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The deception

Title:

The deception

Added Title:

Shadows at dawn.

Author:

Martin, Kat, author.

Series:

Maximum security ;

Series Number:

Summary:

After searching for her runaway sister for two long years, Kate Gallagher is devastated when she’s called to the morgue to identify Chrissy’s body, clearly the victim of a brutal attack. Guilt and grief send Kate into a tailspin. She failed Chrissy once…she won’t do it again. Even if finding her sister’s killer means following a lethal bounty hunter into the heart of darkness, placing both their lives in danger. Working at Maximum Security has taken Jason Maddox down some dangerous paths, but never for a client he’s so drawn to, or for a case so monstrous. As clues lead them deeper into the city’s underbelly, connections to human trafficking draw them closer and closer to peril, but even Jase’s warnings can’t convince Kate to walk away. As the deadly operation puts a target on their backs, they’ll have to decide what matters most: the truth…or their lives. -- Amazon.

General Note:

Includes bonus story "Shadows at dawn".

Contents:

The deception -- Shadows at dawn.

Physical Description:

511 pages ; 17 cm

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Romance fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Missing persons -- Fiction.

Sisters -- Death -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Bounty hunters -- Fiction.

Human trafficking -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Publisher:

HQN,

Publication Date:

2020

2019

ISBN:

9781335090256

Publication Information:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : HQN, 2020.

Call Number:

MARTIN

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003615765	Adult Fiction	MARTIN Kat	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

When missing turns to murdered, one woman's search for answers will take her to a place she never wanted to go...

After searching for her runaway sister for two long years, Kate Gallagher is devastated when she's called to the morgue to identify Chrissy's body, clearly the victim of a brutal attack. Guilt and grief send Kate into a tailspin. She failed Chrissy once...she won't do it again. Even if finding her sister's killer means following a lethal bounty hunter into the heart of darkness, placing both their lives in danger.

Working at Maximum Security has taken Jason Maddox down some dangerous paths, but never for a client he's so drawn to, or for a case so monstrous. As clues lead them deeper into the city's underbelly, connections to human trafficking draw them closer and closer to peril, but even Jase's warnings can't convince Kate to walk away. As the deadly operation puts a target on their backs, they'll have to decide what matters most: the truth...or their lives.

Author Notes

Kathleen Kelly Martin was born July 14, 1947 in the Central Valley of California. She obtained a degree in Anthropology and History from the University of California in Santa Barbara.She is an American writer of romance novels under the pen names of Kat Martin, Kathy Lawrence and Kasey Marx. Martin is a member of the Romance Writers of America. To date, she has been published in England, Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Russia, South Africa, China, and Korea. She has written several series which include Southern Series, Garrick Family Series, Kingsland Series and Litchfield Series. Her novel titles include Magnificent Passage, The Secret, and Secret Ways. She made The New York Times Best Seller List with her title Into the Firestorm.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Martin revs the power from page one of this fast-paced romantic thriller, the second novel in her Maximum Security series (after The Conspiracy). After Kate Gallagher's runaway younger sister, Chrissy, is murdered, she's determined to find the killer, no matter what it takes. Bounty hunter Jason "Hawk" Maddox, a former Marine, doesn't do relationships, but he's quite willing to dance with Kate and start nudging her toward his bed; then she blurts out that her sister was killed. When Kate hires Hawk's employer, Maximum Security, to investigate the murder, Martin immediately begins leading her well-drawn characters through a high-octane plot with hair-raising twists and turns, skillfully dragging red herrings everywhere. A subplot about a terrified, trafficked 13-year-old crackles with undeniable energy, as does the hot romance between Kate and Hawk. Even Martin's most despicable characters (especially pedophile Denny Rayburg) are complex, adding to readers' emotional investment. Fans of romantic suspense won't be able to put this book down until the final page is turned, and Martin is likely to recruit thriller readers as well as romance fans with this snappy story. Agent: Alexandra Machinist, ICM. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.