F A C E
O F
F E A R
(A Zoe PrimeMystery—Book Three)
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 thirteen books (and counting); of the AVERY BLACK mystery series,comprising six books; of the KERI LOCKE mystery series, comprising five books;of the MAKING OF RILEY PAIGE mystery series, comprising six books; of the KATEWISE mystery series, comprising seven books; of the CHLOE FINE psychologicalsuspense mystery, comprising six books; of the JESSE HUNT psychologicalsuspense thriller series, comprising seven books (and counting); of the AU PAIRpsychological suspense thriller series, comprising two books (and counting); ofthe ZOE PRIME mystery series, comprising three books (and counting); and of thenew ADELE SHARP mystery series.
ONCEGONE(a Riley Paige Mystery--Book #1), BEFOREHE KILLS (A Mackenzie White Mystery—Book 1), CAUSE TO KILL(An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1), ATRACE OF DEATH (A Keri Locke Mystery—Book 1), WATCHING(The Making of Riley Paige—Book 1), NEXTDOOR (A Chloe Fine Psychological Suspense Mystery—Book 1), THE PERFECT WIFE (A Jessie HuntPsychological Suspense Thriller—Book One), and IF SHE KNEW (A Kate Wise Mystery—Book 1)are each available as a free download on Amazon!
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BOOKS BY BLAKE PIERCE
ADELE SHARP MYSTERY SERIES
LEFT TO DIE (Book #1)
LEFT TO RUN (Book #2)
LEFT TO HIDE (Book #3)
THE AU PAIR SERIES
ALMOST GONE (Book#1)
ALMOST LOST (Book #2)
ALMOST DEAD (Book #3)
ZOE PRIME MYSTERY SERIES
FACE OF DEATH (Book#1)
FACE OF MURDER (Book #2)
FACE OF FEAR (Book #3)
FACE OF MADNESS (Book #4)
A JESSIE HUNT PSYCHOLOGICALSUSPENSE SERIES
THE PERFECT WIFE (Book #1)
THE PERFECT BLOCK (Book #2)
THE PERFECT HOUSE (Book #3)
THE PERFECT SMILE (Book #4)
THE PERFECT LIE (Book #5)
THE PERFECT LOOK (Book #6)
THE PERFECT AFFAIR (Book #7)
CHLOE FINE PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSESERIES
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 WISE MYSTERY 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 OF RILEY PAIGE SERIES
WATCHING (Book #1)
WAITING (Book #2)
LURING (Book #3)
TAKING (Book #4)
STALKING (Book #5)
KILLING (Book #6)
RILEY PAIGE MYSTERY 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 WHITE MYSTERY 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 BLACK MYSTERY 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 LOCKE MYSTERY 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 ONE
Callie shoved her hands deeper into her pockets,hooking her elbow in such a way that it pressed the handbag over her shoulderfurther against her side. It was the kind of precaution that she always tookwhen visiting Javier, a friend of hers with a serious talent for art.
They’d met at college, and while Calliehad already been forced into an office job, Javier was at least taking a shotat his dreams. Of course, living as an artist with student debt meant he didn’tlive in the best of neighborhoods. There were times when Callie, being an attractiveyoung woman, didn’t feel safe here.
But that, she reminded herself as thebacks of her fingers brushed against the cool exterior of the canister, was whyshe always carried pepper spray in her pocket.
She had an exit plan, too: spray andrun, depending on where she had managed to get to. There was a little alleywayshe had to cross through to get to Javi’s studio apartment, and it alsorepresented the turning point. Before she reached it, she knew the quickestroute was to run back on her footsteps, out to the main street where she couldfind safety in numbers. Past the halfway point, she would run to Javi’s doorand scream into the intercom until he buzzed her in.
It wasn’t that she spent all of her timepreoccupied with the potential dangers of the place she was walking toward. Infact, it was quite the opposite. Callie had come up with this plan the secondtime she had ever visited Javi there, and since then she was
