Tough Customer

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thick As Thieves ';charges her characters and their relationships with electricity' (San Francisco Book Review) in this gripping novel of suspense.When a deranged stalker attempts to murder her daughter Berry, Caroline King has no doubts about who to contact for help: Berry's father, the cagey private investigator Dodge Hanley. It's been thirty years since Dodge last saw Caroline, but she remains the one womanamong manythat he can't forget. He has a whole bagful of grudging excuses for ignoring Caroline's calland one compelling reason to drop everything and fly down to Texas to protect the daughter he's never met: guilt. As always, Dodge's perseverance knows no bounds as he teams with a small-town sheriff, but the alarming situation worsens when the stalker claims other victims, leaving a trail of clues lethally pointing toward Berry. And Dodgea street-smart fighter who has always put his life on the linerealizes that this time, he's risking his heart as well.