Frightened and abused, seven-year-old Lara Patrick was taken from Moscow to America after the supposed "accidental" death of her American mother. Now, as a prosecutor with the San Francisco D.A.'s office, Lara receives anonymous photos of a brutally beaten woman, no doubt sent by someone who wants to bring her back to Moscow--where passion, desire, and disaster await her.
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Frightened and abused, seven-year-old Lara Patrick was taken from Moscow to America after the supposed "accidental" death of her American mother. Now, as a prosecutor with the San Francisco D.A.'s office, Lara receives anonymous photos of a brutally beaten woman, no doubt sent by someone who wants to bring her back to Moscow--where passion, desire, and disaster await her.
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Fair. No dust jacket as issued. The spine is heavily creased and torn at the base. The front cover is creased. The rear cover has a moderate amount of wear. A couple of pages have small nicks on the side edge. the text is clean and bright. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 566 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Like New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 384 p. Audience: General/trade. *** SIGNED *** Will be well protected for safe shipping.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book 1st edition, Septeber 1997, with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in dust jacket lightly rubbed and with a few scratches at rear panel, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "At age seven, Lara Patrick was sent from Moscow to her grandmother in the United States, having been abused and now filled with half-suppressed, nightmarish memories. Becoming a prosecutor with the San Francisco district attorney's office, Lara, who never believed that her mother's death was caused by an accidental overdose of drugs, returns to Russia after receiving a photograph of a mutilated woman. Aided by Alexei, one of post-Cold War Russia's nouveaux riches, and dogged by Moscow cop Yuri, Lara begins an investigation that sets off another series of murders, all committed by a seemingly psychopathic sexual deviant determined to eradicate all evidence of the previous crimes. As the number and brutality of the deaths increase, Lara herself is accused of murder and forced to act as her own defense lawyer in a Moscow courtroom. Podrug (Frost of Heaven, Dark Harvest, 1992) offers insights into the "new" Russia...."--Library Journal.
