Dead certain

by Mariah Stewart

Paper Book, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Publication

New York : Ballantine Books, 2004.

Description

Fiction. Romance. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a novel of sexy romantic suspense for fans of Nora Roberts, Catherine Coulter, and Karen Robards. Three devious prisoners vow murderous revenge. Now the second is free. With her stalker captured, antiques dealer Amanda Crosby can finally sleep at night. Having worked hard to put the nightmare behind her, Amanda has vowed to never be a victim again. But when her business partner, Derek England, is found with a bullet through the back of his head just hours after she left an incriminating message on his voice mail, Amanda finds herself in danger of becoming a victim of another sort. All the evidence points to Amanda as Derek�??s killer, and Chief of Police Sean Mercer is building the case against her. But when another of her colleagues is found brutally murdered, it�??s obvious that someone other than Amanda is behind the killings. Suddenly Amanda i… (more)

Media reviews

The second murderer-switch tale is an enjoyable police procedural romance starring a fine cop, a beleaguered heroine, and a fully developed support cast including two vile villains (one in prison and one as his surrogate killer). The story line moves quickly forward as the proxy killer causes havoc
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in which evidence points towards Amanda or Archer. Fans will appreciate this solid tale and look forward to the final member of the unholy trio doing his damage.
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"...a twisted scheme of revenge...a terrific fast-paced read. Once readers finish this book they'll want to read the whole series..." —

User reviews

LibraryThing member miyurose
This was just ok for me. I understand that the concept of the series (three guys in jail make a deal that requires each of them to kill the people another guy wants revenge on) requires that the books have similar plots, but this book just gave me a lot of deja vu. I'll probably continue this
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series, but only because the 3rd bad guy is the weakest of the three and I want to see how that is handled.
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Physical description

366 p.; 18 inches

ISBN

0345463935 / 9780345463937
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