Number One New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown returns with another suspenseful thriller
Her husband’s pride and joy, Elise Laird is a trophy wife ten years his junior. Rumour has it that she married him for his money. They couldn’t be more wrong. When detectives Duncan Hatcher and DeeDee Bowen are summoned to the sumptuous home of Judge Laird in the middle of the night, they know that discretion is key to their investigation – and to keeping their jobs. Elise has shot and killed a burglar in self-defence, but there is something suspicious about the whole affair.
Determined to learn the truth, Duncan puts his career – and his integrity – in jeopardy. Then Elise seeks him out and makes an incredible allegation. His first instinct is to dismiss it as the lie of a guilty suspect but then Elise goes missing . . .
Praise for Sandra Brown
‘Suspense that has teeth’
Stephen King
‘Lust, jealousy, and murder suffuse Brown’s crisp thriller’
Publishers Weekly
‘An edge-of-the-seat thriller that’s full of twists . . . Top stuff!’
Star
Her husband’s pride and joy, Elise Laird is a trophy wife ten years his junior. Rumour has it that she married him for his money. They couldn’t be more wrong. When detectives Duncan Hatcher and DeeDee Bowen are summoned to the sumptuous home of Judge Laird in the middle of the night, they know that discretion is key to their investigation – and to keeping their jobs. Elise has shot and killed a burglar in self-defence, but there is something suspicious about the whole affair.
Determined to learn the truth, Duncan puts his career – and his integrity – in jeopardy. Then Elise seeks him out and makes an incredible allegation. His first instinct is to dismiss it as the lie of a guilty suspect but then Elise goes missing . . .
Praise for Sandra Brown
‘Suspense that has teeth’
Stephen King
‘Lust, jealousy, and murder suffuse Brown’s crisp thriller’
Publishers Weekly
‘An edge-of-the-seat thriller that’s full of twists . . . Top stuff!’
Star
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Reviews
Praise for Sandra Brown:
'It's a great, entertaining read, with lots of surprising twists and turns, credibly flawed characters and a love affair that's as steamy as a Savannah summer.'
Millions of readers clamour for the compelling novels of Sandra Brown. And no wonder! She fires your imagination with irresistible characters, unexpected plot twists, scandalous secrets . . . so electric you feel the zing
'A masterful storyteller, carefully crafting tales that keep readers on the edge of their seats'
'Fast fun'
'Perfectly plotted'
'An edge-of-seat thriller that's full of twists . . . Top stuff!'
'Brown's novels define the term page turner'
'If you want romantic suspense that has teeth . . . Sandra Brown is your gal.'
'It's a great, entertaining read, with lots of surprising twists and turns, credibly flawed characters and a love affair that's as steamy as a Savannah summer.'