Dead End

Zusatztext Praise for Mariah Stewart Dead Wrong “Fast paced and intricately plotted! Stewart’s new novel combines engaging characters with a unique premise! adds an unexpected romance to the mix! and overlays it all with her singular knack for keeping readers up at night.” –Library Journal Dead Certain “Crackles with danger and suspense. Great characterization and gripping drama make Stewart’s books hot tickets.” –Romantic Times (four-star review) Informationen zum Autor Mariah Stewart is the bestselling author of numerous novels and several novellas. She is a RITA finalist for romantic suspense and is the recipient of the Award of Excellence for contemporary romance, a RIO (Reviewers International Organization) Award honoring excellence in women’s fiction, and a Reviewers’ Choice Award from Romantic Times magazine. A native of Hightstown, New Jersey, she is a three-time recipient of the Golden Leaf Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Jersey Romance Writers, and has been inducted into their Hall of Fame. Stewart is a member of the Valley Forge Romance Writers, the New Jersey Romance Writers, and the Romance Writers of America. She lives with her husband, two daughters, and two rambunctious golden retrievers amid the rolling hills of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Klappentext From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a novel of sexy romantic suspense for fans of Nora Roberts! Catherine Coulter! and Karen Robards. Bestselling author Mariah Stewart proved she can knock 'em dead with the best when she delivered the resounding one-two-three punch of her suspense "thrillogy"-Dead Wrong! Dead Certain! and Dead Even. Now! in her anticipated hardcover debut! she' s back to finish off this stunning series with her hottest shot yet. Two years ago! a major FBI undercover drug deal suddenly went south- and special agent Dylan Shields went down in a hail of bullets. When the dust cleared! his fellow agent (and fiancée) Anne Marie McCall was left alone with too many unanswered questions and nothing to do but hit the job as hard as she could to dull the pain. Only now is she beginning to ease up on her punishing routine as a Bureau profiler and starting to let some light in again. and. Detective Evan Crosby had a lot to do with drawing Annie back into life! and she's not about to let her chance at happiness with him slip away. But before she can embrace a bright new future! she must grapple with the dangerous past whose demons of doubt and suspicion won't let her sleep at night . . . and whose dead will never rest in peace until someone digs up the truth and deals out the payback. That means going places where no one- including the FBI-wants Annie to be and cutting through a minefield of smoke and mirrors! politics and intimidation! dirty tricks and deadly threats! in order to make a cold case hot enough to get the right people sweating. The harder Annie squeezes! the more blood! lies! and betrayal she wrings out . . . and the closer she comes to connecting a face to the trigger finger that blew away her dreams-and Dylan Shields. What she doesn't know is that the killer she's closing in on is looking for closure too. The kind that only Annie's death can bring. Lyndon, Pennsylvania August, 2005 What could possibly be going through a man’s mind at the moment he decides to take the life of a child? Detective Evan Crosby stared down at the twisted body of Caitlin McGill and wondered. The young girl’s blank eyes stared endlessly at the sun, her mouth open in its final scream. Her thin arms stretched outward, bent at the elbows, to form perfect Ls. Her feet turned in, toes touch- ing. “Pigeon-toed.” “What?” Evan turned his head slightly, though his eyes were still on the girl who lay at his feet. “We used to call people whose feet ...

Product details

• Authors: Mariah Stewart
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.05.2006
• EAN: 9780345483829
• ISBN: 978-0-345-48382-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 175 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Dead; Dead
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature