Back from the dead. That’s how it feels for Nan Vining–a Pasadena homicide cop, a struggling single mother, and a woman determined to find the brutal madman who left her for dead a year ago. She has given a name to her unknown assailant: T. B. Mann–The Bad Man. On the job, Nan breaks rules and steals evidence, building a case file based on the dead certainty that T. B. Mann is obsessed with women who wear uniforms or carry guns, that he hunts them and kills them and then adorns them with a pearl necklace. At the crime scene of her official assignment, the murder of an ex-con in a clown suit, Nan spots a graffiti tag and is sure, against all reason, that T. B. Mann was there, too. Further complicating matters is Nan’s developing relationship with Detective Jim Kissick. Within this sprawling panorama T. B. Mann reemerges, bringing Nan to the sudden, horrifying realization that her killer has baited the perfect trap.
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"Good finale. An improvement on the second book of the series." — Ellen (4 out of 5 stars)
"Good finale. An improvement on the second book of the series."
The First Cut
Hurtles the reader down a razor’s edge of suspense to the final shattering end.
A great read . . . The First Cut should immediately establish Dianne Emley in the front ranks of thriller writers.
Emley is a writer to watch.
Cut to the Quick
Cut to the Quick’s razor-sharp pacing and twisted plot kept me on the edge of my chair from the first page to the last.
Emley sets a cracking pace.
" excellent ending thoroughly enjoyed it. "
" Fairly entertaining as far as murder/mystery books go. I would probably read another book by this author. "
" Had no empathy for main Character - glad I read the last of the trilogy first ! "
" Best of the trilogy. Very satisfying. "
" the conclusion - nan gets the man who almost murdered her - the three books should be read in order. written well but i still couldnt warm to nan. she definitely has her own code. "
" Finally finished this series. Good ending but do not like how overly descriptive she is. "
" Writing choppy and stilted. A burden to read, even though I like Kissick (the boyfriend) and I wanted to find out who had attacked Nan from book 1. "
Dianne Emley gained critical acclaim for her books in the Nan Vining series, including The First Cut, Cut to the Quick, and Love Kills. She lives in Pasadena, California, with her husband, Charlie.
Carrington MacDuffie is a voice actor and recording artist who has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has been a frequent finalist for the Audie Award, including for her original audiobook, Many Things Invisible. Alongside her narration work, she has released a new album of original songs, Only an Angel.
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