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A murder leads Sarah Burke to investigate a money-laundering ring with connections extending far beyond Tucson - but does the key to solving the case lie closer to home than she realises?The murder of a man seen fighting in a house during a Fourth of July street parade plunges Sarah Burke's whole household - her fragile mother Aggie, shrewd and ever-helpful live-in boyfriend Will and even her hard-charging niece, Denny - into her latest case.The investigation leads to a money-laundering ring with international connections, and Sarah and her smart, hard-working crew of detectives must follow the puzzle, set against the backdrop of Tucson's unique character - an ancient, beautiful valley with a polyglot ethnic community and a bilingual, modern city - without knowing where it might take them. Could the answers lie closer to home than she realises?
About the Author
Elizabeth Gunn is an American author of mystery novels. Gunn lives in Tucson, Arizona with her husband. Her careful research into police techniques results in "precision-tooled procedurals" according to Marilyn Stasio of The New York Times. One series is set the fictional city of Rutherford, Minnesota. A second is set in Tucson, where she moved in 1999. Her publishers include Walker, Dell, Harlequin, Forge, and Severn House. Gunn is a former Innkeeper who began her writing career doing freelance travel articles. She grew up in the Southeast Minnesota of her Jake Hines novels.
