Synopsis The first book in a new series introduces readers to Marie Lightfoot, a writer who has made her fortune by researching sensational murder trials and transforming them into best-sellers. Her latest project involves the trial of alleged kidnapper and murderer, Ray Raintree. Upon receiving a guilty verdict, Ray wreaks havoc in the courtroom, is shot by a frightened judge, and flees from the scene, igniting a suspenseful manhunt along Florida's Intercoastal highway. Marie, in the meantime, investigates the convict's life and finds that Ray might possibly be Johnny Kepler, who was abducted from his Kansas home 22 years ago and never found. According to a local deputy, young Johnny had an imaginary playmate he called Ray Raintree. As Marie digs deeper into Johnny/Ray's disturbing life, she soon finds herself sympathizing with this dangerous villain. Her struggles over this moral dilemma not only come between her relationship with black state attorney Franklin DeWeese, but they also throw a wrench in what was sure to be her next literary success.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2001-05-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 6.5 in | | Width: | 4.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
Publisher's Note Marie Lightfoot, a true crime writer investigating the case of a child killer, uncovers some unsettling facts while probing the evidence and soon finds herself in the sights of a killer who is still very much at large. Reprint.
Industry Reviews "Chapter shuttling between present and past provide some confusion, and the glimmers of Marie's own mysterious past are sometimes trying. But the black/white love affair is handled with wit, a pair of detectives fill out the cast nicely, and Marie seems like a keeper." Nash
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