Cold Heart (A Stella Lavender Mystery)

COLD HEART, a traditional mystery.Motivated by her mother's long-ago unsolved abduction, StellaLavender has joined the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation only to beseverely challenged by her first assignment: undercover drug agent. Stellaworks nights, buying drugs from paranoid drug dealers, gathering evidence tosend them to prison or turn them into informants. She's great at the jobbecause, as her boss says, "you don't look like a cop." But the physical dangerand the necessary betrayals are getting to her. When she sees a chance to workhomicide, she'll always take it. One afternoon Stella gives a hitchhiking teenager a ride to her babysittingjob in a wealthy neighborhood. Horror awaits them--the father lies dead in apool of blood, and his toddler is missing. Stella joins the murderinvestigation as the puzzle quickly grows. Most importantly, where is thetoddler? A dizzying array of plausible suspects provides more questions thananswers. At the same time, Stella's personal life offers plenty of distractions. Hergrandmother Fern, a free-spirited artist with male admirers wrapped aroundevery one of her paint-stained fingers, needs Stella's help with expensivehouse repairs. And Stella's attraction to three very different men means herromantic life is, well, complicated. Cold Heart draws the reader into a darkly delightful page-turner asStella rummages through every strata of society in her relentless and sometimesunconventional pursuit of a cold-hearted murderer who won't stop at just onevictim.
ASIN: 1432832573
VSKU: RDV.1432832573.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Pullen, Karen
Binding: Hardcover
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Condition Notes: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. This is an ex-library book with stickers and markings. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.