(Mass Market Paperback)
Join a murder hunt where conflict and sexual tension is the name of the game...
Thomas Heyworth was a wealthy, internationally renowned mystery writer, a colourful character whose opinions and outspoken behaviour got him in a lot of hot water in his lifetime. Because of the enemies he's accumulated over the years, Heyworth stipulated in his will detailed plans for an amateur investigation to take place in the event of his death. When Heyworth is found dead in his own library, Evie Randall, Heyworth's possible illegitimate daughter who has lived on the Heyworth estate ever since her mother, Heyworth's former housekeeper died, becomes the primary suspect.
Seattle detective Max Galloway is sent to find out the truth and is unwittingly drawn to Evie. But the real murderer is closing in and is determined to eliminate anything or anyone standing in the way of collecting millions. Suddenly Max and Evie are in a race to solve the crime before the game ends for them both.
Marianne Stillings has loved stories with happy endings since she was three years old and her mother read her The Little Golden Book of The Ugly Duckling. Originally from California, these days she lives in the Pacific Northwest, where shes the single mom of two fantastic daughters, and where she takes shelter from the rain by writing happy endings of her own.
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July 05, 2005: I had a really hard time putting this book down. Once I read 10 pages, or so, I was completely hooked. I highly recommend it.
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May 22, 2005: My friends and I share books that we really like and this is one that I will be passing along. It is very well written and made me laughed out loud several times. Evie the heroine is very much a 'real' or women of 'today'. Max the hero also seems to very on target as to todays males. The 371 pages took me two days to finish and I enjoyed every moment of it.