Former cop Cass Raines knows the streets of Chicago all too well. Now shes a private investigator and getting an exclusive glimpse into how the other half livesand how they die Wealth. Power. Celebrity. Vonda Allens glossy vanity magazine has taken the Windy City by storm, and shes well on her way to building a one-woman media empire. Everybody adores her. Except the people who work for her. And the person whos sending her flowers with death threats As Vondas bodyguard, off-duty cop Ben Mickerson knows he could use some back-upand no one fits the bill better than his ex-partner on the police force, Cass Raines. Now a full-time private eye, Cass is reluctant to take the job. She isnt keen on playing babysitter to a celebrity whos rumored to be a heartless diva. But as a favor to Ben, she signs on. But when Vonda refuses to say why someone might be after her, and two of her staff turn up dead, Ben and Cass must battle an unknown assailant bent on getting to the great lady herself, before someone else dies. Cass finds out the hard way just how persistent a threat they face during the first stop on Vondas book tour. As fans clamor for her autograph, things take an ugly turn when a mysterious fan shows up with flowers and slashes Ben with a knife. While her ex-partners life hangs in the balance, Cass is left to find out what secrets Vonda is keeping, who might want her dead, and how she can bring Bens attacker to justice before enemies in the Chicago Police Department try to stop her in her tracks
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“Cass Raines is a breath of fresh air in the PI genre—practical, no-nonsense, brilliant, and possessed of a great sense of humor and a heart as big as the city.”
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