Die Young Hilde Swensen is a beauty pageant queen with a face to die for and a body to kill for. But by the time Detective Claire Morgan finds her in a shower stall--posed like a grotesquely grinning doll--Hilde is anything but pretty. Shes the victim of a sick, deranged killer. And she wont be the last. . . Die Beautiful Brianna Swenson is the beauty queens sister--and the girlfriend of Claires partner Bud. She tells Claire that Hilde had plenty of enemies, including a creepy stalker, an abusive ex-boyfriend, and a slew of jealous competitors. But what she doesnt say is that they both shared a dark, disturbing secret. A secret that refuses to die. . . Die Smiling From the after-hours parties of a sinister funeral home to the underworld vendettas of the Miami mob, Claire follows the trail with her lover Nicholas Black, a psychiatrist with secrets of his own. But its not until she uncovers evidence of unspeakable acts of depravity that Claire realizes shes just become a diabolical killers next target. . . "One of the most creepy, crawly and compelling psychological thrillers ever. " --Fresh Fiction on Dark Places Linda Ladd is the bestselling author of over a dozen novels. Head to Head marked her exciting return to publishing with a debut thriller after almost a decades hiatus. Linda makes her home in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, where she is at work on her next novel featuring Claire Morgan.