Rage Against the Dying
A Richard and Judy bookclub choice
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Publisher Description
Old Case. New Rules... An utterly compelling crime debut, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and longlisted for the CWA John Creasey Dagger 2013
After a long and murky career with the FBI, Brigid Quinn is trying to move on. She's got a nice house. Dogs. A husband who knows nothing of her past. But the abduction and murder of a young female colleague still haunts her.
So when the girl's body is finally found, and a man confesses to the murder, Brigid is desperate for answers. Yet the more she learns, the more convinced she is that they have the wrong man. Following leads that the Bureau ignored, she's propelled straight into the path of a ruthless serial killer. One who has evaded the law for decades, and will stop at nothing to keep her quiet...
But Brigid Quinn is a woman to be reckoned with.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Forget burly, booze-sodden detectives. This electrifying crime thriller introduces 59-year-old Brigid Quinn, a diminutive retired FBI agent and martial arts expert who risks her life and marriage to stop a terrifying serial killer. Author Becky Masterman’s smart, colourful heroine drew us into an intensely paced mystery full of cleverly revealed clues and descriptions that don’t sugarcoat a thing. After tearing through Rage Against the Dying, we can’t wait to catch up with the rest of the series.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Resist any temptation to bail after the creepy prologue a sexual predator's-eye-view of the woman he's about to attack because then you'll miss one of the most memorable FBI agents since Clarice Starling as well as a killer debut thriller. At 59, Brigid Quinn has officially closed the book on a legendary and controversial Bureau career, including years undercover, and is struggling to forget the horrors that still haunt her as a newlywed in a suburb north of Tucson, Ariz. Then the authorities arrest trucker Floyd Lynch, who claims to be the Route 66 Killer the one notorious homicide case she didn't close, and which seven years earlier claimed the life of her prot g e, rookie undercover agent Jessica Robertson. But some things just don't add up to either young FBI agent Laura Coleman or Quinn. The steely veteran finds herself thrust back into a nightmare that threatens to shatter her new life if it doesn't get her killed. First-time novelist Masterman, acquisitions editor for a press specializing in forensic medical textbooks, ratchets up the suspense with a secondary plot it would be criminal to reveal, stumbling only when it comes to Quinn's less than convincing domestic bliss with a widowed former priest turned college professor and his pair of pugs.
