Becky Mastermanová svoju hrdinku Brigid Quinn vytvorila počas práce editorky pre vydavateľstvo zamerané na forenznú vedu a presadzovanie práva. Jej debutový thriller bol finalistom viacerých prestížnych literárnych ocenení. Mastermanová sa vo svojej tvorbe zameriava na napínavé príbehy, ktoré čitateľa vtiahnu do sveta vyšetrovania a temných tajomstiev.
Being a finalist for the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award highlights the book's recognition and quality within the literary community. It likely explores themes relevant to the region, possibly incorporating local culture, history, or unique storytelling elements that resonate with readers. The acclaim suggests a compelling narrative or well-developed characters that have garnered attention and praise.
'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?
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
The Condition of England was first published in 1909. Charles Masterman, who was in the Liberal Government when he wrote this, provides a penetrating, sceptical and unsettling anatomy of Edwardian England, seeing beneath the imperial splendour a society 'fissured into unnatural plenitude on the one hand and ...
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.
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 ...
Brigid Quinn has been shot at, stabbed in the spleen with a nail file and used as serial-killer bait. But she's always been able to trust her instincts and her FBI-training to help her out of danger. Now, retired from the Bureau and investigating the tragic death of a neighbour's teenage son, Brigid starts to suffer unexplained bouts of paranoia, hallucination and memory loss. And for the first time in her life, she feels vulnerable. But with a mass poisoning at the church, a dead man found in town and a grieving family convinced their son's death wasn't an accident, Brigid needs to put the pieces together - fast. Because evil has entered her life once more, and it's much closer than she thinks . . .
Pakiet dw�ch książek Droga 66 Brigid Quinn ma wspomnienia, kt�rych wolałaby nie mieć, i zab�jcze umiejętności, kt�rych wolałaby już nigdy nie potrzebować. Widziała i robiła rzeczy, kt�re wymazała z pamięci. Poza jedną?. Morderca z Drogi 66 zabił sześć kobiet. Porywał je z szosy, a potem pozostawiał ciała na spalonych słońcem pustkowiach Arizony I tylko ciemność Mistrzowska kontynuacja Drogi 66?. ?AMAZON? 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 ofi ary. 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, kt�re miało być dobre.