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Hired by wealthy philanthropist Lainie Smith to uncover a blackmailer, private investigator Thomas Black unearths dangerous and ugly truths about his "saintly" client, who as a teenager had watched as her psychotic boyfriend had massacred several people at Deception Pass.
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Earl Emerson is a lieutenant in the Seattle Fire Department. He is the Shamus Award-winning author of the Thomas Black detective series, which includes The Rainy City, Poverty Bay, Nervous Laughter, Fat Tuesday, Deviant Behavior, Yellow Dog Party, The Portland Laugher, The Vanishing Smile, and The Million-Dollar Tattoo.
Earl Emerson lives in North Bend, Washington.
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Earl Emerson lives in North Bend, Washington.
Teresa with a bankroll" is P.I. Thomas Black's first impression of Lainie Smith. Her rise from rags to riches and her bottomless generosity on behalf of Seattle's children are something out of a Frank Capra movie. But that sentimental assessment is obliterated as Black investigates Lainie's hidden past--and a purportively tranquil spot called Deception Pass.
As a rebellious teen, Lainie hooked up with a drifter named Charlie--and she may have been an eyewitness to murder in the shadow of cliff-walled Deception Pass, where the water runs river-swift and turbulent. When justice, and the executioner, finally caught up with Charlie, Lainie was long gone.
But somebody who knows the truth--the whole truth--about Lainie's dark history is blackmailing her. Lainie won't tell Thomas Black why she's being blackmailed, only that her tormentor "knows things he couldn't possibly know." Just how far will Black's saint-like client go to bury h
As a rebellious teen, Lainie hooked up with a drifter named Charlie--and she may have been an eyewitness to murder in the shadow of cliff-walled Deception Pass, where the water runs river-swift and turbulent. When justice, and the executioner, finally caught up with Charlie, Lainie was long gone.
But somebody who knows the truth--the whole truth--about Lainie's dark history is blackmailing her. Lainie won't tell Thomas Black why she's being blackmailed, only that her tormentor "knows things he couldn't possibly know." Just how far will Black's saint-like client go to bury h
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- PublisherBallantine Books
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0345400682
- ISBN 13 9780345400680
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages246
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