A blistering reissue from the Edgar Award-winning author of Flight! Investigative reporter/amateur sleuth Irene Kelly risks life and limb to solve the brutal slaying of a friend -- a crime that is somehow connected to a thirty-five-year old murder and a current political cover-up.

In the years following an emotional family tragedy, Irene Kelly and her detective husband, Frank Harriman, face a shocking DNA revelation.

Winner of every major prize in mystery writing, Jan Burke has earned a dedicated fan base with her acclaimed Irene Kelly novels. In this thrilling gem, Irene's sleuthing is put to the ultimate test when her husband is taken hostage.

When a strange letter signed "Thanatos"--The ancient Greek name for death--lands on Irene Kelly's desk, the intrepid reporter doesn't think much of it; she gets crazy mail all the time. A less cryptic message is sent when a body turns up the next morning. As more letters roll in, the death toll mounts ... and Irene fears that her mysterious pen pal has cast her in his own private Greek tragedy as Cassandra, the seer whom others refused to believe....

Reporter Irene Kelly of Las Piernas, California, investigates the death of her high school teacher who became a street person. It turns out that shortly before his death the teacher visited a number of influential people and showed them a photograph. A tale of corruption and murder. By the author of Dear Irene.

Irene Kelly fights for her life in this blood-chilling sequel to Bones. Despite her reporter's nose for trouble, her life has almost returned to normal, the Las Piernas News Express wobbles along in defiance of its financial woes, and with the help of her husband, Frank, and a good therapist, she has recovered from the debilitating post traumatic stress disorder that haunted her after her near fatal encounter with notorious serial killer Nick Parrish....