Shot

Shot

by JennySiler (Author)

Synopsis

When journalist Kevin Burns gets a call from former schoolmate Carl Greene, he's surprised. They weren't that close at school and the temperature cooled when Carl married Kevin's girl, Lucy. Carl, a scientist, sounds anxious, afraid. They arrange to meet at the baseball game in Denver but Carl never makes it. Someone kills him first. Soon after, Lucy surprises a masked figure prowling Carl's study. Whatever her husband was working on, a lot of people want to get their hands on it. Some are clearly prepared to kill for it - though not the prowler who, it turns out, is a woman with a quite different agenda ...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Orion
Published: 01 May 2003

ISBN 10: 0752849662
ISBN 13: 9780752849669
Book Overview: A terrifically vivid and powerful thriller from the highly acclaimed author of EASY MONEY and ICED Both Jenny Siler's previous novels received widespread critical acclaim: 'A major talent is now in place. Welcome to the top table' LITERARY REVIEW 'Haunting and claustrophobic, this is a thriller that chills to the bone' DAILY EXPRESS 'Siler's first novel, EASY MONEY, was an important debut and her second confirms that she is a major talent' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'A stunning crime debut' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Once in a blue moon, a new writer speaks up in a voice that gets your attention like a rifle shot. Jenny Siler has that kind of voice: clean, direct and a little dangerous' NEW YORK TIMES

Author Bio
Jenny Siler grew up in Missoula, Montana. For much of her life, she has travelled and worked her way around the world, starting as a prep-cook in the scullery of a men's soup kitchen, through working in a fish cannery, to being a nude sketch model at an art museum in Frankfurt. Recently she married and returned to her roots in Montana, where recently she gave birth to a baby daughter.