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Assume nothing - thats the touchstone for every homicide investigation Detective Davie Richards undertakes. She approaches her new cold case the same as any fresh one - determined to learn as much about the victim as she does about the killer. But theres nothing about thirty-four-year-old Sara Montaine or her death that makes sense. Was Sara a saint caring for her dying husband or a gold-digger with a sketchy background? Did she commit suicide or was she murdered? Before her marriage, Sara lived comfortably without any obvious source of income, unusual for an orphan raised in foster care. As Davie digs deeper, she unearths Saras troubled past and a vipers nest of villains who are willing to kill to keep their secrets hidden."With a cast of bright and colorful characters, Smiley does a fantastic job of spinning together deception and mystery into a plot that ties up neatly in the end...The Second Goodbye is a well-written suspense and mystery novel that I would recommend to anyone who is a fan of this genre." - Seattle Book Review"Patricia Smiley tackles Michael Connelly territory and succeeds with a realistic, compelling police procedural in the badlands of contemporary Los Angeles." - Raymond Benson, author of In the Hush of the Night
About the Author
Los Angeles Times bestselling author Patricia Smiley has written four books in a mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Tucker Sinclair. Her latest novel, Pacific Homicide, is the first in a new series about LAPD Homicide Detective Davie Richards. Her short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Two of the Deadliest, an anthology edited by Elizabeth George. For more information, visit www.patriciasmiley.com
