Perish - (Gardiner and Renner Novel) by Lisa Black (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Only Maggie recognizes the blood-soaked handiwork of a killer who has committed the most heinous of crimes--and will continue killing until he is stopped. Burdened with unbearable secrets, Maggie must make an agonizing choice, while her conscience keeps telling her: she's next.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>PERISH was a finalist for the G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award. <p/>Bestselling author Lisa Black takes readers on a nailbiting journey to the dark side of justice as forensic expert Maggie Gardiner discovers troubling new details about her colleague Jack Renner, a homicide detective with a brutal approach to law and order . . .</b> <p/> The scene of the crime is lavish but gruesome. In a luxurious mansion on the outskirts of Cleveland, a woman's body lies gutted in a pool of blood on the marble floor. The victim is Joanna Moorehouse, founder of Sterling Financial. The killer could be any one of her associates. <p/> Maggie knows that to crack the case, she and Jack will have to infiltrate the cutthroat world of high-stakes finance. But the offices of Sterling Financial seethe with potential suspects, every employee hellbent on making a killing. When another officer uncovers disturbing evidence in a series of unrelated murders, the investigation takes a surprising detour. <p/> Only Maggie recognizes the blood-soaked handiwork of a killer who has committed the most heinous of crimes--and will continue killing until he is stopped. Burdened with unbearable secrets, Maggie must make an agonizing choice, while her conscience keeps telling her: <i>she's next</i>.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A solid position in suspense, a solid backbone of detection."<br><b><i>--Kirkus Reviews</i></b> <p/>"As always with Black, this psychological suspense is incredible. And her way of describing the financial world makes you want to run out, take any money you have invested, cash it in and place it under your pillow instead."<br><b><i>--Suspense Magazine</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><i>New York Times </i>bestselling author <b>Lisa Black</b> introduced the characters of Maggie Gardiner and Jack Renner in her acclaimed suspense novel <i>That Darkness</i> and continued their story in <i>Unpunished, Perish, </i>and<i> Suffer the Children.</i> As a forensic scientist at the Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office, she analyzed gunshot residue on hands and clothing, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, DNA, blood and many other forms of trace evidence, as well as crime scenes. Now she is a latent print examiner and CSI for the Cape Coral Police Department in Florida, working mostly with fingerprints and crime scenes. <p/> Lisa is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the International Association for Identification, and the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts, and she is a Certified Crime Scene Analyst and Certified Latent Print Examiner. She has testified in court as an expert witness more than sixty-five times. Her books have been translated into six languages. She lives near Fort Myers, Florida. Visit her on Facebook, Twitter, or at www.lisa-black.com.
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