Suddenly - Hardcover

Delinsky, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0066214580 ISBN 13: 9780066214580

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2008

Synopsis

Her comfortable world shattered by the inexplicable suicide of her best friend and medical partner, Vermont pediatrician Paige Pfeiffer struggles to come to terms with her grief while caring for her friend's adopted baby, a circumstance that leads to an unexpected new relationship. By the author of A Woman Betrayed. 125,000 first printing.

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From the Back Cover:

White collar crime just got a lot more deadly...

In the 1990s, as the internet boomed and investments soared to unthinkable heights, many people were left with their feet planted firmly on the ground, looking enviously up at the more fortunate winners in life′s game of roulette. For every bubble billionaire, there were scores of others trying to grab even a small piece of that dream.

This is the era in which we meet Sidarra, Griff, and Yakoob--hard working folks who can′t seem to get a toe-hold while wealth explodes around them. Sidarra is a single mom with a dead-end job at the Board of "Miseducation;" Griff is a defense lawyer striving to make a difference; and Yakoob is a struggling comedian who works as a computer programmer to pay the bills. Each has personal struggles, but when they form the Central Harlem Investment Club, a plan to restore a little justice to their lives takes shape.

It seems Yakoob has found a way to siphon off funds from wealthy individuals--the kind of people who are well-insured and will probably barely notice the missing money. But in order to justify personal gain at others′ expense, the group decides to pick their victims based on people who have done harm to the Black community in the past. A plan hatched in a dark pool hall could be a way to escape their drab lives and restore a little justice to the world.

But when the group takes in Yakoob′s shady neighbor Raul, their scheme takes a sinister twist. Now with murder in the mix, and the possibility of serious consequences, their best laid plans may spiral into much more dangerous territory.

About the Author:

Barbara Delinsky is the author of more than twenty-two New York Times bestselling novels. Her books have been published in thirty languages, with over thirty-five million copies in print worldwide. A lifelong New Englander, Delinsky currently lives in Massachusetts with her husband. She is a passionate photographer, an avid tennis player, a drop-all-when-they-call mom and Grammi, and a confidante to friends of all stripes.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0066214580
• ISBN 13: 9780066214580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 438