Book description
Born into a fine old Charleston family, Hammond Cross is determined to
be the city's next district attorney - without sacrificing his
integrity. Prosecuting the sensational murder of a real estate magnate
could be his ticket into office. Yet, while Hammond anticipates his
success, someone near him is plotting his downfall. Is it Steffi
Mundell, colleague, ex-lover and rival? Rory Smilow, homicide detective
and Hammonds avowed enemy? Is it the dead man's widow, wily, beautiful
and Hammond's lifelong friend? Or is it Hammond's prime suspect, the
mysterious woman who shares the secret that would be fatal to Hammond's
ambitions? Sandra Brown is the author of fifty-six New York Times
bestsellers, most recently PLAY DIRTY which was published in August 2007
by Simon & Schuster and debuted at number two on the New York Times
hardcover fiction bestseller list. Her other recent bestsellers include
RICOCHET (2006), CHILL FACTOR(2005), WHITE HOT(2004), HELLO,
DARKNESS(2003), THE CRUSH(2002), ENVY (2001), all of which have jumped
onto the
Times
bestseller list in the number one to five spot. Her new novel SMOKE
SCREEN will be published on August 12, 2008. Brown began her writing
career in 1981 and since then has published nearly seventy novels, most
of which remain in print. As of 1990, when Mirror Image
made The New York Times
bestseller list, each subsequent novel, including reprints of earlier
books, have become Times
bestsellers. Her novel THE WITNESS was recently optioned by Twinstar
Entertainment for a major motion picture. Brown now has seventy million
copies of her books in print worldwide, and her work has been translated
into thirty-three languages. A lifelong Texan, Sandra Brown was born in
Waco and raised in Ft. Worth. 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 at book festivals and charity
functions throughout the year.
