Grace Deming didn't want to uproot her family to care for her mother-in-law, but she's determined to make the best of it. Everyone says Althea is a sweetheart. What's wrong with Grace that she can't trust her? But all her instincts are screaming that Althea is dangerous and if she doesn't fight to protect her family, she'll live to regret it ...
What if one of the worst crimes in history was only half the story? A
thrilling novel about one of America's most famous and unsolved murders, by
the Richard & Judy bestselling author of Rage for the Dying.
'Wow! Chilling, smart, funny, and what a voice she has' Gillian Flynn 'A twisting, high-stakes story . . . Brilliant' Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door Former FBI agent Brigid Quinn has seen it all, and survived. But nothing can cut her closer to the bone than family... When her father falls ill, Brigid returns to Florida. There, she meets up with former colleague Laura Coleman. Laura once saved Brigid's life, but now is working on an 'innocence project', investigating cold cases, and one in particular has caught her attention. Marcus Creighton was convicted of murdering his family fifteen years before, and has been sentenced to death. Worried that her friend is getting in too deep, and that there is more to this case than meets the eye, Brigid promises to help. But what if her instincts are betraying her?
Bohaterka Drogi 66, Brigid Quinn, była agentka specjalna FBI, potrafi zabić
gołymi rękami. Odeszła ze służby, żeby uciec od zła. Ale zło wkracza do jej
prywatnego świata i zbiera ofiary. Ostatnią ma być ona. Brigid Quinn za długo
żyła w świecie okrucieństwa i zbrodni. Nie jest już agentką specjalną FBI, ale
świat przemocy znowu wkracza w jej życie, które miało być dobre. Samobójstwo,
które może być zabójstwem… Otrucie, które nie wygląda na przypadek…
Niewyjaśnione zgony… Brigid próbuje rozwikłać zagadkę. Tymczasem
niebezpieczeństwo jest coraz bliżej jej wymarzonego, spokojnego domu, który
stworzyła. Jak kiedyś musi stanąć twarzą w twarz ze zbrodnią. Żeby ocalić
własne życie.
Brigid Quinn's old job hunting sexual predators for the FBI has left her with memories she wishes she didn't have and lethal skills she hopes never to need again. Brigid keeps telling herself she is settling down nicely in Tucson with a wonderful new husband, Carlo, and their dogs. But the past intervenes when a man named Floyd Lynch confesses to the worst unsolved case of Brigid's career. Brigid finds she cannot walk away from violence and retribution after all, no matter what the cost