Cold Blood

'Without doubt one of the best writers working today' KARIN SLAUGHTERCan she play the game and win?Suspicion and fear surround the mysterious disappearance of a movie star's daughter. The race to claim the reward for finding Anna Louise Caley - dead or alive - spirals into a deadly voodoo trail in the French quarter of New Orleans.In her desperation to succeed in this, her first case as a private detective, ex-Lieutenant Lorraine Page is caught in a web of deceit and violence that threatens to drag her back into the murky world she has fought so hard to escape.Continuing the investigation means risking everything. But the million-dollar bonus is one hell of an incentive not to back off from a case that could kill her - or give her the future and the professional respect she craves.PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE'Classic Lynda - a fabulous read' MARTINA COLE'Satisfyingly full of twists and turns' INDEPENDENT'An absorbingly twisty plot' GUARDIAN'A rare ring of authenticity' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH