Unforgivable

Zusatztext "Gritty! imaginative! sexy! You MUST read Laura Griffin." —Cindy Gerard! New York Times bestselling author of the Black Ops Inc. series Informationen zum Autor Laura Griffin is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tracers series, the Wolfe Sec series, the Alpha Crew series, the Texas Murder Files series, and several other novels, including Last Seen Alone . A two-time RITA Award winner and the recipient of the Daphne du Maurier Award, Laura lives in Austin. Visit her at LauraGriffin.com, and on Facebook at Facebook.com/LauraGriffinAuthor. Klappentext TRACING KILLERS IS MIA VOSS'S BUSINESS. AND HER WORK JUST GOT PERSONAL. At first! Mia Voss thinks it's just bad luck when her already lousy day ends with a carjacking! but what seems like a random incident is followed by another sinister episode. A DNA expert! Mia has made it her mission to put away vicious criminals. Suddenly! she's become the target of one. And the only way to protect the people she loves most is to deliberately destroy her reputation and risk letting a killer walk free. Once! Mia trusted Detective Ric Santos! but that was before Ric let his turbulent past ruin his chances with Mia! the sexiest! most intriguing woman he's ever met. But he can tell when she's lying--and when she's scared. The key to catching a sadistic madman lies within a long-buried cold case that has haunted Mia for years. Only she can uncover the truth! but first! Ric will have to get her to entrust him with her secrets . . . and her life. CHAPTER 1 Mia Voss needed a fix. Badly. On a normal day, she would have stood strong against the temptation. But nothing about today had been normal, starting with the fact that it was January seventh and ending with the fact that for the first time in her life she’d actually been demoted. Her stomach clenched as she turned into the Minute-Mart parking lot and eased her white Jeep Wrangler into a space near the door. Her cheeks warmed at the still-fresh memory of standing stiffly in her boss’s office, gazing down at his weasel face as he sat behind his desk, meting out criticism. At the time, she’d been stunned speechless, too shocked to defend herself. Only now— six hours too late—did all of the perfect rejoinders come tumbling into her head. Mia jerked open the door to the convenience store and made a beeline for the freezer section. If ever a night called for Ben & Jerry’s, it was tonight. For the first Thursday night in months, she wasn’t stuck at the lab. For the first Thursday night in years, the only items demanding her attention were a sappy chick flick, a cozy blanket, and a pint of butterfat. Tonight was for wallowing. Mia slid open the freezer door and plucked out a tub of Super Fudge Chunk. She tucked it under her arm, then grabbed a pint of Chunky Monkey as well. As long as she was sinning, why not sin big? That motto had gotten her into trouble on more than one occasion, but she continued to follow it. “Doc Voss.” She jumped and whirled around. A bulky, balding man in a brown overcoat stood behind her. He crouched down to pick up the carton that had rolled across the aisle, then stood and held it out to her. “Good stuff, isn’t it?” “Uh, yeah. Thanks.” She stared at him and tried to place him. He was a cop, she knew that much. But he wasn’t someone she’d seen recently, and she couldn’t pull a name from her memory banks. “Not as good as mint chip, though.” His droll smile made him look grandfatherly. “My wife’s favorite.” She noticed his shopping basket—two pints of mint chocolate chip and a six-pack of beer. His gaze drifted down to her fur-lined moccasins and a bushy gray eyebrow lifted. “Slumber party?” For her quick trip to the store, Mia had tucked her satin nightshirt into jeans, pulled on a ratty cardigan, and slipped her feet into hous...

Product details

• Authors: Laura Griffin
• Publisher: Pocket Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2010
• EAN: 9781439152966
• ISBN: 978-1-4391-5296-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Pocket Star Books; Tracers; Tracers
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense