The Third Victim - FBI Profiler: Book 2

Zusatztext "A suspenseful! curl-up winter read! this thriller teems with crisp! realistic dialogue and engaging characters." — Publishers Weekly! starred review "Riveting! hold-your-breath suspense." — Iris Johansen Don't miss these chilling novels from a new master of the thriller! Lisa Gardner: The Perfect Husband "A dark! powerful tale of nerve-shattering suspense." — Tami Hoag The Other Daughter "Sheer terror...a great read." — Iris Johansen Informationen zum Autor Lisa Gardner  is the #1  New York Times  bestselling author of twenty suspense novels, including  The Neighbor , which won Thriller of the Year from the International Thriller Writers. An avid hiker, traveler and cribbage player, she lives in the mountains of New Hampshire with her family. Klappentext The past isn't over.... An unspeakable act has ripped apart the idyllic town of Bakersville, Oregon, and its once-peaceful residents are demanding quick justice. But though a boy has confessed to the horrific crime, evidence shows he may not be guilty. Officer Rainie Conner, leading her first homicide investigation, stands at the center of the controversy. It's hitting too close to home, bringing back her worst nightmares, threatening to expose her secret sins. But with the boy's life at stake, she won't let anything stop her from finding the real killer. With the help of FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, Rainie comes closer to a deadly truth than she can imagine. Because out there in the shadows a man watches her and plots his next move. He knows her secrets. He kills for sport. He's already brought death to Bakersville and forever shattered the community. But what he has really come for is Rainie -- and he won't leave until he has destroyed her.... Tuesday, May 15, 1:25 p.m. Officer Lorraine Conner was sitting in a red vinyl booth at Martha's Diner, picking at her tuna salad and listening to Frank and Doug gossip, when the call first came in. She was sitting alone in the booth, eating salad because she'd just turned thirty-one and was beginning to notice that the pounds didn't magically melt away the way they had when she was twenty-one, or hell, even twenty-seven. She could still run a six-minute mile and slip into a size 8, but thirty-one was fundamentally different from thirty. She spent more time arranging her long chestnut hair to earn those second glances. And for lunches, she traded in cheeseburgers for tuna salad, five days a week. Rainie's partner that day was twenty-two-year-old volunteer police officer Charles Cunningham, aka Chuckie. Known in the lingo of the tiny police department of Bakersville, Oregon as a "green rookie," Chuckie hadn't yet gone to the nine-month-long training school. That meant he was allowed to look but not touch. Full authority would come when he completed the required academy courses and received his certificate. In the meantime, he got to gain experience by going on patrols and writing up reports. He also got to wear the standard tan uniform and carry a gun. Chuckie was a pretty happy guy. Before the call came in, he was up at the lunch counter, trying to work some magic on a leggy blond waitress named Cindy. He had his chest puffed out, his knee crooked forward, and his hand resting lightly on his sidearm. Cindy, on the other hand, was trying to serve up slices of Martha's homemade blueberry pie to six farmers at once. One cantankerous old man muttered at the rookie to get out of the way. Chuckie grinned harder. In the booth behind Rainie, retired dairymen Doug Atkens and Frank Winslow started placing their bets. "Ten dollars says she caves," Doug announced, slapping a crumpled bill on the pink Formica table. "Twenty says she dumps a glass of ice water over Romeo's head," Frank countered, reaching for his wallet. "I know for a fact that Ci...

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Gardner
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9780399594984
• ISBN: 978-0-399-59498-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 193 mm x 27 mm
• Series: FBI Profiler; FBI Profiler
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage