Bøger af Catherine Lea

Syd Shaeffer used to be so much: confident and career-driven, a stellar New York District Attorney, and fiancée to love of her life, Frank Spinelli.A viral eye infection changed all that. Now she's blind and runs a failing law practice out in the burbs.But when Frank goes missing in New Zealand and the ransom note tells his mother not to call the police, Syd just may be the only one who can find him.Is Syd just driven by honor? Or is she trying to prove that she's still good enough? And when the first dead body turns up, can a blind woman see what everyone else has overlooked?Or will she be next on the killer's list?A gripping thriller that will keep the pages turning into the wee hours.

"Find Me!"Those are the words on the note crumpled in Laney Donohue's disabled sister's hand. All Laney knows is that the young nurse aid who wrote them was taken by a man, and no one stopped him. Laney owes this young woman. She cared for Laney's sister when Laney couldn't. Now she's disappeared without trace. Laney intends to find out why.Meanwhile, it's Elizabeth McClaine's birthday. Or it would be if her PA had gotten the date right. So what better time to leave her unwanted party than when the call comes telling her a client of her charitable foundation has been found beaten and left cowering in a closet, her nurse aid missing.But from the moment Elizabeth asks the first question, it's obvious someone out there is hell-bent on stopping her. And when the trail left by Laney Donohue leads to the brothels and casinos of an organized crime syndicate two states away, Elizabeth must pit her wits against the brilliant and ruthless crime boss to save her. The problem is……he already knows she's coming.

"He's first, you're next."That's the message someone scribbled on a photo of Stacy May Charms' six-year-old son, two days before her release from prison.Stacy knows why. She doesn't know who.When Stacy May breaks parole and goes on the run only two hours after her release, Elizabeth McClaine's reputation is left in ruins. Contracted to oversee Stacy's early release through the governor's new initiative, Elizabeth’s reputation depends on Stacy's success.If Elizabeth is to clear her name, and save Stacy, she must figure out why Stacy ran, and who she's running from.And all the clues point back to those who were supposed to be saving her.

"A thriller with heart." - Sara J. Henry, Anthony-award winning author of A COLD AND LONELY PLACE."...a cinematically-imagined ending that would do any Hollywood Blockbuster proud." - IndieHeart reviewer, Jill Nojack."Absolutely spellbinding ... completely unputdownable." - Karen Dionne, internationally published author of BOILING POINT and FREEZING POINT.The plan is simple: kidnap the daughter of Senate candidate Richard McClaine, take the money and run. Nobody gets hurt, the kid goes home alive.Twenty-two-year-old car thief Kelsey Money thinks it's the worst idea Matt and his drug-fueled brother have ever come up with. But Matt's the planner. He's the one Kelsey has always depended on.Then she discovers she only knew half the plan. By the time she finds out the rest, she's been framed for murder, and six-year-old Holly McClaine won't be going home alive.Across town, Elizabeth McClaine has no idea what her daughter was wearing when she disappeared. When Holly was born with Down syndrome and a cleft palate, Elizabeth placed her only child in the care of a nanny while she fought post-natal depression. But when Holly is kidnapped and Elizabeth discovers the detective leading the hunt has already failed one kidnapped child, Elizabeth knows she cannot fail hers.Now both women have twenty-four hours to find Holly.Because in twenty-five, she'll be dead. The Candidate's Daughter is a fast-paced story of love and loss, failure and redemption, of mothers and daughters, and the bonds that hold them.Warning, some language may offend.