The Heist

Zusatztext “ The Heist is the perfect title to carry on a trip to the beach. The laugh out loud humor that readers expect from Evanovich is in full force! and Goldberg’s crafty and elaborate writing is prominent. . . . Everyone will be eager for the next book in the series.” —Associated Press   “The action is fast-paced and the writing is first-rate! making The Heist an excellent choice for vacation reading.” —Huntington News Informationen zum Autor Janet Evanovich is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series! the Lizzy and Diesel series! twelve romance novels! the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Troublemaker graphic novels! and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author .   Lee Goldberg is the bestselling author of the Monk series! as well as a screenwriter and producer. He has served as a board member for the Mystery Writers of America and also founded the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. Goldberg has earned two Edgar Award nominations for his television writing and was the 2012 recipient of the Poirot Award from Malice Domestic. 1 Kate O’Hare’s favorite outfit was her blue windbreaker with the letters FBI written in yellow on the back, worn over a basic black T-­shirt and matching black Kevlar vest. The ensemble went well with everything, particularly when paired with jeans and ­accessorized with a Glock. Thirty-­three-­year-­old Special Agent O’Hare didn’t like feeling exposed and unarmed, especially on the job. That all but ruled her out for undercover work. Fine by her. She preferred a hard-­charging style of law enforcement, which was exactly what she was practicing on that 96 degree winter afternoon in Las Vegas when she marched into the St. Cosmas Medical Center in her favorite outfit with a dozen similarly dressed agents behind her. While the other agents fanned out to seal every exit in the building, Kate pushed past the security guards in the lobby and made her way like a guided missile to the first-­floor office of Rufus Stott, the chief administrator of the hospital. She blew past Stott’s stunned assistant without even acknowledging her existence and burst into Stott’s office. The startled Stott yelped and nearly toppled out of his chrome-­and-­mesh ergonomic chair. He was a chubby, bottom-­heavy little guy who looked like a turnip that some bored wizard had tapped with a magic wand and turned into a fifty-­five-­year-­old bureaucrat. He had a spray tan, tortoiseshell glasses, and crotch wrinkles in his tan slacks. His hand was over his heart, and he was gasping for air. “Don’t shoot,” he finally managed. “I’m not going to shoot,” Kate said. “I don’t even have my gun drawn. Do you need water, or something? Are you okay?” “No, I’m not okay,” Stott said. “You just scared the bejeezus out of me. Who are you? What do you want?” “I’m Special Agent Kate O’Hare, FBI.” She slapped a piece of paper down on his desk. “This is a warrant giving us full access to your concierge wing.” “We don’t have a concierge wing,” Stott said. Kate leaned in close, locking her intense blue eyes on him. “Six obscenely wealthy and desperate patients flew in today from all over the country. They were picked up from McCarran airport by limos and brought here. Upon arrival at your private concierge wing, they each wired one million dollars to St. Cosmas’s offshore bank account and immediately jumped to the top of an organ waiting list.” “You can’t be serious,” Stott said. “We don’t have any offshore bank accounts and we certainly can’t afford to rent limos. We’re teetering on bankruptcy.” “That’s why you’re conducting off-­the-­books transplant surgeries using illegally acquired organs that you bought on the black market. We know those patients are here and being prepped for surgery right now. We will lock this building dow...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Janet Evanovich, Janet/ Goldberg Evanovich, Lee Goldberg, Goldberg Lee
• Editore: Random House USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.06.2013, ritardato
• EAN: 9780385363181
• ISBN: 978-0-385-36318-1
• Pagine: 512
• Serie: Fox & O'Hare; Fox and O'Hare
• Categoria: Narrativa > Gialli