Forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett returns in a fourth taut, groundbreaking thriller from Edgar Award winner Meg Gardiner.
Jo Beckett #4
Dutton
August 2011
On Sale: July 21, 2011
Featuring: Jo Beckett; Gabe Quintana.
ISBN: 0525952217 EAN: 9780525952213 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Autumn Reiniger expects something special for her twenty-first birthday. Daddyโs already bought her the sports car, the apartment, and admission to the private college where she parties away her weekends. Now she wants excitement, and sheโs going to get it.
Her father signs up Autumn and five friends for an โultimate urban realityโ game: a simulated drug deal, manhunt, and jailbreak. Itโs a high-priced version of cops and robbers, played with fake guns and fast cars on the streets of San Francisco. Edge Adventures alerts the SFPD ahead of time that a โcrime situationโ is underway, so the authorities can ignore the squealing tires and desperate cries for help.
Which is convenient for the gang of real kidnappers zeroing in on their target and a mammoth payday. Because what Daddy doesnโt know is that someone has spotted his hedge fundโs bulging profits, and the path to those riches runs right through Daddyโs Little Girl.
Working on a case nearby is forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett and her partner Gabe Quintana. When the pair encounters a suspicious group of men carting six sullen college kids to the woods for a supposed wilderness adventure, alarm bells ring. Jo takes a closer look, and winds up with an invite to Autumn Reinigerโs twenty-first birthday partyโa party they may never leave.
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