S.P.E.C.T.E.R. The Lazarus Project: Someday, I will collect you too; A Paranormal Suspense Thriller

by Carrie Merrill, First Steps Publishing

** 2023 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FINALIST - HORROR **Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there . . . .In the afterglow, the grid vanished, and Ryan’s breath caught in her throat when she saw what remained. There was Jean, walking through her living room just as she had imagined her. Except, this woman was outlined in a halo of blue light—a hologram with every living detail that had been Jean—when she was alive.When gifted homicide detective Ryan Mills is recruited to a top-secret FBI division known as S.P.E.C.T.E.R., the world of the supernatural becomes more real than she could have ever imagined. She is introduced to an incredible device known as LAZARUS, which can replay the events of a crime with the smallest pieces of available evidence. With the help of her new partner, Special Agent Sam Masters, and Dr. Matthew Holbrook, the research scientist who created Lazarus, Ryan is plunged into the paranormal exploration of unsolved murders.But Ryan holds a secret, one she can’t share with her partner or Holbrook. That secret comes back to haunt her when a homicide crime scene holds clues to someone from her past and has torn at the edges of an eighteen-year old cold the disappearance and possible murder of her own sister. The killer has scrawled a message meant only for Special Agent Ryan "Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there . . ."He's back. The only person who knows what happened to her sister. And he knows something about Ryan too . . . something even she doesn’t know—yet.* * *CarrieMerrill.comGeneral Audience, those interested in psychic supernatural, paranormal, horror, mystery, thriller, suspensefrom Christopher Matthews Publishing, an imprint of First Steps Publishing

364 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 28, 2021

About the author

When she isn’t delivering babies, Carrie Merrill is a prolific writer who has been putting pen to paper since the age of 8, when she wrote her first story about a dragon that lived in a cave across the river from her house in Idaho. A day has not gone by since that time when she didn’t have a story floating around in her head. She is currently a full-time OB/GYN in Montana with her six rescue cats when she isn’t writing about the things that lurk in the dark.

Reviews

[Donna Annis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally spellbinding ❣

As usual Carrie's storyteller is amazing. I couldn't put it down and couldn't go to sleep till I finished it. Can't wait till the next book comes out!