Book Preview ALSO BY MEG GARDINER Ransom River The Shadow Tracer Phantom Instinct unsub novels UNSUB Into the Black Nowhere jo beckett novels The Dirty Secrets Club The Memory Collector The Liar’s Lullaby The Nightmare Thief evan delaney novels China Lake Mission Canyon Jericho Point Crosscut Kill Chain Into the Black Nowhere The Dirty Secrets … Read more
Book Preview 1 The cry pierced the walls, ringing through the darkness. Shana Kerber roused and squinted at the clock. Twelve forty-five A.M. Her voice came as a sigh. “Already?” Shana huddled for a minute under the comforter, clinging wishfully to warmth and sleep. Hush yourself, Jaydee. Please. But the baby’s crying intensified. It was … Read more
Book Preview April 1998 The yelling woke her, the rough voice of her father, shouting into the phone. “Listen to me. We don’t have days. We have hours.” The black sky poured through the bedroom window. Shadows crawled along the ceiling. “Don’t you understand? It’s in his message—Mercury rises with the sun.” Caitlin curled … Read more
Book Preview Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 … Read more
Book Preview 1 When it started, Harper Flynn had a fifth of vodka in her hand, six shot glasses lined up on the bar in front of her, and a stinging cut on her arm from a broken beer bottle. Music rained through the refurbished warehouse, a sheet of noise. Harper poured the martini into … Read more
Book Preview DUTTON Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.); Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England; Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin … Read more
Book Preview Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.); Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England; Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, … Read more
Book Preview The Dirty Secrets Club Jo Beckett [1] Meg Gardiner Unknown publisher (2009) From Publishers Weekly An intelligent and stubborn heroine who’s just emotionally vulnerable enough to be empathetic lifts this novel from Gardiner (_China Lake_), a Californian now living in London making her U.S. debut. Dr. Jo Beckett, a forensic psychiatrist (or deadshrinker), … Read more
Book Preview “Simply put, the finest crime suspense series I’ve come across in the last twenty years . . . your basic can’t-put-’em-down thrill rides.” “Do me a favor, okay? Lay your hands on . . . China Lake. [It] had me at page one. Miss Gardiner makes it all work…. Amazingly entertaining.”—Stephen King “[An] … Read more
Book Preview Crosscut Evan Delaney [4] Meg Gardiner 2010 : USA Evan Delaney returns in the new thriller from Meg Gardiner. For Evan, China Lake was a tough place to grow up. But she didn’t realise just how tough until, returning to the desert military base for her high school reunion, she discovers that a … Read more
Book Preview ‘‘You’re going to think Meg Gardiner is a gift from heaven for thriller/mystery readers.’’—Stephen King ‘‘Do me a favor, okay? Lay your hands on . . . China Lake. [It] had me at page one. Miss Gardiner makes it all work. . . . Amazingly entertaining.’’ —Stephen King ‘‘[An] exciting mix. Great stuff.’’ … Read more
Book Preview ‘‘Simply put, the finest crime suspense series I’ve come across in the last twenty years . . . your basic can’t-put -’em-down thrill rides.’’ ‘‘[An] exciting mix. Great stuff.’’ —Independent on Sunday “Meg Gardiner makes it all work . . . amazingly entertaining. ” —Stephen King “With a colorful cast of richly delineated … Read more