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Zusatztext "Up-to-the-minute! action-packed crime fiction." Informationen zum Autor Alafair Burke is a  New York Times  bestselling author whose most recent novels include  The Wife  and  The Ex , which was nominated for the Edgar Award for best novel. She also co-authors the bestselling Under Suspicion series with Mary Higgins Clark. A former prosecutor, she now teaches criminal law and lives in Manhattan and East Hampton. Klappentext A celebrity mogul's bodyguard is slain in his boss's luxurious penthouse at an exclusive Manhattan address. At NYU, a sophomore is menaced on the Internet, stalked . . . and murdered. The two cases, equally sordid and shocking, end up falling to NYPD homicide detective Ellie Hatcher and her partner—who soon find out that this is just the tip of a terrifying iceberg. Because in the city that never sleeps, death doesn't either. Zusammenfassung “The plot of an Alafair Burke thriller doesn’t just rip from the headlines. She’s one step ahead of them. 212 scares you and keeps you turning the pages into the wee hours.” —Harlan Coben “Burke has created a strong female protagonist in the tradition of Sara Paretsky’s V.I. Warshawski and Marcia Muller’s Sharon McCone.… Utterly authentic.” — Boston Globe 212 is acclaimed author—and former deputy district attorney—Alafair Burke’s gripping thriller featuring hip! Manhattan-based detective Ellie Hatcher. Fans of Lisa Gardner! Sandra Brown! Karin Slaughter! Harlan Coben! Sue Grafton! and PJ Tracy will find it hard to put 212 down until the very last page.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alafair Burke, Burke Alafair
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.06.2011
• EAN: 9780061561320
• ISBN: 978-0-06-156132-0
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 134 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Serie: Ellie Hatcher; Ellie Hatcher
• Categorie: Narrativa > Gialli > Polizieschi, thriller, spionaggio; Narrative theme: Sense of place, Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Domestic animals and pets, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Thrillers / Legal, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Animals