Synopses & Reviews
Edgarand#174; Award winner Jan Burke continues her andlt;iandgt;USA Todayandlt;/iandgt; bestselling Irene Kelly series with a suspense-laced novel of buried secrets, old friends, and new dangers -- in "a brilliant exhibition of what the crime genre can offer" (andlt;iandgt;The Baltimore Sunandlt;/iandgt;). Sweeping across decades, Burke masterfully unearths a cold case that is far from closed while introducing an intrepid novice reporter, Irene Kelly, learning the ropes from her mentor, Conn O'Connor. From the late fifties, when a bloodstained car is buried on a farm and a wealthy family disappears at sea . . . to the seventies, when Irene makes shocking connections and brashly tracks a killer from the past . . . to today, when new threats and deadly surprises are closing in on the veteran journalist and her husband, Frank Harriman, andlt;iandgt;Bloodlinesandlt;/iandgt; follows a fascinating labyrinth of lives, loves, sins, and secrets -- with the irrepressible Irene Kelly at its core.
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"An ambitious thriller . . . a sprawling tale of murder." -- andlt;iandgt;Texas Monthlyandlt;/iandgt;
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"An excellent series." --
Chicago Tribune
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"Truly a masterwork . . . a spectacular achievement." --
Mystery News
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andlt;divandgt;"An ambitious thriller . . . a sprawling tale of murder."-- andlt;iandgt;Texas Monthlyandlt;/iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;/divandgt;
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"Truly a masterwork . . . a spectacular achievement." -- andlt;iandgt;Mystery Newsandlt;/iandgt;
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"An excellent series." -- andlt;iandgt;Chicago Tribuneandlt;/iandgt;
Synopsis
Intrepid reporter Irene Kelly covers the groundbreaking of a shopping center--and the discovery of a buried car containing human remains. Old cases are resurrected, and new dangers arise as she pursues a story that may end her career--and her life.
About the Author
National bestseller Jan Burke is the author ofandnbsp;a dozenandnbsp;novels and a collection of short stories. Among the awards her work has garnered are Mystery Writers of Americaand#8217;s Edgarand#174; for Best Novel, Malice Domesticand#8217;s Agatha Award, Mystery Readers Internationaland#8217;s Macavity, and the RT Book Cluband#8217;s Best Contemporary Mystery. She is the founder of the Crime Lab Project (CrimeLabProject.com) and is a member of the board of the California Forensic Science Institute. She lives in Southern California with her husband and two dogs. Learn more about her at JanBurke.com.