Rage Against the Dying
by Becky Masterman
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Pub Date Mar 12 2013 | Archive Date Mar 12 2013
St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books
Description
“Keeping secrets, telling lies, they require the same skill. Both become a habit, almost an addiction, that’s hard to break even with the people closest to you, out of the business. For example, they say never trust a woman who tells you her age; if she can’t keep that secret, she can’t keep yours. I’m fifty-nine.”
Brigid Quinn's experiences in hunting sexual predators
for the FBI have left her with memories she wishes she didn’t have and lethal
skills she hopes never to need again. Having been pushed into early retirement
by events she thinks she's put firmly behind her, 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—the disappearance and presumed murder of her young protegee, Jessica. Floyd knows things about that terrible night that were never made public, and offers to lead the cops to Jessica's body in return for a plea bargain.
It should finally be the end of a dark chapter in Brigid’s life. Except…the new FBI agent on the case, Laura Coleman, thinks the confession is fake, and Brigid finds she cannot walk away from violence and retribution after all, no matter what the cost.
With a fiercely original and compelling voice, Becky Masterman's Rage Against the Dying marks the heart-stopping debut of a brilliant new thriller writer.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
"Wow. An absolute pleasure. Chilling, smart, funny, and what a voice she has."—Gillian Flynn, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl
"First time is the charm for Masterman's masterful debut, featuring 59-year-old retired FBI Agent Brigid Quinn, still tough, still determined, and still smarting to catch that one killer who got away. An author to watch. A thriller that must be read."—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Catch Me and Love You More
"Blown away. What else can I tell you? Brigid Quinn is a heroine to cheer for, and Masterman writes like an angel who has seen far too many ungodly things.”—Linwood Barclay, author of the New York Times bestseller No Time for Goodbye
"Rage Against the Dying is the kind of thriller that will keep you up long past your bedtime, and Brigid Quinn is the kind of FBI agent you have never met before, but will want to meet again!" —Peter Robinson, Edgar and Arthur Ellis-winning author of the New York Times bestseller, Before the Poison
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780312622947 |
| PRICE | $24.99 (USD) |
