The Silent Dolls by Rita Herron

Rita Herron, a New York Times bestselling author, fell in love with books when she was eight years old, when she read her first Trixie Belden mystery. She left her profession as a kindergarten teacher for a career as a writer twenty years ago, and she now has more than ninety romantic novels to her credit. She particularly enjoys writing dark romantic suspense stories set in little southern communities. RT Book Reviews gave her a Career Achievement Award for her work in Series Romantic Suspense, as well as the National Readers' Choice Award and a RITA nomination. Her Slaughter Creek novels (Last to Tell and Her Dying Breath) and Graveyard Falls novels (All the Dead Girls, All the Lovely Faces, and All the Gorgeous Brides) have garnered glowing reviews. Rita is a proud mother and grandma who hails from Atlanta, Georgia.