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Poisoned Pen Press
October 2014
On Sale: October 7, 2014
Featuring: Juliana Thorsson; Lena Jones; Alison
400 pages
ISBN: 1464203105
EAN: 9781464203107
Kindle: B00NVC0AGS
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Ferociously ambitious U.S. Senatorial candidate Juliana Thorsson has been keeping a secret. The horrific slaughter of a prominent doctor, his wife, and their ten-year-old son inside their Scottsdale home brings Thorsson to Private Investigator Lena Jones. The slain familyβs 14-year-old, Alison, and her boyfriend, Kyle, have confessed to the murders. Thorsson wants to hire Lena to discover if Alison is telling the truth, but before accepting the job, Lena demands to know why a rising political star wants to involve herself with the fate of a girl sheβs never met. Desperate for Lenaβs help, Thorsson reveals her explosive secretβthat Ali son is the candidateβs biological daughter, a fact sheβs kept hidden for years. But thatβs not all. Thorsson then confides something even more unusual than a mere hidden pregnancy, something that could ruin her political plans forever. Suspecting that Alisonβs parents had secrets of their own that could have led to the murders, Lena finally accepts Thorssonβs assignment. But interviewing those who knew the family well soon puts Lenaβnow a strong defender of the two teensβin danger of her life. Fast-paced, probing, and Β¬ filled with the trademark twists of the Lena Jones series, Desert Rage once again shows that Betty Webb is unsparing of her characters yet writes their stories with wit and compassion.
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