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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 familyโs 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 sheโs never met. Desperate for Lenaโs help, Thorsson reveals her explosive secretโthat Ali son is the candidateโs biological daughter, a fact sheโs kept hidden for years. But thatโs not all. Thorsson then confides something even more unusual than a mere hidden pregnancy, something that could ruin her political plans forever. Suspecting that Alisonโs parents had secrets of their own that could have led to the murders, Lena finally accepts Thorssonโs assignment. But interviewing those who knew the family well soon puts Lenaโnow a strong defender of the two teensโin danger of her life. Fast-paced, probing, and ยฌ 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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