No Rest for the Dead: A Novel

ISBN: 1451607385

Author: Brown, Sandra

Condition: New

In this New York Times bestseller, twenty-six renownedthriller authors team up to create a first-rate serial novel-a collaboration that combines the skills of Americas greatest storytellers to produce a single gripping, spellbinding mystery.The lineup of writers who have contributed to this mystery is akin to the Murderers Row of the 1927 New York Yankees. There is not a weak spot in the bunch. -David Baldacci, from the IntroductionAlexander McCall Smith. Sandra Brown. Faye Kellerman. J.A. Jance. Jeffery Deaver. Kathy Reichs. Lisa Scottoline. Jeff Lindsay.These are only a handful of the names thatmake up the all-star lineup of authors behindNo Rest for the Dead, a tale ofvengeance, greed, and love that flows seamlessly,in the words of David Baldacci, as it passes fromone creators mind to the next.When Christopher Thomas, a ruthless curator at San Franciscos McFall Art Museum, is murdered and his decaying body is found in an iron maiden in a Berlin museum, his wife, Rosemary, is the primary suspect, and she is tried, convicted, and executed. Ten years later, Jon Nunn, the detective who cracked the case, is convinced that the wrong person was put to death. In the years since the case was closed, hes discovered a web of deceit and betrayal surrounding the Thomases that could implicate any number of people in the crime. With the help of the dead womans friend, he plans to gather everyone who was there the night Christopher died and finally uncover the truth, suspect by suspect. Solving this case may be Nunns last chance for redemptionbut the shadowy forces behind Christophers death will stop at nothing to silence the past forever.In this innovative storytelling approach, each of these twenty-five bestselling writers brings their distinctive voice to a chapter of the narrative, building the tension to a shocking, explosive finale. No Rest for the Dead is a thrilling, page-turning accomplishment that only Americas very best authors could achieve.