Tough Customer: A Novel

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thick As Thieves charges her characters and their relationships with electricity (San Francisco Book Review) in this gripping novel of suspense. When a deranged stalker attempts to murder her daughter Berry, Caroline King has no doubts about who to contact for help: Berrys father, the cagey private investigator Dodge Hanley. Its been thirty years since Dodge last saw Caroline, but she remains the one womanamong manythat he cant forget. He has a whole bagful of grudging excuses for ignoring Carolines calland one compelling reason to drop everything and fly down to Texas to protect the daughter hes never met: guilt. As always, Dodges perseverance knows no bounds as he teams with a small-town sheriff, but the alarming situation worsens when the stalker claims other victims, leaving a trail of clues lethally pointing toward Berry. And Dodgea street-smart fighter who has always put his life on the linerealizes that this time, hes risking his heart as well.