Learn more
These promotions will be applied to this item:
Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.
Audiobook Price: $4.99$4.99
Save: $3.00$3.00 (60%)
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.
Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.
Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.
The Killing Woods: An Addictive Psycological Thriller (The Sidney Becker Murder Mysteries Book 1) Kindle Edition
#1 Bestseller in Psychological Thrillers in Kindle Store!
After years as a homicide investigator in a big city, Detective Sidney Becker accepts the position of police chief in her hometown—a peaceful mountain community in Oregon. Life is good. Beautiful scenery. Low crime. Close to family. Then a woman is found brutally murdered in the woods. The staging of the body resembles a victim found in the same area years earlier. The case went cold. Now the killer has come out of hiding. The only clue found at the crime scene is an origami butterfly with a handwritten verse inside. Sidney finds she is pitted against a killer more cunning than any she has faced before. She must decode his cryptic message and lure him into the open—before he strikes again.- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMay 18, 2019
- File size2.2 MB
Shop this series
See full series-
First 3$14.97
-
First 5$24.95
-
All 6$29.94
-
First 3$14.97
-
First 5$24.95
-
All 6$29.94
This option includes 3 books.
This option includes 5 books.
This option includes 6 books.
Customers also bought or read
- Hidden Part One: A riveting and suspenseful western mystery (A Micheal Sullivan Mystery)Kindle Edition$3.99$3.99
- The Haunting of Bechdel Mansion (A Riveting Haunted House Mystery Series Book 1)Kindle Edition$3.99$3.99
- Where There's a Will: A Suspenseful Psychological Thriller (A Jesse Weaver Thriller - Book 1)Kindle Edition$3.99$3.99
- Scared to Death: A chilling serial killer thriller (Detective Kay Hunter Book 1)Kindle Edition$0.99$0.99
Customers who bought this item also bought
- “Sadly, grief never completely fades,” Jude continued. “Right now, your world feels closed in, and there’s a dark, sad place in your heart. But in time, your world will expand again, and there will be more parts to it. You will learn to hold your pain in a private, sacred place.”Highlighted by 21 Kindle readers
- “Life’s an infinite cycle of creation and destruction, Sidney. Bad guys replace bad guys, but a force of good must always stand up to evil.”Highlighted by 17 Kindle readers
- “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone gives you courage.”Highlighted by 16 Kindle readers
From the Publisher


Editorial Reviews
Review
- Quiet Scream is a complex and thoroughly chilling thriller...one of those books you can't wait--yet almost can't bear--to turn the page.
Dave Edlund-USA Today Bestselling author of the Peter Savage thrillers
From the Back Cover
- Quiet Scream is a complex and thoroughly chilling thriller...one of those books you can't wait--yet almost can't bear--to turn the page.
~ Dave Edlund-USA Today Bestselling author of the Peter Savage thrillers
Product details
- ASIN : B07RYG2TWN
- Publisher : ; 1st edition (May 18, 2019)
- Publication date : May 18, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 2.2 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 311 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 0999853848
- Best Sellers Rank: #41,467 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #557 in Psychological Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #636 in Psychological Fiction (Books)
- #1,201 in Police Procedurals (Kindle Store)
- Customer Reviews:
About the author

Linda Berry is the author of nine mystery novels. Several have been Amazon #1 bestsellers, or ranked in the top ten, for psychological thrillers, female sleuths, and murder mysteries.
Linda writes fast-paced, suspenseful murder mysteries — most notably the Sidney Becker Mysteries. Her talent lies in seamlessly blending reality with fiction. She is a master at descriptive writing and evoking emotional responses from her readers. Extensive research and her law enforcement consultants ensure that her stories ring with authenticity.
Before she was a full-time author, Linda enjoyed a twenty-five-year career as an award-winning copywriter and graphic designer. In Los Angeles, she provided design services for several magazines and movie studios. Later, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, and Hewlett Packard and Fujitsu were among her many clients. Linda was also an award-winning Art Director for South Bay Accent magazine for six years.
Linda currently lives in Virginia with her husband and adorable toy poodle. A passionate animal and nature lover, and avid gardener, Linda provides habitat for an assortment of bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies in her colorful pollinator garden.
Customer reviews
Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
Learn more how customers reviews work on AmazonCustomers say
Customers find the book engaging with a unique murder plot and unexpected twists. They describe it as an amazing, great read that keeps you hooked until the end. The characters are well-developed and colorful. The storyline is straightforward and skillfully woven. Readers praise the writing style as descriptive and excellent. The pacing is fast-paced with many red herrings and clues.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Select to learn more
Customers enjoy the engaging mystery storyline with twists and turns that keep them hooked. They find the characters enjoyable and the murder plot unique. The book keeps readers guessing with multiple suspects and clues, keeping them guessing until the surprising ending.
"...What an engrossing story and colorful cast of characters! This is an excellent read, I highly reccomend it." Read more
"...Intriguing, fast-paced storyline with multiple suspects to keep the reader guessing. Descriptive writing that draws one into each scene...." Read more
"Good police case story with twists and turns to the plot to pull you in. Action filled . great characters and side stories...." Read more
"...The story takes an unexpected twist but it makes sense. Very good story that is well written and in depth. Love the descriptions of the scenery." Read more
Customers find the book engaging and enjoyable. They describe it as a page-turner with an intriguing mystery and interesting characters. The writing style is described as excellent and satisfying.
"...This is an excellent read, I highly reccomend it." Read more
"...Will defiantly read book two. A good who done it !" Read more
"...This was such a good read, I'm looking forward to the rest of the series (though I'm not a mystery series kinda gal)" Read more
"Until almost 90 percent, the book was excellent. A very good mystery and I didn't have a clue "who dunnit."..." Read more
Customers enjoy the well-developed characters and suspenseful narrative. They appreciate the descriptive writing of characters and locations. The storyline includes multiple characters, which the author manages well.
"...What an engrossing story and colorful cast of characters! This is an excellent read, I highly reccomend it." Read more
"...Very flexible procedures, actions and reactions. Believable characters with distinct personalities...." Read more
"...Action filled . great characters and side stories. Looking forward to reading more in this series." Read more
"Keeps your interest and liked all the good guy characters. Will defiantly read book two. A good who done it !" Read more
Customers enjoy the straightforward and well-developed storyline. They find the plot and pacing excellent, with a mixture of romance and murder. The author jumps right into the plot to grab readers' attention, keeping their interest from the beginning. The characters are likable yet complex, leaving you wanting more.
"...The plot and pacing are excellent, as is Linda’s descriptive style of writing. Linda is exceptional at setting the mood and tone for each scene...." Read more
"Abuse triggers animal and human This stand-alone is easy to follow but at times difficult to read due to emotions evoked...." Read more
"...but I never considered the possibilities because of how skillfully the story was woven, the author takes readers on a journey that you won't be..." Read more
"The story is good and the setting sounds beautiful. This is a town where everyone is gorgeous except for the killer of course...." Read more
Customers find the writing style engaging and well-written. They appreciate the author's skill in using words to create a realistic dialogue and setting the mood for each scene. The descriptive writing draws them into each scene.
"...The plot and pacing are excellent, as is Linda’s descriptive style of writing. Linda is exceptional at setting the mood and tone for each scene...." Read more
"...Thought-provoking and realistic dialogue. “God knows, there’s plenty of folks around here who could use it...." Read more
"...Very good story that is well written and in depth. Love the descriptions of the scenery." Read more
"...A very good mystery and I didn't have a clue "who dunnit." And well written except for a few punctuation and grammar errors:..."she could have laid..." Read more
Customers enjoy the book's fast pace and engaging storyline. They appreciate the clever red herrings and clues.
"...This series is so good so far! Fast paced and keeps you turning the page for more. I hope Linda Berry writes more like this." Read more
"...the search for a sadistic serial killer which is a horrifying, fast paced journey. I was completely blindsided by the reveal of the sadist...." Read more
"...Good characters, fast read, and really good storyline." Read more
"Great plot. Great characters and the book moved along at a nice pace. No slogging through and wishing the book would just get to the point...." Read more
Reviews with images

This one will keep you in suspense
Top reviews from the United States
There was a problem filtering reviews. Please reload the page.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2018I don’t usually read mystery thrillers. But after thoroughly enjoying Linda Berry’s Hidden Part One and Hidden Part Two, I decided to try Quiet Scream. I was completely hooked by the first few pages. I was right there in the woods at night with Ann, immersed in the terror and use of instinct and wits to outsmart the killer. The plot and pacing are excellent, as is Linda’s descriptive style of writing. Linda is exceptional at setting the mood and tone for each scene. She seamlessly interweaves beautiful descriptions of nature with her complex development of plot and characters. As a balance to all the intensity, I loved the animal characters, Chili, Curry, and especially Arthur. And as a “foodie”, I really enjoyed the descriptions of the meals Ann and Selena were cooking. I wanted to join them for lunch and dinner every time! I wish “Selena’s Kitchen” really existed; I would be a loyal customer. It was a fun few days as I devoured 50 pages here, 100 pages there, happily neglecting anything I could so I could just keep reading. I suspected everybody along the way, yet was totally surprised at the end. What an engrossing story and colorful cast of characters! This is an excellent read, I highly reccomend it.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2023Abuse triggers animal and human
This stand-alone is easy to follow but at times difficult to read due to emotions evoked. No editing errors or drag-you-down drama. There is graphic violence.
Intriguing, fast-paced storyline with multiple suspects to keep the reader guessing. Descriptive writing that draws one into each scene. Very flexible procedures, actions and reactions. Believable characters with distinct personalities. Thought-provoking and realistic dialogue.
“God knows, there’s plenty of folks around here who could use it. When I worked up in Alaska, I delivered all road kill to churches and charities. It went a long way in feeding the poor and homeless.”
There were so many lost people in the world, slogging through the @@@@ fields of life, wearing painted masks of happiness. Something Sidney understood too well. Master of illusion.
“Therapy is not a panacea. It’s not something you complete or recover from, like the flu. You just keep pushing through the pain until you reach the other side.”
No desire to re-read this story. I always look forward to works by this author.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2024Good police case story with twists and turns to the plot to pull you in. Action filled . great characters and side stories. Looking forward to reading more in this series.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2024Sidney is the chief of police in her small hometown, but she worked as lead detective in murder investigations in a city. She has seen horrors and dealt with them. But, she wants a more peaceful life now. Sidney lives with her sister, Selena. The two are very different but love one another. This story revolves around a serial killer who is murdering women in the small town. As the story develops, you are drawn into Sidney’s life. The story takes an unexpected twist but it makes sense. Very good story that is well written and in depth. Love the descriptions of the scenery.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2024Keeps your interest and liked all the good guy characters. Will defiantly read book two. A good who done it !
- Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2023This was intense! Because I'm a person who has read way more psychological thrillers and mysteries that is healthy, I have a knack for sniffing out plot twists, regardless of however kooky they may seem. It's so delicious being able to discover whodunit and why they did and I swore I had it, though a nagging feeling in the back of my head insisted the author was far more clever than I gave her credit for.
And then when the reveal came, I was shocked but also gratified because it made sense, but I never considered the possibilities because of how skillfully the story was woven, the author takes readers on a journey that you won't be sure you're ready for until you embark.
This was such a good read, I'm looking forward to the rest of the series (though I'm not a mystery series kinda gal)
Top reviews from other countries
- SophieReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars gripping from the start
Great for a free book it kept me hooked read in two days I’m glad I found this book on kindle unlimited
- AngieReviewed in Canada on March 31, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Really enjoyed this book
Great book! Very suspenseful, always on the edge with each turn of the page. Very good well developed characters. Well written and I definitely recommend this book and look forward to volume 2.
-
Christina BergmannReviewed in Germany on April 2, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Small town, great story
Sidney, the police chief, came back home to the small town to get away from gruesome crimes. Unfortunately, one of her fellow citizens has different plans for her. She needs all the skill and knowledge from her career as homicide detective to keep her neighbors including her own sister safe.
It goes to show that a small, quiet town can still harbor enough criminals to make up a sizable suspect pool. Sidney has her hands full and follows the evidence and clues she finds along the way.
This story is told from a variety of perspectives that give us a well-rounded look at the inside and outside of the main characters. The story is geographically and time-restricted, resulting in a fast-paced, action-packed thriller with a few scenes to cool off, before action revs up again.
Love it and will read again.
- Mary ConlonReviewed in Australia on December 21, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read
This was an enjoyable, quick read. I got involved in the characters, the plot had enough red herrings to hold the mystery to the end, and I want to read more.
- Sarah ButlandReviewed in Canada on February 7, 2022
4.0 out of 5 stars Very detailed, twisty and mysterious
This story was very good in doing what it set out to do with making my heart race, my brain wonder and my detective skills put to work. Berry introduces us to many characters, with Chief Sidney being the primary, and made it easy to keep them all straight somehow.
We are invited into a small town where almost everyone knows everyone else but learn quickly that recognizing someone in the market doesn't mean you really know them.
A gruesome murder starts off the adventures of mayhem, mystery and a bit of romance which leads me to my only complaint. There were a lot of woman who, although scared of an unknown murderer in town, met and quickly trusted men they barely knew. Knowing the murderer was a man from a reliable, yet undetailed witness account, in a town where the author stresses everyone is close knit, I found it unbelievable how many first introductions were being made and how quickly a woman would be alone with a man she just met.
Overall, a good book with a great twist and I would definitely consider buying a book by the same author in the future.
Thanks for reading,
Sarah Butland