Bøger af Katherine Nichols

"Nichols creates a cast of funny eccentrics who are in way over their heads when it comes to fraudulent antiques dealers, deadly doctors, and cold-blooded murderers. " -Kim Conrey Author of Stealing AresLucy Howard has arranged her life around the philosophy honesty is mostly the best policy. But her dream to work in research at a reputable museum don't materialize. Instead, she finds herself investigating a charming elderly woman who's running an insurance scam involving the company Lucy works for. She catches her "perfect" boyfriend with another woman. And her favorite narcoleptic- antiques-dealing uncle needs her to prove he's not a murderer, unless he actually is.Her boss agrees to assist her if she joins his investigation against a doctor suspected of selling human organs. Along with a sexy detective who makes Lucy question her resolve not to rush into another relationship, she becomes involved with some very shady characters. When she begins receiving bizarrely ominous threats, she realizes she could be in real danger.As the threats escalate, Lucy recognizes that her belief in total transparency might not be enough to save her life. And that if she gets the chance to begin a new one, she must accept that honesty, without love to temper it, can be a cold companion.

Four years after losing her sister Stella, Grace McElroy has begun to heal. She no longer spends her days overcome with grief and guilt. But the appearance of a woman who looks just like Stella makes her doubt her sanity.Even more terrifying, she learns her adopted daughter's biological father, once a brutal Ecuadorian drug lord, is in the States. Before she can determine whether he's come to reclaim his child, the little girl is kidnapped, and Grace and her family will do anything to get her back.A hundred miles away, Natalie Burden discovers her estranged father has another family. And Natalie has a sister, Grace Burnette McElroy. The news thrills her, but her mother's debilitating stroke puts her plans to meet her sister on hold.Her mother's recovery gives Natalie time to follow Grace. She discovers she's not the only one stalking the McElroys. Desperate to protect them, she becomes involved in a fight with a vengeful drug lord.While Grace struggles to make sense of her ghost-sister, Natalie works behind the scenes to save her niece. Because without Stella's child, there may be no chance of establishing the kind of sister relationship Natalie craves and Grace mourns.