Questa serie segue un'ex agente dell'FBI che, superati i sessant'anni, si tuffa nel mondo delle investigazioni private. Non lasciatevi ingannare dalla sua età; questa donna è ancora acuta e determinata ad affrontare i crimini più oscuri. La protagonista combatte contro serial killer, cartelli della droga e i propri demoni interiori. È una lettura avvincente per i fan del genere poliziesco con un'eroina veramente originale.
Brigid Quinn's old job hunting sexual predators for the FBI has left her with memories she wishes she didn't have and lethal skills she hopes never to need again. Brigid keeps telling herself she is settling down nicely in Tucson with a wonderful new husband, Carlo, and their dogs. But the past intervenes when a man named Floyd Lynch confesses to the worst unsolved case of Brigid's career. Brigid finds she cannot walk away from violence and retribution after all, no matter what the cost
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'Wow! Chilling, smart, funny, and what a voice she has' Gillian Flynn 'A twisting, high-stakes story . . . Brilliant' Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door Former FBI agent Brigid Quinn has seen it all, and survived. But nothing can cut her closer to the bone than family... When her father falls ill, Brigid returns to Florida. There, she meets up with former colleague Laura Coleman. Laura once saved Brigid's life, but now is working on an 'innocence project', investigating cold cases, and one in particular has caught her attention. Marcus Creighton was convicted of murdering his family fifteen years before, and has been sentenced to death. Worried that her friend is getting in too deep, and that there is more to this case than meets the eye, Brigid promises to help. But what if her instincts are betraying her?