02542cam a2200301 i 4500 214838798 TxAuBib 20131023120000.0 130814s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781451684759 hardcover $26.00 1451684754 hardcover $26.00 TxAuBib rda Inherit the dead : a novel / Mark Billingham, Lawrence Block, C.J. Box, Ken Bruen, Alafair Burke, Stephen L. Carter, Marcia Clark, Mary Higgins Clark, Max Allan Collins, John Connolly, James Grady, Heather Graham, Bryan Gruley, Charlaine Harris, Val McDermid, S. J. Rozan, Jonathan Santlofer, Dana Stabenow, Lisa Unger, Sarah Weinman ; edited by Jonathan Santlofer ; with an introduction by Lee Child and an afterword by Linda Fairstein. First Touchstone hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013. viii, 265 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "To find an angel, he made a deal with the devil. Pericles "Perry" Christo is a PI with a past--a former cop, who lost his badge and his family when a corruption scandal left him broke and disgraced. When wealthy Upper East Side matron Julia Drusilla summons him one cold February night, he grabs what seems to be a straightforward (and lucrative) case. The socialite is looking for her beautiful, aimless daughter, Angelina, who is about to become a very wealthy young woman. But as Christo digs deeper, he discovers there's much more to the lovely "Angel" than meets the eye. Her father, her best friend, her boyfriends all have agendas of their own. Angel, he soon realizes, may be in grave danger. and if Christo gets too close, he just might get caught in the crossfire. This classic noir tale twists and turns down New York's mean streets and along Hamptons' beaches and back roads during a bitterly cold and gray winter where nothing is as it seems and everyone has something to hide. In an inventive storytelling approach, each writer brings his or her distinctive voice to a chapter of Inherit the Dead, building the tension to a shocking, explosive finale"-- Provided by publisher. 20131023. Ex-police officers Fiction. Private investigators Fiction. New York (N.Y) Fiction. Noir fiction. Mystery fiction. Santlofer, Jonathan, 1946-, editor.