The Last Temptation
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Descripción editorial
A Moriah Dru / Richard Lake mystery
Murder and deceit are not strangers to glamorous Palm Springs — or to Atlanta …
During a fierce custody battle, recovering addict Eileen Cameron and her daughter Kinley Whitney vanish into the night. The estranged husband, Bradley Whitney, insists Eileen has taken their daughter to hide with the Indians in the desert.
Moriah Dru of Child Trace is hired to locate the girl and her home — but Dru is wary of the husband's claims. Working with her lover, police Lieutenant Richard Lake, they delve into Bradley's past, and find themselves also investigating the Atlanta Suburban Girl murders. Is there a connection between the two seemingly unrelated cases?
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The disappearance of a child from a town outside Atlanta uncovers unsavory activities both past and present in Finger's uneven second Moriah Dru/Richard Lake mystery (after 2010's The End Game). When 12-year-old Kinley Whitney and her mother vanish in the midst of a contentious custody fight between her divorced parents, Judge Portia Devon appoints ex-cop Moriah Dru, who specializes in finding missing children, to locate Kinley. The mother, Eileen Cameron, has a history of drug problems, whereas the professor father, Bradley Whitney, has unexplained sources of wealth and ties to a mysterious men's club in Atlanta. When Moriah travels to Eileen's Palm Springs, Calif., home to meets her second husband, film director Arlo Cameron, Arlo is remarkably unconcerned about the whereabouts of his wife and stepdaughter. While a slew of colorful characters maintain interest throughout, situations that strain credulity and an overly obvious clue pointing directly to a killer will disappoint some readers.
