Triple Threat: Lucy Guardino Thrillers 1–3 - Snake Skin Blood Stained and Kill Zone

CJ Lyons

Beschreibung

The New York Times–bestselling author introduces a Glock-carrying soccer mom in the first three books in the Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller series. She may be a loving mom and wife, but Lucy Guardino is also a kick-ass federal agent who’s not afraid to wield her skills in the series that’s “action packed, authentic, and intense” (Lee Child). Snake Skin Lucy Guardino is living the perfect life in Pittsburgh as a Supervisory Special Agent running the FBI’s Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement squad. Until the day she comes up against a vicious and cunning predator who forces Lucy to choose between the life of the young victim she is fighting to save and her own daughter’s . . . Blood Stained Ever since she fatally disobeyed orders, Lucy has been chained to her desk. But then she learns that a case she closed four years ago may have pinned a string of rapes and killings on the wrong man. Embarking on an unofficial investigation, she races to uncover truth—against a desperate boy out for vigilante justice. Kill Zone In one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Novels of the Year, the brutal killing of a teenage girl leads to a violent narcoterrorist turning the city into a kill zone. The girl’s father helped the DEA bring down drug cartels—and it seems someone holds a grudge. But Lucy soon learns that secrets hide in shadows . . . Praise for CJ Lyons’ thrillers “Pulse-pounding suspense and hair-raising chills.” —Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times–bestselling author “A compelling new voice in thriller writing.” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times–bestselling author

Verfügbar seit: 27.05.2022.

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