The Viper
A Zig & Nola Novel
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- 124,99 lei
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- 124,99 lei
Publisher Description
An instant New York Times bestseller!
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer is back with his thrilling Zig and Nola series, unraveling a shocking cold case with a personal—and deadly—twist.
Andrew Fechmeier is a master at hiding. He'd better be—he’s spent decades concealing a secret that could get him killed. So when he’s diagnosed with a terminal disease, he heads for the local funeral home carrying the blue suit he eventually wants to be buried in. But what no one knows is that Fechmeier secretly tucked something inside, turning the suit into a final, untraceable hiding spot.
It's a perfect plan. Until Fetch is brutally murdered by a mysterious killer who will stop at nothing to find the priceless object hidden in the suit.
Wasting no time, the cunning but unconventional Roddy LaPointe opens an investigation into Fetch’s murder, recruiting help from his friend, the brilliant “Zig” Zigarowski. But it doesn’t take long for Zig to discover the real reason Roddy cares so much about this case: Fetch’s death is tied to Roddy’s mother, who was murdered decades earlier.
As the relentless killer closes in, Roddy’s twin sister—the enigmatic and volatile Nola Brown—starts investigating for herself, uncovering a sinister plot that reveals their mother’s dark history, the true identity of her killer, and the shocking secret behind her death.
Don’t turn your back on The Viper.
See what everyone's raving about...
"The perfect book to meet Zig & Nola.” — Alex Michaelides"Takes you on a journey into the darkest recesses of the human heart." — S.A. Cosby"A killer story from a true master of the craft." — Jack CarrThe Viper brings back beloved characters from the previous books in Brad's Zig & Nola series but if this is your first, you're in for a treat! The Viper is a series book that stands on its own and is the perfect introduction to Zig and Nola. Don't miss:
The Escape ArtistThe Lightning Rod
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A desperate man’s murder leaves a trail pointing to a string of long-buried crimes in this gripping instalment of Brad Meltzer’s Zig and Nola series. As a teen, Andrew “Fetch” Fechmeier ran with a gang called the Breakfast Club, whose harmless name masked a steady slide from petty crime into something far more dangerous. Years later, sick and running out of time, Fetch hides an object in his burial suit that his former accomplices will do anything to recover. Police investigator Roddy LaPointe, whose own mother’s death is tied to the club, pulls in his sister Nola, a gifted sketch artist, and Zig, a military mortician, to help untangle the truth. Meltzer keeps the tension high by layering personal history over an intricate puzzle, turning old loyalties and buried guilt into powerful motives. This is crime fiction that rewards close reading and proves that some secrets refuse to stay buried.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Meltzer's high-octane third thriller featuring mortician Jim "Zig" Zigarowski and military artist Nola LaPointe (after The Lightning Rod) starts strong and never takes its foot off the gas. At the outset, a terminally ill man named Andrew Fechmeier conceals an unidentified, ultravaluable object in the lining of an old suit, then asks a Maryland funeral home to hold onto the suit until he's buried in it. That day comes sooner than Andrew expects when, shortly thereafter, he's gunned down by an unseen assailant. As Nola's twin, New Jersey cop Roddy LaPointe, investigates, he comes to believe that Fechmeier's murder may be tied to the decades-old death of Roddy and Nola's mother, who was killed in front of the three-year-old siblings by someone seeking a similar object. To help his inquiry, Roddy recruits his friend Zig, who in turn involves Nola in the proceedings, despite her reluctance to dig up the trauma of her mother's murder. As usual, Meltzer infuses the action with an embarrassment of jaw-dropping plot twists. The author's fans will be more than satisfied.
