Showing results for "Crush" in Crime Fiction

Heroine and renowned FBI profiler Karen Vail returns in an explosive thriller set against the backdrop of California's wine country. Hoping to find solace from the demons that haunt her, Vail makes her first trip to the Napa Valley. But shortly after arriving, a victim is found in the deepest reaches of an exclusive wine cave, the work of an extraordinarily unpredictable serial killer.

Caleb Rush, aka Crush, is the toughest, coolest bodyguard/bouncer in Los Angeles, a man who lives strictly by his own moral code, which doesn't exactly hew to the standards of US law. When Amelia Trask, the wild daughter of a scruples-free billionaire tycoon, comes to Crush for help, his quiet life roars into overdrive, and he has to use his wits, brawn, martial-arts training, and knowledge of the Russian Mafia to stay alive and clean up the mess that young Amelia has created.

Ausgerechnet die angesehene Ärztin Rennie Newton ist für den Freispruch des Berufskillers Lozada verantwortlich. Jetzt aber steht sie selbst für einen seiner Morde unter Verdacht. Denn Lozada tötet für die Frau die er begehrt - sie. Nur ein Mann vertraut Rennie noch: der vom Dienst suspendierte Polizist Wick Threadgill. Wick ahnt nicht, dass Rennie nicht nur viel zu verlieren, sondern noch mehr zu verbergen hat.