Most Wanted - Softcover

Martinez, Michele

3.61

378 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060723998 ISBN 13: 9780060723996

Publisher: Harper Torch, 2005

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Paperback. Pub Date: November 2005 Pages: 416 Publisher: Harper Collins A betrayed wife and the dedicated is mother suddenly forced to raise her six-month-old daughter alone. Melanie Vargas. is On also an ambitious hard-working professional who has had to bite and claw for recognition in the federal prosecutor's office. Then. while strolling with her baby girl on a steamy New York night. Melanie stumbles onto the kind of high-profile case that could make a career: the burning townhouse of a wealthy former prosecutor . its owner's tortured. murdered corpse smoldering within. Melanie Vargas wants this chance - she needs it - and she'll do whatever it takes to get it. But a headline-grabbing opportunity of a lifetime could cost Melanie more than she ever imagined. as it pulls her closer to a dangerous affair with a secretive. enigmatic FBI agent - and closer still to a sadistic...

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A betrayed wife and dedicated mother suddenly forced to raise her six-month-old daughter alone, Melanie Vargas is also an ambitious, hard-working professional who has had to bite and claw for recognition in the federal prosecutor's office. Then, while strolling with her baby girl on a steamy New York night, Melanie stumbles onto the kind of high-profile case that could make a career: the burning townhouse of a wealthy former prosecutor, its owner's tortured, murdered corpse smoldering within. Melanie Vargas wants this chance -- she needs it -- and she'll do whatever it takes to get it.

But a headline-grabbing opportunity of a lifetime could cost Melanie more than she ever imagined, as it pulls her closer to a dangerous affair with a secretive, enigmatic FBI agent -- and closer still to a sadistic human monster moving expertly through the city's darkest shadows.

Review:

"The pages turn in a blur! Edgy and fresh." -- Iris Johansen

"Martinez's debut novel is a breakout." -- USA Today

"Most Wanted is an utter page-turner." -- Tess Gerritsen

"The pages turn in a blur! Edgy and fresh."--Iris Johansen

"First-timer (and former federal prosecutor) Martinez stokes reader interest with a large, attractive cast."--Kirkus Reviews

"Michele Martinez's Most Wanted is taut and crisp, as well-crafted a mystery as you'll read this year."----John Lescroart

"Martinez's debut novel is a breakout."--USA Today

"Effervescent debut thriller...Martinez has crafted an enormously appealing heroine and a breezy, entertaining tale."--Publishers Weekly

"Most Wanted is an utter page-turner."--Tess Gerritsen

"Lightning-paced and suspenseful, sexy and fun, brimming with unforgettable characters, Most Wanted is an absolute must read."--Janet Evanovich

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