Thicker Than Blood
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
"Rudolph provides a well-crafted plot and satisfying levels of suspense, but what stands out most is Rachel herself—one of the most refreshing new series heroines to wander into the crime genre in quite a while." —Booklist STARRED review
For Rachel Chavez, every day is a battle with her demons. She only wants to stay sober and keep her recently inherited parking lot in downtown LA financially afloat. But it's a nearly 24/7 job. Then an executive from the nearby water agency is killed by a hit-and-run driver and Rachel spots the car that did the deed in her garage. A few days later her stand-in employee dies of peculiar causes. And Rachel unknowingly becomes tangled in the conniving cross-purposes of California water politics.
When she uncovers evidence of a crime ring, Rachel believes the mystery of the two deaths is solved. But another official is killed, her own father disappears, and it becomes agonizingly clear that the killer is closing in on Rachel.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An intrigue centered on the water politics of Southern California promises high tension and high stakes, but Rudolph (Listen to the Mockingbird) loses sight of the big picture in her first mystery. The unusual heroine parking-garage proprietor Rachel Chavez has many customers from InterUrban, a major water company across the street in downtown L.A. Soon after Rachel hears that Jason Karl, an InterUrban executive, has been killed in a hit-and-run, she notices that a company car has a suspicious dent. As she looks into this and other troubling facts, she's joined by two other loners: Hank Sullivan, an appealing, quiet guy who works for InterUrban, and Goldie, a tough-talking gal who runs a cleaning business that services InterUrban. Goldie and crew come across some interesting items at InterUrban, including a mysterious powder that may be responsible for a second death, that of a young man who had worked at the garage. An old family friend of Rachel's and an attractive environmentalist help to broaden the story, but it never quite catches fire.
