"Karen Vail is as compelling a character as any created
by Patricia Cornwell, or yours truly."
—James Patterson New York Times bestselling author
Read an Excerpt from The 7th Victim
SIX YEARS AGO, Queens, New York
"Dispatch, this is Agent Vail. I'm in position, thirty feet from the bank's entrance. I've got a visual on three well-armed men dressed in black clothing, wearing masks. ETA on backup? I'm solo here. Over." Read More Read an Excerpt from Crush
675 15th Street NW, Washington, DC
"So the dick says to the woman, 'I got nothing.'" Karen Vail burst out laughing. Here she was, out on the town with Detective Mandisa Manette--just about the unlikeliest of acquaintances she would socialize with--and she was guffawing at another of Manette's crass jokes. But she noticed Manette was not enjoying her own punch line. In fact, Manette's face was hard, her gaze fixed. And her hand was slowly reaching inside her jacket. For her weapon. Full excerpt to be posted in coming weeks; Crush hits bookstores 9-23-09! |
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