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When officers discover the severed head of a woman in a dumpster in the quaint town of Oxford, North Carolina, the case falls to Oxford Police Department detectives Bob Kelly and Antoine ""Tony"" Duval. The mismatched pair must work together to solve this gruesome crime. Bob, an experienced detective, fends for himself after his son overdoses, and his wife leaves him. Tony, recently transferred in from New Orleans to Oxford, routinely insults the crime scene techs and anyone within earshot. Bob and Tony quickly realize they're hunting a psychopathic serial killer who loathes women lawyers. With more gruesome finds of body parts, the FBI sends in Agent Augusta ""Gus"" Bullock and profiler Felix Fulcher. The agents, along with Lt Katie O'Connor and Sgt Walter Johnson from the Granville County Sheriff's Office, ramp up the investigation searching for a suspect with expert knife skills and burning desire to cut up the women. Despite these combined investigative forces, the community is paralyzed by fear. Tensions mount even further when the killer taunts the investigation team. Will they solve the case before the killer strikes again? Is it someone who is a stranger-or could it be someone hidden in plain sight behind a small-town smile?

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Cleverly engineered, Killing Her Sharply deputizes the reader and invites them to track a serial killer side-by-side with lead detectives Bob and Tony through an iconic small town the author knows like the back of her hand. -David Payne, author of Barefoot to Avalon and Early from the Dance Killing Her Sharply is a gripping mystery from attorney-author Katherine Burnette that blends psychological depth, sharp procedural detail, and heart-pounding suspense. Set in Oxford, North Carolina, the novel offers a vivid picture of the social contradictions and dread realities of contemporary life in the postindustrial South gleaned, no doubt, from Burnette's experience as a prosecutor. Detective protagonists Bob and Tony are fascinating, relatable, and contradictory in exactly the right ways. Readers will love following their investigation into this small-town serial killer. If you're like me, you won't be able to put it down! -Taylor Black, author of Style: a Queer Cosmology When I read a Katherine Burnette novel, I remember how much I love and am horrified by small-town murder mysteries. Her writing has both the up-close terror of the chase to find a serial killer and the panoramic sights, smells, and gossip of small-town North Carolina. In Killing Her Sharply, she delivers her signature intricately plotted hunt. It kept me guessing until the terrifying end. I hated the killer but loved the book. Highly recommend! -Allegra Jordan, author of The End of Innocence Katherine Burnette has written an intense, compelling thriller that will draw you in from the first page and hold you in its grip. -Betty Fudge, author of Norm and Ginger Enter the Hidden

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Katherine Burnette is a former federal and state prosecutor. Burnette graduated from Wake Forest University with a BA degree in English and Politics and a JD degree. In 2019, she received her MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte. Her work has appeared in Flying South, Red Fez and Sky Island Journal. She is a state district court judge and lives in Oxford, North Carolina.

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