About this item
bestselling author Sandra Brown ignites crackling suspense and fiery emotion in an unforgettable novel of passion and vengeance. When her younger brother, Danny, commits suicide, Sayre Lynch breaks her vow never to return to her Louisiana hometown, and gets drawn back into her tyrannical fathers web. He and her older brotherwho control the towns sole industry, an iron foundryare as corrupt as ever. Worse, they have hired a shrewd and disarming new lawyer, Beck Merchanta man with his own agenda. When the police determine that Dannys suicide was actually a homicide, Sayre must battle her familyand her passionate feelings for Beckas she confronts a powder keg of old hatreds, past crimes, and a surprising plan of revenge.,
About the Author
Sandra Brown is the author of more than sixty New York Times bestsellers, including MEAN STREAK (2014) , DEADLINE (2013) , LOW PRESSURE (2012) , LETHAL (2011) , RAINWATER (2010) , TOUGH CUSTOMER (2010) , SMASH CUT (2009) , SMOKE SCREEN (2008) & PLAY DIRTY (2007) .
Brown began her writing career in 1981 and since then has published over seventy novels, bringing the number of copies of her books in print worldwide to upwards of eighty million. Her work has been translated into thirty-three languages.
A lifelong Texan, Sandra Brown was born in Waco, grew up in Fort Worth and attended Texas Christian University, majoring in English. Before embarking on her writing career, she worked as a model at the Dallas Apparel Mart, and in television, including weathercasting for WFAA-TV in Dallas, and feature reporting on the nationally syndicated program "PM Magazine."
She is much in demand as a speaker and guest television hostess. Her episode on truTV's "Murder by the Book" premiered the series in 2008 and she was one of the launch authors for Investigation Discovery's new series, "Hardcover Mysteries."
In 2009 Brown detoured from her thrillers to write Rainwater, a much acclaimed, powerfully moving story about honor and sacrifice during the Great Depression.
Brown recently was given an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University. She was named Thriller Master for 2008, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer's Association. Other awards and commendations include the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.
