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: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Publisher: Orion
Published: 17 Oct 2002

ISBN 10: 0752853279
ISBN 13: 9780752853277
Book Overview: Third novel by a wonderful new talent among hardboiled American thriller writers EASY MONEY and ICED both received rapturous reviews: 'A dark star is born' Val McDermid; 'Siler takes the reader for a seriously fast and scary ride. You'll end up checking your reading chair for a seatbelt' Ian Rankin; 'Unrelenting pace ... complex, rugged and entertaining' Guardian; 'A major talent ... violent, scary and cold as a Montana winter' Independent on Sunday

Author Bio
Jenny Siler grew up in Missoula, Montana. She has travelled widely and worked her way around the world, starting as a prep-cook in a men's soup kitchen, through working in a fish cannery in Alaska, to being a nude sketch model in Germany. Her work, she says, has defined her and her writing. Recently she married, and returned to her roots in Montana.