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Dead Wind (A Shana Merchant Novel Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Tessa Wegert (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 161 ratings
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Senior Investigator Shana Merchant must dredge up dark secrets and old grudges if she's to solve the murder of a prominent local citizen in the Thousand Islands community she now calls home. 


"Wegert nicely balances plot and characterization. Fans of Denise Mina’s Alex Morrow will be pleased" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review


The body is discovered on Wolfe Island, under the shadow of an enormous wind turbine. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant, arriving on the scene with fellow investigator Tim Wellington, can't shake the feeling that she knows the victim - and the subsequent identification sends shockwaves through their community in the Thousand Islands of Upstate New York. 


 Politics, power, passion . . . there are dark undercurrents in Shana's new home, and finding the killer means dredging up her new friends and neighbors' old grudges and long-kept secrets. 


 That is, if the killer is from the community at all. For Shana's keeping a terrible secret of her own: eighteen months ago she escaped from serial killer Blake Bram's clutches. But has he followed her, to kill again? 


The Shana Merchant novels are a brilliant blend of chilling psychological thriller and gripping police procedural, set in an atmospheric island community with a small-town vibe.

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Wegert nicely balances plot and characterization. Fans of Denise Mina's Alex Morrow will be pleased ― Publishers Weekly Starred Review

An atmospheric, sophisticated thriller with layers upon layers of secrets ― Sarah Stewart Taylor, author of the Maggie D’arcy mysteries, on Dead Wind

Wegert melds the police investigation so deftly with Shana's endless family drama ― Kirkus Reviews

Tense, twist-riddled ― Publishers Weekly on The Dead Season

Jan Burke fans should take note ― Publishers Weekly on The Dead Season

Professional-grade detection with a no-nonsense heroine ― Kirkus Reviews on The Dead Season

Louise Penny meets Ruth Ware in this small town mystery that bubbles with secrets and intrigue ― Charlie Donlea, internationally bestselling author of Twenty Years Later, on Dead Wind

Fans of golden age closed circle murder mysteries will enjoy this ― Publishers Weekly on Death in the Family

This locked-room thriller has all of the requisite tangled motives and deductive crime-solving, along with a riveting introduction to edgy survivor Shana and Tim, her steady, easygoing foil ― Booklist on Death in the Family

A bone-chilling mystery that crackles with suspense ― Joanna Schaffhausen, author of the Annalisa Vega novels, on Dead Wind

From the Back Cover

TESSA WEGERT
DEAD WIND

The body is discovered on Wolfe Island, under the shadow of an enormous wind turbine. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant, arriving on the scene with fellow investigator Tim Wellington, can't shake the feeling that she knows the victim - and the subsequent identification sends shockwaves through their community in the Thousand Islands of Upstate New York.

Politics, power, passion . . . there are dark undercurrents in Shana's new home, and finding the killer means dredging up her new friends and neighbors' old grudges and long-kept secrets.

That is, if the killer is from the community at all. For Shana's keeping a terrible secret of her own: eighteen months ago she escaped from serial killer Blake Bram's clutches. But has he followed her, to kill again?

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09GP1KNJ6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Severn House (March 1, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 1, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2069 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 161 ratings

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Tessa Wegert is the author of the Shana Merchant series of mysteries. A former freelance journalist, Tessa has contributed to such publications as Forbes, The Huffington Post, Adweek, The Economist, and The Globe and Mail. Tessa grew up in Quebec and now lives with her husband and children in Connecticut, where she studies martial arts and is currently at work on her next novel.

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This is my first read by Tessa Wegert and even though it's book 3 in the series, I was able to jump right in without any trouble. This book kind of reminds me of Patricia Cornwells Scarpetta series and that's one of my all time favorite series! You can guarantee I'll be going back and reading the first two books in this series!Shana Merchant is a badass investigator who's latest victim is someone she knows. Someone whose death is a gut punch! But if the killer thought they'd break her down to the point where she couldn't find them, they'd better think again. What a page turner!
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Heidi S.
4.0 out of 5 stars What a page turner!
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2022
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This is my first read by Tessa Wegert and even though it's book 3 in the series, I was able to jump right in without any trouble. This book kind of reminds me of Patricia Cornwells Scarpetta series and that's one of my all time favorite series! You can guarantee I'll be going back and reading the first two books in this series!

Shana Merchant is a badass investigator who's latest victim is someone she knows. Someone whose death is a gut punch! But if the killer thought they'd break her down to the point where she couldn't find them, they'd better think again. What a page turner!
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Heidi S.
4.0 out of 5 stars What a page turner!
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2022
This is my first read by Tessa Wegert and even though it's book 3 in the series, I was able to jump right in without any trouble. This book kind of reminds me of Patricia Cornwells Scarpetta series and that's one of my all time favorite series! You can guarantee I'll be going back and reading the first two books in this series!

Shana Merchant is a badass investigator who's latest victim is someone she knows. Someone whose death is a gut punch! But if the killer thought they'd break her down to the point where she couldn't find them, they'd better think again. What a page turner!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2023
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What a great read. Love following the twists and turns of Shana Merchant story! Can't wait to read books four and five.
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Val Lawrence
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent addition to the series
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2022
I feel so lucky to have received a free copy of this book from BooksForward PR and NetGalley. Dead Wind is the first book I've read in this series (although it is the third written in the series). Finishing this book definitely made me add the first two books to my TBR. Now that I know about one of the characters, Blake Bram, I need to know more about him.

Full of creepy, obsessive and revengeful vibes, this story walks the reader through two separate criminal instances that could be related, or could not be. Throughout the book, the pendulum swings both ways. The book starts five months after a child kidnapping victim is rescued. The kidnapper is the same person who kidnapped and held detective Shana Merchant before she was able to escape with her life. Still at large, the search for Bram is ongoing. Shana has moved to a new precinct where she is not known as a kidnapping victim. This story opens with the murder of a local politician, Hope Oberon, who's family has a long political history, but who was recently investigated for corruption. The fact that she was found on the other side of the Canadian border, on a wind turbine seems at odds with Bram's past crimes. But Shana can't ever count him out, or unfortunately forget that he is still at large.

"It isn't that simple, of course. People aren't good or bad, generous or selfish, thoughtful or inconsiderate. Most people, I've learned, are as deep as the river, and you can find all manner of unexpected things in the weeds."

Shana and her partner Tim obviously have some sort of a complicated romantic history. They both do their best to ignore the tension and focus on the murder they are investigating. Their characters played well against each other. Shana, a great detective, but one virtually blinded by her obsession with catching Bram, and Tim, overprotective with good relationships with the town's people and knowledge of its history.

Without giving too much away, this story has perfect pace, full of smart clues and interesting characters. It is full of hold your breath moments and twists that I didn't see coming. I really enjoyed this one - but I would recommend starting with book one. I would have liked knowing more about how Tim and Shana's relationship started, more about Trey's kidnapping and more about Shana's journey prior to this book. This is definitely a series I would highly recommend!
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Sarah S. Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful New Installment in a Great Series!
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2022
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Dead Wind is a great standalone mystery, as well as a terrific installment in the Shana Merchant series. Highly recommended!
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Melissa Parcel
3.0 out of 5 stars Good Conclusion to the Trilogy
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2022
3.5 stars
This is the third installment in the Shana Merchant series, and you definitely need to read these books in order or you'll be lost.

I really liked that this wrapped things up well in the end. All of the loose ends are tied up and the mysteries are solved. Shana is still on the hunt for Abe/Bram, and there is also another death that occurs near by. Are the two related?

What didn't work so well for me was that this book was a bit slower paced and didn't have as much action as the first two. There weren't any major surprises. However, Wegert is a fantastic writer and I couldn't help but be pulled into the story, because I have been long anticipating the ultimate resolution of the case that started in Death in the Family and continued with The Dead Season. Shana is a strong heroine and a compelling main character, I have been rooting for her throughout the series and was not disappointed with her overall character arc.

I do recommend this series, especially if you enjoy police procedurals and books about creepy serial killers.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book, all opinions are my own.
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