Widow's Run
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
One night in Rome. One car. One dead scientist. Italian police investigate, but in the end, all they have are kind words for the new widow. Months later, a video emerges challenging the facts. Had he stepped into traffic, or was he pushed? The widow returns to the police, but they have little interest and no answers. Exit the widow.
Enter Diamond. One name for a woman with one purpose. Resurrecting her CIA cover, she follows the shaky video down the rabbit hole. Her widow’s run unearths a plethora of suspects: the small-time crook, the mule-loving rancher, the lady in waiting, the Russian bookseller, the soon-to-be priest. Following the stink greed leaves in its wake reveals big lies and ugly truths.
Murder is filthy business. Good thing Diamond plays dirty.
Praise for WIDOW’S RUN:
“Tina Wolff’s novel is for crime-fiction fans who like it action-packed and hard-edged. Written with feisty panache, it introduces Diamond, one of the most aggressive, ill-tempered, and wholly irresistible heroines to ever swagger across the page.” —David Housewright, Edgar Award-winning author of Dead Man’s Mistress
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Street-tough former CIA operative Annalisa Rubchinsky, the narrator of this competent, fast-paced series launch from Wolff (Exacting Justice), is a chemical weapons expert who goes by the name Diamond. It's an apt moniker for the attractive, hard-edged heroine, who mourns her husband, Gavriil, a Russian scientist, a year after he was killed in a traffic accident while attending an agriculture summit in Rome. When a witness contacts Diamond, convinced that Gavriil's death was no accident, it motivates the grieving widow to fake her own death and resurrect her old undercover identity. With the help of some friends information broker Ian Black, teenage computer guru Andrew Dixon, and special ops hothead Sam Irish she goes on a dogged quest across Italy and the U.S., investigating all those who interacted with Gavriil during his last days and scrutinizing security camera footage and emails to uncover the truth. Though somewhat marred by faintly drawn secondary characters and a pedestrian plot, high-octane action and a fiery, charismatic protagonist ensure Diamond's first outing doesn't run out of steam.
