue. What raises it above the norm is how deep Ms. Tentler delves into the psyche of her villain. He is such an ordinary man but pure evil. I had shivers going down my spine during seve...more
This book hits all the right spots: a beautiful plucky heroine, a hero who has tragedy in his background, great secondary characters, a beautiful location, great pacing and snappy dialogue. What raises it above the norm is how deep Ms. Tentler delves into the psyche of her villain. He is such an ordinary man but pure evil. I had shivers going down my spine during seve...more
Feb 07, 2012
Tabby - IMReviews
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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A woman on a mission. I love reading books where the main female character is all Chuck Norris minded! For Mia, going through something as horrible as being taken hostage by a serial killer, living through it and then going through what she did to remember everything to help catch him, just amazes me. I wish at times that I had the strength that she did!
Then you add in FBI Agent, Eric McFarlane. To lose his wife to the very same serial killer years before Mia was attacked, gives him all the more...more
Then you add in FBI Agent, Eric McFarlane. To lose his wife to the very same serial killer years before Mia was attacked, gives him all the more...more
Great, creepy, suspenseful read! Just the right blend of criminology and romance--though it's definitely not one for the faint of heart. More than one scene is fairly gruesome, but that's to be expected given the subject matter. It's definitely not done gratuitously, but it is there, so be warned if it's going to bother you. For me, it was very reminiscent of a well-done episode of Forensic Files or The New Detectives--with the definite plus that it was fiction! (And the only visuals were in my...more
A emotional roller-coaster read!!
This is the story of Mia, a crime reporter, discovered on a Jacksonville beach, bloodied and disoriented, but alive. She remembers nothing, but her wounds bear the signature of a sadistic serial killer. After years lying dormant, The Collector has resumed his grim hobby: abducting women and taking gruesome souvenirs before dumping their bodies. But none of his victims has ever escaped and he wants Mia back, more than he ever wanted any of the others.
FBI agent Eri...more
This is the story of Mia, a crime reporter, discovered on a Jacksonville beach, bloodied and disoriented, but alive. She remembers nothing, but her wounds bear the signature of a sadistic serial killer. After years lying dormant, The Collector has resumed his grim hobby: abducting women and taking gruesome souvenirs before dumping their bodies. But none of his victims has ever escaped and he wants Mia back, more than he ever wanted any of the others.
FBI agent Eri...more
Too Much and Not Enough
Three years ago, FBI Special Agent Eric Macfarlane was in Maryland, hot on the trail of a vicious killer who called himself The Collector. As a member of the FBI's Violent Crimes Unit, he was trained to hunt serial killers, but nothing could have prepared him for his wife Rebecca becoming the sadistic monster's fifth victim. The Collector slipped through his fingers, making Rebecca his final confirmed kill...an obscene retribution for which Eric still pays.
The Collector di...more
Three years ago, FBI Special Agent Eric Macfarlane was in Maryland, hot on the trail of a vicious killer who called himself The Collector. As a member of the FBI's Violent Crimes Unit, he was trained to hunt serial killers, but nothing could have prepared him for his wife Rebecca becoming the sadistic monster's fifth victim. The Collector slipped through his fingers, making Rebecca his final confirmed kill...an obscene retribution for which Eric still pays.
The Collector di...more
This was an easy five stars for me. I couldn't put it down once i started reading it. In fact, I kept forgetting that I was reading what is considered a romance novel.
The serial killer was one of the scariest ones I've read in a long time. And the author didn't hold back on any of the gory details.
As far as the romance goes, I thought it progressed very nicely and didn't take the attention off of the action (which might be strange for this genre, but I don't know because I don't read books like...more
The serial killer was one of the scariest ones I've read in a long time. And the author didn't hold back on any of the gory details.
As far as the romance goes, I thought it progressed very nicely and didn't take the attention off of the action (which might be strange for this genre, but I don't know because I don't read books like...more
Favorite Line: “He began to squeeze, thrilling at the bob of her small Adam’s apple under his thumbs.” (p. 380, egalley)
Edge of Midnight feels like an homage to the classic story Kiss the Girls written by James Patterson, but it has a definite romance angle. It feels like Patterson with a dash of Catherine Coulter. What you need to know: Edge of Midnight is a thrilling romantic suspense told in the third person and the final installment in Leslie Tentler’s Chasing Evil trilogy. Through the “wand...more
Edge of Midnight feels like an homage to the classic story Kiss the Girls written by James Patterson, but it has a definite romance angle. It feels like Patterson with a dash of Catherine Coulter. What you need to know: Edge of Midnight is a thrilling romantic suspense told in the third person and the final installment in Leslie Tentler’s Chasing Evil trilogy. Through the “wand...more
Wow, now this is why I read romantic suspense.
Leslie Tentler has woven an intense story in which she brings together two almost broken, but not quite defeated, characters.
Mia Hale is a crime reporter with a local newspaper. Both fierce and fragile, Mia grew up being tossed between the foster care system and her unstable mother. She is a survivor and has risen above her circumstances by creating a solid life for herself. However, that is all about to change. When she doesn’t arrive at work one mo...more
Leslie Tentler has woven an intense story in which she brings together two almost broken, but not quite defeated, characters.
Mia Hale is a crime reporter with a local newspaper. Both fierce and fragile, Mia grew up being tossed between the foster care system and her unstable mother. She is a survivor and has risen above her circumstances by creating a solid life for herself. However, that is all about to change. When she doesn’t arrive at work one mo...more
Not only do we get the bad guys POV early... in Chapt 2.... we get his name.
Blech... so what's the point in reading the book?
So, she's gotten away from him, his wife was murdered by him... now we're going to fall in love and of course have the most typical ending in the world.... although the author tries to make it horrifying... Yes, I read the end.
I wish suspense authors would give us a good suspense/mystery. Their attempts at horror have gotten to the point where I just roll my eyes and eith...more
Blech... so what's the point in reading the book?
So, she's gotten away from him, his wife was murdered by him... now we're going to fall in love and of course have the most typical ending in the world.... although the author tries to make it horrifying... Yes, I read the end.
I wish suspense authors would give us a good suspense/mystery. Their attempts at horror have gotten to the point where I just roll my eyes and eith...more
A very good romantic-suspense story..not heavy on the romance or the suspense but what was there was really good. The couple was very normal-- not overly dramatic, even though they both have very dramatic pasts, and not too vague about their feelings and emotions which tends to happen when an RS book is heavy on the S and forgets we've got an R happening. The romance was so normal for once! They're not living in the moment- they move slowly towards each other and really feel each other out befor...more
Apr 18, 2012
Lyn M (readinghearts)
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
mystery readers, especially those that like romantic mysteries
Recommended to Lyn M (readinghearts) by:
Siterhood of the Traveling Book
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romance
Early last year, the first book in the Chasing Evil trilogy, Midnight Caller was recommended to me. I read that book and instantly grew enamored of the author's writing. While these books are probably classed as Romantic Mysteries, and romance books are not my normal preference, Leslie Tentler's books are a cut above. Edge of Midnight is another winner for the author, who writes like she has been established in this field for a while. What I particularly like about Leslie's books is that the rom...more
I have read all three books by Leslie Tentler, and I thought each one was better than the one that came before. I enjoyed all of them, so by the time I read the third one, it was a strong "5" star read for me. I enjoyed the main characters, Mia Hale and Eric McFarlane, and loved seeing their relationship develop. Both Mia and Eric carried plenty of baggage, but it was wonderful watching them turn to one another and to overcome their painful pasts. The storyline was compelling and made it difficu...more
I've had this book since February, and I've been itching to read it. Somehow, other things kept getting in the way. But let me tell you, when I finally did get to it two weeks ago, it was so worth waiting for.
Leslie Tentler writes suspense just the way I like it--parceling out tidbits little by little, building one upon the other, giving enough hints about the action to keep me on the edge of my seat.
The violence was a little more graphic than in the first two books of the series, but I was abl...more
Leslie Tentler writes suspense just the way I like it--parceling out tidbits little by little, building one upon the other, giving enough hints about the action to keep me on the edge of my seat.
The violence was a little more graphic than in the first two books of the series, but I was abl...more
Another great book by Leslie Tentler. I didn't want to put it down. Mia is a news reporter who becomes the story. She was kidnapped, tortured and somehow able to escape a serial killer dubbed The Collector. Eric is a FBI agent with the VCU, he's called in by his friend and fellow agent Cam. Cam knows Eric's past and that Eric has spent years trying to hunt down the serial killer. It's a personal mission for him to stop the killer before he kills anymore women. Mia doesn't realize that she has ti...more
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Novelist Leslie Tentler worked in public relations as a writer and editor for nearly two decades before deciding to pursue her love of writing fiction. Her first manuscript won multiple Romance Writers of America chapter contest awards, including the prestigious Maggie Award of Excellence.
Leslie is a native of Kingsport, Tennessee. Growing up, she was an avid reader, first of Nancy Drew novels and...more
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Leslie is a native of Kingsport, Tennessee. Growing up, she was an avid reader, first of Nancy Drew novels and...more
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