Secrets and lies run deep in a group of childhood friends. When Olivia and Jayden suddenly disappear, their friends are left to wonder what happened. Amara is blamed by her adoptive family for Jayden's disappearance, but she soon discovers that it was one of her own friends who killed Jayden and Sylas. However, Amara keeps this information to herself as she believes they have kidnapped Olivia and are holding her hostage.
Meanwhile, Kai becomes convinced that Emma is responsible for the disappearances, which strains their friendship and causes Kai's health to deteriorate. Elijah thinks Lucas is behind it all, but he's too afraid to speak up because Lucas knows about his drug dealing. Elijah's drug problem and abusive uncle only add to the stress, and he becomes suicidal as the case heats up.
As the investigation continues, Ezra plays detective to find her missing cousin, Olivia when Sylas, her friend searching for Olivia, ends up dead. Among the childhood friends is the murderer, who will do anything to keep their secrets hidden, even if it means murdering their friends or working with dangerous gangs to keep Olivia hostage. With the truth slowly unraveling, it becomes clear that everyone in the group has something to hide, and their secrets may be the key to solving the case.
"Murder in These Veins" is a thrilling tale of betrayal, murder, and friendship. Will the truth be revealed, or will the friends' dark secrets stay buried forever? Find out in this gripping suspense novel.
Since her father's sinister murder three years ago, Charley Green's life has never been the same. She finds her family shattered and frozen in the tragedy that derailed their lives that fateful Christmas morning, in which her father's lifeless body was discovered mutilated and gunned down in a motel. Desperate for closure, Charley decides she is done waiting for outside forces to grant her salvation.
As her father's old friends re-enter her life, she finds that what lies beneath their smiling faces may be more ominous than what she anticipated. With each layer that is peeled back, their intentions become more questionable, their relationship with her father more sinister. As Charley soon begins to realize, sometimes the darkest truths lie beneath the honeyed masks of those closest to you.
Those truths are best left buried.
[THIS STORY IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING EDITED]