Ricochet
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR SANDRA BROWN IS BACK WITH A SPINE TINGLING STORY OF MURDER AND BETRAYAL AND A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE S STRUGGLE WITH HIS OWN RULES OF CONDUCT.
When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows that discretion and kid glove treatment are the keys to staying in the judge s good graces and keeping his job.
At first glance, the case appears open and shut: Elise, the judge s trophy wife, interrupted a burglary in progress and killed the intruder in self defense. But Duncan is immediately suspicious of Elise s innocent act. His gut feeling is that her account of the shooting is only partially true and it s the parts she s leaving out that bother him.
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Bio of Sandra Brown
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. Court TV (now tru TV) also sought Brown to host the 2007 premier of its popular series "Murder by the Book." Awards and commendations include a 2008 honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Texas Christian University, the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature, the American Business Women's Association's Distinguished Circle of Success, B'nai B'rith's Distinguished Literary Achievement Award, and the A. C. Greene Award. Brown is a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America, Literacy Partners, and is a founding member of International Thriller Writers. She will be honored as the ITW's "ThrillerMaster" in 2008. She and her husband live in Arlington, Texas.
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Imprint
Simon & Schuster
Filesize
742.24 KB
Number of Pages
400
eBook ISBN
9780743293907
Excerpt from: Ricochet by Sandra Brown
Six Weeks Earlier
THE MURDER TRIAL OF ROBERT SAVICH WAS IN ITS FOURTH DAY.
Homicide detective Duncan Hatcher was wondering what the hell was going on.
As soon as court had reconvened after the lunch break, the defendant's attorney, Stan Adams, had asked the judge for a private meeting. Judge Laird, as perplexed by the request as ADA Mike Nelson, had nonetheless granted it and the three had withdrawn to chambers. The jury had retired to the jury room, leaving only the spectators to question the significance of this unexpected conference.
They'd been out for half an hour. Duncan's anxiety grew with each passing minute. He'd wanted the trial to proceed without a blip, without any hitch that could result in an easy appeal or, God forbid, an overturned verdict. That's why this behind-closed-doors powwow was making him so nervous.
His impatience eventually drove him out into the corridor, where he paced, but never out of earshot of the courtroom. From this fourth-floor vantage point, he watched a pair of tugs guide a merchant ship along the channel toward the ocean. Then, unable to stand the suspense, he returned to his seat in the courtroom.
"Duncan, for heaven's sake, sit still! You're squirming like a two-year-old." To pass the time, his partner detective, DeeDee Bowen, was working a crossword puzzle.
"What could they be talking about in there "
"Plea bargain Manslaughter, maybe "
"Get real," he said. "Savich wouldn't admit to a parking violation, much less a hit."
"What's a seven-letter word for surrender " DeeDee asked.
"Abdicate."
She looked at him with annoyance. "How'd you come up with that so fast "
"I'm a genius."
She tried the word. "Not this time. 'Abdicate' doesn't fit. Besides, that's eight letters."













