Blood Relations: An Edgar Award Winner

ISBN: 1328987817

Author: Moore, Jonathan

Condition: New

An Edgar Award Finalist from a writer whos been compared to Michael Crichton, Alfred Hitchcock, and Raymond Chandler takes us to the most menacing core of Californias upper crust, a class of billionaires with more money than they could spend in eternity.Who is Claire Gravesend?So wonders PI Lee Crowe when he finds her dead, in a fine cocktail dress, on top of a Rolls Royce, in the most dangerous neighborhood in San Francisco. Claires mother, Olivia, is one of the richest people in California. She doesnt believe the coroner: her daughter did not kill herself. Olivia hires Crowe, who-having just foiled a federal case against a cartel kingpin-is eager for distraction. But the questions about the Gravesend family pile up fast.First, the autopsy reveals round scars running down Claires spine, old marks Olivia wont explain. Then, Crowe visits Claires Boston townhouse and has to fend off an armed intruder. Is it the Feds out for revenge? Or is this connected to the Gravesends? He leaves Boston afraid, but finds his way to Claires secret San Francisco pied--terre. Its there that his questions come to a head. Sleeping in an upstairs bedroom, he finds Claire-her face, her hair, her scars-and as far as he can tell, shes alive. And Crowes back at the start:Who is Claire Gravesend?