The Last Thing Claire Wanted
A Wine Country Cold Case
by Karin Fitz Sanford
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Pub Date Jan 24 2023 | Archive Date Apr 26 2023
Level Best Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
An ex-FBI agent. A dying matriarch. A family secret that keeps killing.
Northern California. Anne McCormack has plenty of her own problems—a vile ex-husband, a rocky exit from the FBI, and a struggling new estate-sales business. But when finding a watch leads her to a prominent Wine Country matriarch, she can’t say no to the dying woman’s plea to solve her young son's decades-old murder.
Together with her retired detective uncle, Anne juggles personal troubles with family drama to overcome roadblocks to solving the case—including Claire’s skittish adult children who aren’t talking. But others in town are talking, and what they say leads Anne from swanky hotels to a sex-offender trailer park—and into a twisted maze of blackmail and obsession as she races to find a killer who’s on the loose and out to take down the rest of the family.
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Advance Praise
“With vivid and gripping character, an intricately woven plot, and a history that sticks its claws in you and doesn’t let go, Karin Fitz Sanford leaves readers with something truly remarkable. A brilliant debut!”
—Amanda Jayatissa, ITW Thriller Award-winning author of My Sweet Girl and You’re Invited
“The Last Thing Claire Wanted will keep you on the edge of your seat. In a suspenseful tale of dark secrets threatening an entire family, former FBI Agent Anne McCormick finds out that not all secrets are meant to be discovered. Sanford’s rich characters coupled with crisp pacing and twists you won’t see coming make her an author to watch.”
—James L’Etoile, author of Dead Drop, and Black Label
“With beautiful prose and enough twists and turns to keep me reading long into the night, Karin Fitz Sanford’s thrilling debut novel explores the lasting effects of trauma and the extraordinary lengths to which people will go to protect their family and legacy. Anne McCormack is a flawed but likeable protagonist, relentless in her pursuit of the truth, even as deceptions and danger mount all around her. I can’t want to see what other long-buried secrets Anne uncovers in her future adventures.”
—Daniel K. Miller, author of Fire on the Firth and Loch and Key
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781685121624 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 302 |
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