The Starr Sting Scale
The Candace Starr Series
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Publisher Description
A hard-drinking former hitwoman agrees to help catch a killer — though the murderer might just be her.
Candace Starr likes to think of herself as retired since she got out of prison — that is, until society maven Kristina Corrigan tries to hire Candace to permanently remove her daughter’s barnacle of a boyfriend, Tyler Brent, from their lives. The only catch? Tyler is seventeen years old. Even Candace draws the line at taking out a target who doesn’t even shave yet.
But when Tyler turns up dead at a river gorge with a broken neck, people start asking questions. Detective Chien-Shiung Malone, the ambitious homicide investigator assigned to the case, has more than a few of her own. Candace isn't about to provide any answers, though — until Malone makes her a proposition she just can’t refuse. Candace finds herself signing on as Malone’s unofficial partner to help catch Tyler’s killer … despite the possibility she may have murdered the boy herself.
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Tough-talking, hard-drinking Candace Starr, the narrator of this witty series launch from Canadian author O'Cinneide (Petra's Ghost), is no longer a hit woman ("I'm not in the game anymore... cooling my jets since prison, working at the E-Zee Market and keeping a low profile"), but a referral from a satisfied customer puts her in touch with a potential new client. Wealthy matron Kristina Corrigan wants Candace to dispatch 17-year-old Tyler Brent, her daughter's Svengali-like boyfriend. Candace demurs ("taking out a target who doesn't even shave on a daily basis is pretty heartless, even for me"), but when the boy ends up dead in circumstances that look a lot like Candace's work, the police consider her a person of interest. She joins forces with an ambitious police detective, who promises to reveal the person responsible for the murder of Candace's dad in exchange for her professional expertise in solving Tyler's death. Candace's appealingly amoral worldview coupled with her vast range of eccentric acquaintances and family is sure to provide more murderous fun as the series develops.
