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y separately published work icon Splinter single work   novel   crime   detective  
Is part of Sarah Reilly Michael MacConnell , 2007 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Splinter
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'Sarah Reilly just brought down one of America's worst serial killers. Her father, FBI legend Harry Reilly, was kidnapped during the investigation, and the man she loved was murdered. Refusing offers of extended leave, Sarah launches herself back into her work in the Boston FBI field office. But the murder of a child in California sees her and her new partner assigned to a special taskforce to investigate. It's a high-profile case. The parents are famous, wealthy and, it seems, they are holding information back. The media and public sympathy that initially was directed to them at their son's senseless murder has turned to suspicion. The whispers about their guilt are growing. Sarah is right in the middle, looking for the truth, and she isn't going to let PR spin doctors or the LAPD get in her way. The taskforce, led by Sarah, starts to uncover evidence of something bigger than a domestic homicide. It seems over a number of years someone has been coldly and brutally extorting wealthy West Coast families. Whoever is behind the crimes is a master manipulator who will stop at nothing to evade capture. Sarah, haunted by her past and faced with the murder of another young boy.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Kimberley and Alexandra.
  • Epigraph: The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things. - Plato
  • Epigraph: When they remain silent, they cry out. - Cicero

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Glassplitter : Thriller
Language: German
    • Cologne,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Bastei Lübbe ,
      2010 .
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      Extent: 379p.p.
      ISBN: 9783404164417, 3404164415

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Works about this Work

Take Three Jeff Popple , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 10 August 2008; (p. 21)

— Review of Splinter Michael MacConnell , 2008 single work novel
Take Three Jeff Popple , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 10 August 2008; (p. 21)

— Review of Splinter Michael MacConnell , 2008 single work novel
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