Mary Willis Walker - Softcover

Zero At The Bone (A Katherine Driscoll Mystery) Edition: First

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ISBN 10: 0373261225 ISBN 13: 9780373261222

Publisher: Worldwide Library, 1993

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Katherine Driscoll is just three weeks away from disaster: foreclosure on her home and business, even the sale of her beloved dog. She has no hope of raising the $91,000 she so desperately needs--until the father she hasn't seen for thirty years writes to her, offering her enough money to solve her problems...if she will do one thing in return.

But Katherine may never learn what that is. When she arrives in Austin, she is hours too late: her father has died in a bizarre accident. As she sifts through the cryptic notes he left behind, she finds herself caught up in terrible family secrets--and a deadly illicit trade. The more she learns, the more determined she becomes to prove her father's death was no accident. In doing so, Katherine will make a bitter enemy--one desperate enough to kill...and perhaps, kill again.

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Review:

‘UNDER THE BEETLE’S CELLAR is an instant classic in mystery and suspense. The best chiller-thriller of the year.’
James Patterson

‘In UNDER THE BEETLE’S CELLAR, Mary Willis Walker gives us a kidnap story of rare intensity and mounting tension. No, I didn’t steal that quote from the blurb, the book actually is a superb suspense thriller.’
Irish Times

From the Back Cover:

It’s feeding time at the zoo.
Who’s for dinner?

Katherine Driscoll hasn’t heard from her father since she was a baby – over thirty years ago. She’s deeply suspicious when he writes her a letter. How does he know she is in desperate need of help? Although she’s the best dog trainer in Texas, she must find $90,000 immediately or lose everything, including her beloved golden retriever, Ra.

But when she tries to take him up on his offer, she finds that he is already dead, mauled by a tiger at the zoo where he was a keeper. Katherine resolves to investigate, drawn to uncover long-buried family secrets which appear to be entangled with events at the zoo. Grimly repressing her fear of snakes, she joins the staff of the reptile house. Only to realize that the tiger isn’t the only killer around.

Acclaim for Mary Willis Walker

‘'Under the Beetle’s Cellar' is an instant classic in mystery and suspense. The best chiller-thriller of the year.’
JAMES PATTERSON

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