Worth Killing For
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4.0 • 6 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
A Detroit crime reporter uncovers a kidnapping ring with ties to her troubled past in this mystery thriller by the author of Duplicity.
Crime reporter Julia Gooden had the kind of childhood some people never get over. Her conman father left when she was seven. Weeks later, her nine-year-old brother Ben disappeared. These days, Julia seems to have beaten the odds, finding happiness with her two sons and a blossoming relationship with detective Raymond Navarro.
But while investigating the death of a city councilman’s nephew, Julia comes across her estranged father—and her life is thrown into turmoil again. Despite decades without a lead, she’s never given up hope of finding her brother. Tying her father to her current investigation offers vital clues about what happened to Ben. But it also makes her a target. Now, to find the missing pieces of her past, Julia will have to risk the happy life she’s built.
“Effectively mixes gritty crime and involving domestic drama.”—Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Haseldine's alluring third mystery featuring Detroit crime reporter Julia Gooden (after 2017's Duplicity), Julia's editor assigns her to cover the bow-and-arrow murder of college kid Angel Perez. Then, at a gas station near where Perez's body was found, Julia is certain that she spots her estranged father, small-time grifter and con man Duke Gooden, even though she was only seven when he vanished 30 years earlier. Julia drops everything and renews her intensive search for clues to the near-simultaneous disappearance of her nine-year-old brother, Ben, which the reader knows from the first chapter is related to Angel's murder. The brief encounter with Duke may or may not have been planned, but it resurrects Julia's seething obsession with her brother's whereabouts. Inevitable run-ins with killers plus clashes with law enforcement, including main squeeze Detroit police detective Ray Navarro, ensue as Julia wends a circuitous route to help solve more than one crime. Fans are certain to enjoy the complex plot and Julia and Ray's evolving relationship.
