"If you want to see your daughter alive again, listen carefully."

When the body of a snatched schoolgirl is found in an abandoned biosciences building, the case is first treated as a kidnapping gone wrong.

But Detective Kay Hunter isn’t convinced, especially when a man is found dead with the ransom money still in his possession.

When a second schoolgirl is taken, Kay’s worst fears are realised.

With her career in jeopardy and desperate to conceal a disturbing secret, Kay’s hunt for the killer becomes a race against time before he claims another life.

For the killer, the game has only just begun…

Scared to Death is a gripping fast paced crime thriller from author Rachel Amphlett, in a series introducing Kay Hunter – a detective with a hidden past and an uncertain future.

“Thrilling start to a new series. SCARED TO DEATH is a stylish, smart and gripping crime thriller” Robert Bryndza, USA Today bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE ICE and NINE ELMS