Already Gone (A Laura Frost FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1) by Blake Pierce (e book reader TXT) 📕

A L R E A D Y  G O N E

(A Laura Frost SuspenseThriller —Book One)

B L A K E   P I E R C E

Blake Pierce

Blake Pierce is the USA Todaybestselling author of the RILEY PAGE mystery series, which includes seventeenbooks. Blake Pierce is also the author of the MACKENZIE WHITE mystery series,comprising fourteen books; of the AVERY BLACK mystery series, comprising sixbooks; of the KERI LOCKE mystery series, comprising five books; of the MAKINGOF RILEY PAIGE mystery series, comprising six books; of the KATE WISE mysteryseries, comprising seven books; of the CHLOE FINE psychological suspensemystery, comprising six books; of the JESSE HUNT psychological suspensethriller series, comprising fifteen books (and counting); of the AU PAIRpsychological suspense thriller series, comprising three books; of the ZOEPRIME mystery series, comprising six books; of the ADELE SHARP mystery series,comprising ten books (and counting); of the EUROPEAN VOYAGE cozy mysteryseries, comprising six books (and counting); of the new LAURA FROST FBIsuspense thriller, comprising three books (and counting); of the new ELLA DARKFBI suspense thriller, comprising six books (and counting); of the A YEAR INEUROPE cozy mystery series, comprising three books (and counting); of the AVAGOLD mystery series, comprising three books (and counting); and of the RACHELGIFT mystery series, comprising three books (and counting).

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RACHEL GIFTMYSTERY SERIES

HER LAST WISH(Book #1)

HER LAST CHANCE(Book #2)

HER LAST HOPE(Book #3)

 

AVA GOLD MYSTERYSERIES

CITY OF PREY(Book #1)

CITY OF FEAR(Book #2)

CITY OF BONES(Book #3)

A YEAR IN EUROPE

A MURDER INPARIS (Book #1)

DEATH INFLORENCE (Book #2)

VENGEANCE INVIENNA (Book #3)

ELLA DARK FBISUSPENSE THRILLER

GIRL, ALONE(Book #1)

GIRL, TAKEN(Book #2)

GIRL, HUNTED(Book #3)

GIRL, SILENCED(Book #4)

GIRL, VANISHED(Book 5)

GIRL ERASED(Book #6)

 

LAURA FROST FBISUSPENSE THRILLER

ALREADY GONE(Book #1)

ALREADY SEEN(Book #2)

ALREADY TRAPPED(Book #3)

 

EUROPEAN VOYAGECOZY MYSTERY SERIES

MURDER (ANDBAKLAVA) (Book #1)

DEATH (AND APPLESTRUDEL) (Book #2)

CRIME (ANDLAGER) (Book #3)

MISFORTUNE (ANDGOUDA) (Book #4)

CALAMITY (AND ADANISH) (Book #5)

MAYHEM (ANDHERRING) (Book #6)

 

ADELE SHARPMYSTERY SERIES

LEFT TO DIE(Book #1)

LEFT TO RUN(Book #2)

LEFT TO HIDE(Book #3)

LEFT TO KILL(Book #4)

LEFT TO MURDER(Book #5)

LEFT TO ENVY(Book #6)

LEFT TO LAPSE(Book #7)

LEFT TO VANISH(Book #8)

LEFT TO HUNT(Book #9)

LEFT TO FEAR(Book #10)

 

THE AU PAIRSERIES

ALMOST GONE(Book#1)

ALMOST LOST(Book #2)

ALMOST DEAD(Book #3)

ZOE PRIME MYSTERYSERIES

FACE OF DEATH(Book#1)

FACE OF MURDER(Book #2)

FACE OF FEAR(Book #3)

FACE OF MADNESS(Book #4)

FACE OF FURY(Book #5)

FACE OF DARKNESS(Book #6)

 

A JESSIE HUNTPSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE SERIES

THE PERFECT WIFE(Book #1)

THE PERFECTBLOCK (Book #2)

THE PERFECTHOUSE (Book #3)

THE PERFECTSMILE (Book #4)

THE PERFECT LIE(Book #5)

THE PERFECT LOOK(Book #6)

THE PERFECTAFFAIR (Book #7)

THE PERFECTALIBI (Book #8)

THE PERFECTNEIGHBOR (Book #9)

THE PERFECTDISGUISE (Book #10)

THE PERFECTSECRET (Book #11)

THE PERFECTFAÇADE (Book #12)

THE PERFECTIMPRESSION (Book #13)

THE PERFECTDECEIT (Book #14)

THE PERFECTMISTRESS (Book #15)

THE PERFECTIMAGE (Book #16)

THE PERFECT VEIL(Book #17)

THE PERFECTINDISCRETION (Book #18)

THE PERFECTRUMOR (Book #19)

 

CHLOE FINEPSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE SERIES

NEXT DOOR (Book#1)

A NEIGHBOR’S LIE(Book #2)

CUL DE SAC (Book#3)

SILENT NEIGHBOR(Book #4)

HOMECOMING (Book#5)

TINTED WINDOWS(Book #6)

KATE WISEMYSTERY SERIES

IF SHE KNEW(Book #1)

IF SHE SAW (Book#2)

IF SHE RAN (Book#3)

IF SHE HID (Book#4)

IF SHE FLED(Book #5)

IF SHE FEARED(Book #6)

IF SHE HEARD(Book #7)

THE MAKING OFRILEY PAIGE SERIES

WATCHING (Book#1)

WAITING (Book#2)

LURING (Book #3)

TAKING (Book #4)

STALKING (Book#5)

KILLING (Book#6)

RILEY PAIGEMYSTERY SERIES

ONCE GONE (Book#1)

ONCE TAKEN (Book#2)

ONCE CRAVED(Book #3)

ONCE LURED (Book#4)

ONCE HUNTED(Book #5)

ONCE PINED (Book#6)

ONCE FORSAKEN(Book #7)

ONCE COLD (Book#8)

ONCE STALKED(Book #9)

ONCE LOST (Book#10)

ONCE BURIED(Book #11)

ONCE BOUND (Book#12)

ONCE TRAPPED(Book #13)

ONCE DORMANT(Book #14)

ONCE SHUNNED(Book #15)

ONCE MISSED(Book #16)

ONCE CHOSEN(Book #17)

MACKENZIE WHITEMYSTERY SERIES

BEFORE HE KILLS(Book #1)

BEFORE HE SEES(Book #2)

BEFORE HE COVETS(Book #3)

BEFORE HE TAKES(Book #4)

BEFORE HE NEEDS(Book #5)

BEFORE HE FEELS(Book #6)

BEFORE HE SINS(Book #7)

BEFORE HE HUNTS(Book #8)

BEFORE HE PREYS(Book #9)

BEFORE HE LONGS(Book #10)

BEFORE HE LAPSES(Book #11)

BEFORE HE ENVIES(Book #12)

BEFORE HE STALKS(Book #13)

BEFORE HE HARMS(Book #14)

AVERY BLACKMYSTERY SERIES

CAUSE TO KILL(Book #1)

CAUSE TO RUN(Book #2)

CAUSE TO HIDE(Book #3)

CAUSE TO FEAR(Book #4)

CAUSE TO SAVE(Book #5)

CAUSE TO DREAD(Book #6)

KERI LOCKEMYSTERY SERIES

A TRACE OF DEATH(Book #1)

A TRACE OF MUDER(Book #2)

A TRACE OF VICE(Book #3)

A TRACE OF CRIME(Book #4)

A TRACE OF HOPE(Book #5)

CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTERSEVENTEEN

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER TWENTY

CHAPTER TWENTYONE

CHAPTER TWENTYTWO

CHAPTER TWENTYTHREE

CHAPTER TWENTYFOUR

CHAPTER TWENTYFIVE

CHAPTER TWENTYSIX

CHAPTER TWENTYSEVEN

CHAPTER TWENTYEIGHT

CHAPTER TWENTYNINE

CHAPTER THIRTY

CHAPTER THIRTYONE

CHAPTER THIRTYTWO

CHAPTER THIRTYTHREE

CHAPTER THIRTYFOUR

CHAPTER ONE

Laura tensed her fingers around the gripof her gun, trying to make sure it wasn’t going to slip out of her sweatyhands. She was only one of many agents and cops surrounding the farmhouse, butthat didn’t mean she could let her guard down. She had to be ready.

Around them, a field of overgrown wheatwhispered softly in the wind, the only sound that broke the silence of theloose circle of men and women. Each of them was focused on the farmhouse, thepeeling paint on the doors, the smashed and boarded-up windows, the hole in theroof. A couple of crows wheeled lazily overhead. Laura tensed her hand again,loosening and then tightening her fingers