Dead Certain She thought the terror was behind her... She was right. Author MARIAH STEWART BALLANTINE BOOKS New York Mercer touched the goblet and shook his head. "Crazy, isn't it, what some people will kill for?" It took a long moment for his words to sink in. "Kill for?" Amanda straightened up slowly,her hands gripping the edge of the counter. "You think someone killed Derek for this?" "Someone might have. "He gazed down at her, his expression unreadable. "Let's start with you, Ms. Crosby." "Me?" "You have to admit, you make a really good suspect." His drak eyes studied her carefully. "Mr. England just spent your cash cushion on a piece of stolen pottery that you're going to have to send back, which puts you out a great deal of money." That's aburd." "And then there's this little matter . . . " From his pocket he withdrew a cell phone. Amanda recognized it as Derek's. Mercer scrolled down thecscreen, then pushed a button. He needn't have bothered. Amanda knew full well what the message was. "Derek,you are so dead. If you have any sense at all, you'll stay in Italy, because the minute I see you, I am going to kill you." Mercer turned off the phone. "Do I need to play it again?" ~ Amanda Crosby can finally sleep at night. Having worked hard to put thenightmare behind her. Amanda has vowed nevr to be a victim again. But when her business partner, Derek England, is found with a bullet thought the back of his head just hours after she left an incriminating on his voice mail. Amanda finds herself in danger of becoming a victim of another sort. All the evidence points to Amanda as Derek's killer, and Chief of Police Sean Mercer is building the case against her. But when another of her colleagues is found brutally murdered, it's obvious that someone other then Amanda is behind the killings. Suddenly Amanda is a target once again, as a diabolical killer circles ever closer- and the only thing that stands between her and becoming the third and final victim is the man who had tried to put her behind bars . . . This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events; to real people, living or dead; or to real locales only to give the fiction a setting in historic reality. Other names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and their resemblances, if any, to real-life counterparts are entirely coincidental. A Ballantine Book Published by The Random House Publishing Group Copyright 2004 by Marti Robb. Excerpt from Dead Wrong copyright 2004 by Marti Robb all rights reserved.. Published in the United States America by The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto BALLANTINE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc., ISBN: 0-345-46393-5 Manufactured in the United States America First edition: July 2004 OPM 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 Language: English
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