Love Me to Death - A Novel of Suspense

Zusatztext “World-class nail-biter . . . Brennan is in the groove with this one.”—Lee Child Informationen zum Autor Allison Brennan is the New York Times bestselling author of many romantic thrillers, including Carnal Sin, Original Sin, Fatal Secrets, Cutting Edge, and Sudden Death . A four-time RITA finalist and Daphne du Maurier Award winner, Brennan enjoys spending her free time reading, playing games, watching high school sports, and researching her novels. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, and International Thriller Writers. Allison Brennan lives in Northern California with her husband, Dan, and their five children. Klappentext Lucy Kincaid wants to join the FBI and fight cyber-crime. She volunteers with a victim's rights group and surfs the Web to lure sex offenders into the hands of the law. But when the predators she hunts start turning up dead! the FBI takes a whole new interest in Lucy. Original. PROLOGUE One Week Ago This was Roger Morton’s big chance—his only chance—to get out of the country and re-create the life he used to have. All because of a box of cheap jewelry. The marina was closed this late at night, but Roger still kept to the shadows as he walked toward the docks. He’d picked this place because it was mostly open and flat; he could see who approached. Tonight, the marina was empty of people, covered boats monuments to warmer days. The security lights over the docks provided the only illumination; it was too foggy to see D.C. on the other side of the Potomac. He stuffed his hands in the pockets of his leather jacket, wishing he had a warmer coat. It was friggin’ cold. He couldn’t wait to grab his money and get out of this miserable town. He already had a place lined up in South America. Even after six years in prison, Roger had contacts. Once he had the money in hand, he’d be sitting pretty. Six long years behind bars. His attorney had said he was lucky to get away with only that after attempted murder of a federal agent and felony rape. Six years in the federal pen was lucky? He’d spilled his guts, given the cops everything they wanted, admitted to everything—well, he had left out the crucial detail that he’d killed one of their own people. That fact he’d most certainly kept to himself, thanks very much. Anyway, the Feds didn’t have anything implicating him—no gun, no witnesses, nothing. It had been easy enough to lay blame for that escapade on someone else. Six years of his life gone. For cooperating. Everything had changed while he was in the pen, and he was damned if he was going to sit around working as a car mechanic making chump change. Not when he knew how to make real money. The kind of serious dough that would set him up in his previous lifestyle, the kind that bought freedom. In prison, his life had been on hold. Now he had the chance to start over. Adam had spouted off that Roger was the dumb one. Well, Adam was dead—how smart did that make him? Roger cautiously approached the meeting spot on the far side of the dry docks. The air coming off the Potomac was so damn cold he wished they could have found a bar to make the exchange. Except Roger couldn’t be seen in his old stomping grounds. He had to keep a low profile. Make the exchange on neutral ground. Of course, he’d left his half of the bargain back at his motel. No fucking way was he going to have his new partner double-cross him. First, he’d get the money, then he’d tell him where to find the jewelry. He wasn’t an idiot; cops were bastards and Roger wouldn’t put it past any of them to set him up. But he’d vetted this guy, demanding to see some of the action he planned on sharing with Roger’s new venture. No way he was a cop. Roger had enjoyed the digital files of young women getting screwed every which way. Some were experienced actresses; others wer...

Product details

• Authors: Allison Brennan
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.12.2010
• EAN: 9780345520395
• ISBN: 978-0-345-52039-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 168 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Lucy Kincaid; Lucy Kincaid; Random House Publishing Group
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense