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Zusatztext "Rock icon Jack Jeffries seems to have no enemies. Lesbian politician Davida Grayson has no lack of them! most recently whoever pelted her with eggs at the California statehouse. And yet both end up equally dead in Capital Crimes ! the new pair of agreeably perplexing mystery novellas by bestselling spouses Jonathan and Faye Kellerman (joining forces for the second time). The deaths are disparate: Jeffries climbs the stairway to heaven in Nashville in the more moving tale! Music City Breakdown ! while Grayson dies in her Berkeley office in My Sister´s Keeper. But shared themes! including the role of family! help to make these old-school whodunits - solved through knowledge of character and diligent detective work - satisfying." - PEOPLE Magazine Informationen zum Autor About the Authors Jonathan Kellerman has brought his expertise as a clinical psychologist to numerous New York Times bestselling tales of suspense! including the Alex Delaware novels. His most recent novel! Gone! was a #1 New York Times bestseller. He has won the Goldwyn! Edgar! and Anthony awards! and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. Faye Kellerman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels! as well as the historical thrillers The Quality of Mercy and Straight Into Darkness and the short-story anthology The Garden of Eden. She has won the Macavity Award and has been nominated for a Shamus. Visit the authors' websites at www.jonathankellerman.com and www.fayekellerman.net Klappentext Internationally bestselling husband and wife Jonathan and Faye Kellerman team up for a powerful one-two punch with Capital Crimes ! a gripping pair of original crime thrillers. MY SISTER'S KEEPER: BERKELEY Some of progressive state representative Davida Grayson's views have made her unpopular. Although her foes are numerous no one suspects that any buttons Davida might push could evoke deadly force. But now Davida lies brutally murdered in her office! and Berkeley homicide detectives Will Barnes and Amanda Isis must unravel Davida's complex! before the killer pulls off a repeat performance. MUSIC CITY BREAKDOWN: NASHVILLE Baker Southerby was a child prodigy performer. But something leads him to become a Nashville cop. His partner! Lamar Van Gundy! is a would-be studio bassist who earned himself a detective's badge. As part of Nashville PD's elite Murder Squad! they catch a homicide that's high-profile even for a city where musical celebrity is routine. Capital Crimes is page-turning! psychologically resonant suspense-just what we've come to expect from two of the world's most successful crime writers. 1 The club was from another age. So was Mother. The Woman’s Association of Northern California, Conquistadores Chapter Number XVI, was housed in a sumptuous turn-of-the-century, Beaux-Arts-touched-by-Gothic castle topped by crenellations and turrets, and constructed of massive blocks of mauve-gray Deer Isle granite from a long-dead quarry in Maine. The interior was predictable: somber and dark save for stained-glass windows featuring historical Gold Rush scenes that blew jeweled patches on the walls when the sun shone through. Antique Persian rugs softened well-worn walnut floors, the staircase banister gleamed from decades of polish, thirty-foot ceilings were coffered and rimmed with gold. The ground floor of the building held all the public rooms, the two floors above contained sleeping chambers for the members. Mother had been a member of the Association for more than fifty years and sometimes slept over in a room far too modest for her. But the fees were nominal, and nostalgia was worth something. Her dinners at the club were frequent. They made her feel special. They made Davida feel like a freak but she gritted her teeth and indulged Moth...
