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Minotaur Books
November 2006
On Sale: November 14, 2006
Featuring: Dek Elstrom
304 pages
ISBN: 0312351682
EAN: 9780312351687
Hardcover
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Mystery
An extortion letter arrives at Crystal Waters, one of
Chicago's wealthiest gated communities. It makes no
specific threats, gives no instructions, demands only that
$50,000 be gotten ready---chump change for an enclave where
the cheapest house is worth three million. It's easy to see
it as harmless---a note from a nut.
Then a mansion explodes. The homeowners panic, and want it
hushed up. If word gets out that a bomber is targeting
Crystal Waters, their multimillion-dollar homes will become
worthless, a last catastrophe for people strung out from
living the good life too well. They hire Dek Elstrom to
investigate. Dek Elstrom used to soar high, too, when he lived with his
multimillionaire wife at Crystal Waters, but that was
before the dominos of his life tipped over and his ex-wife
threw him out. Now reduced to living in a crumbling stone
turret, bankrupt of everything but attitude, he's not even
his own ideal choice for the job. He's too broke, however,
to question the motives of a gift-horse client. He needs
the money---and the chance to reconnect with his ex-wife. Another bomb goes off, and Dek realizes the culprit must be
someone who is angry, needs money, and used to live at
Crystal Waters. Then he realizes something else. He himself
is the prime suspect.
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