"Another stunner from a modern master."―Booklist (Starred Review)
Rescue artist Jane Whitefield leads a deadly crime syndicate on a wild chase through the Northeast
Jane Whitefield helps people disappear. Fearing for their lives, fleeing dangerous situations, her clients come to her when they need to vanish completely―to assume a new identity and establish a new life somewhere they won’t be found. And when people are desperate enough to need her services, they come to the old house in rural western New York where Jane was raised to begin their escape.
It’s there that, one spring night, Jane finds a young…
Connelly has perfected the ability to draw readers into police investigations in a perfectly objective fashion, without resorting to "copaganda" and leaving you guessing until the end.
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Stilwell has been "exiled" to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland.
But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found wrapped in plastic and weighed down at the bottom of the harbor. Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, he starts doggedly working the case.
Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a…
Karin Slaughter has a penchant for writing novels as dark as Stephen King without the supernatural element. She can describe absolutely sordid, awful plot twists on one page, and have you laughing at characters' comments the next. Her books also feel extremely realistic when it comes to police procedure and the ups and downs of being in law enforcement.
The instant No.1 Sunday Times bestseller!
The gripping and exciting first book in a brand new crime thriller series from the international sensation Karin Slaughter.
'A thriller of breadth and depth-a powerful and gripping read' Shari Lapena
'Explosive from the very start' Cara Hunter
'This is a huge novel with an even bigger heart' Jane Casey
'Karin Slaughter is always a must read' Harlan Coben
'A dark, shocking and visceral story ... Absolutely brilliant' Janice Hallett
'Powerful, beautiful, brimming with heart and grit - an astonishing novel. I adored it' Andrea Mara
Freelance courier Mercury Carter has never missed a delivery and isn't about to start now. When a routine delivery takes him to Indianapolis, he springs into action when he discovers the recipient of his package is being held at gunpoint by a gang of home invaders. When the thugs escape with Rachel Stanfield, Carter chases them across the Midwest to save Rachel and make his delivery.
