Made to Be Broken

Informationen zum Autor Kelley Armstrong is the author of nine books of the Otherworld. She lives in Ontario, Canada, with her family. Klappentext The author of the acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series returns with her latest novel featuring an exciting heroine with a lethal hidden talent. This time she's hot on the trail of a young woman no one else cares about—and a killer who's bound to strike again. Nadia Stafford isn't your typical nature lodge owner. An ex-cop with a legal code all her own! she's known only as "Dee” to her current employer: a New York crime family that pays her handsomely to bump off traitors. But when Nadia discovers that a troubled teenage employee and her baby have vanished in the Canadian woods! the memory of a past loss comes back with a vengeance and her old instincts go into overdrive. With her enigmatic mentor! Jack! covering her back! Nadia unearths sinister clues that point to an increasingly darker and deadlier mystery. Now! with her obsession over the case deepening! the only way Nadia can right the wrongs of the present is to face her own painful ghosts—and either bury them for good! or die trying. Because in her book everyone deserves a chance. And everyone deserves justice. Chapter One Below the belfry, the city sparkled, the late afternoon sun glinting off the skyscrapers, every surface dripping from a brief shower. A spectacular view . . . even through the scope of a sniper's rifle. A pigeon landed on the ledge beneath the belfry, squawking about the rain. My eye still fixed to the scope, I reached into my pocket and tossed a handful of dried corn into the courtyard below. A flapping of wings told me he'd gone for it. The pigeons were the one drawback to this perch. Fortunately, I'd noticed them when scouting and came prepared. I didn't want a sudden flurry of birds from the belfry telling onlookers exactly where the shot had come from. The doors below opened onto the quiet side street and at exactly five-thirty, out walked Grant Beecham. A creature of habit, like most people. He was alone. I expected that, but found myself instinctively looking for bodyguards or well-armed friends. I was used to Mafia thugs who knew there was a mark on their heads and never set foot outside alone. But Beecham had no reason to think his life was in danger. He was just a pharmaceutical company researcher. Yes, he'd suppressed reports of fatalities in a new multiple sclerosis drug study. But his confession came only after evidence was found in an illegal search, so it'd been ruled inadmissible, the case thrown out. He hadn't even been fired; he was too valuable. Sure, there were devastated families who'd lost loved ones, but this wasn't the Wild West. Injured parties seek financial restitution through the courts, and you take the money and shut up. You don't use your payoff to hire a hitman. Beecham's car rounded the corner. A Lincoln with a driver to take him to his big house in Forest Hill, maybe with a stop along the way to convince another desperate family that he could provide—under the table and for the right price—the suppressed miracle drug. I pulled the trigger. The bullet passed through the base of his skull, killing him instantly. I didn't wait to see him crumple to the sidewalk. Or to watch passersby look over warily, assessing the cut of his suit before deciding he hadn't just fallen down drunk. By the time someone took out a cell phone, I'd be halfway down the belfry stairs. I moved as quickly and silently as I could. Not easy when the steps were so ancient each one protested under my weight. Dust whirled in my wake. I was wearing disposable booties, the kind considerate furniture deliverers wear. They'd eliminate prints, but did nothing for the dust reaching my nose and eyes. At my second stifled sneeze, a head popped around the bottom flight. Quinn, aka the Boy Sco...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kelley Armstrong
• Editore: Bantam Books USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.02.2009
• EAN: 9780553588385
• ISBN: 978-0-553-58838-5
• Pagine: 400
• Dimensioni: 105 mm x 175 mm x 27 mm
• Serie: Nadia Stafford; Nadia Stafford
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi