The Last Goodbye - Hardcover

Arvin, Reed

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060555513 ISBN 13: 9780060555511

Publisher: Harper, 2004

Synopsis

From the hot new suspense writer critics predict will have Grisham fans "switching their allegiance in midstream" comes a thrilling tale of love and murder set on the mean streets and in the sleek society haunts of Atlanta. . . .

Sleeping with a client's gorgeous girlfriend may have been the gutsiest move in Jack Hammond's formerly booming law career, but it wasn't the smartest. Booted from his elite law firm, Jack now scrapes by as a court-appointed attorney, his client list a revolving door of small-time drug offenders and petty thieves.

When his friend -- a computer whiz and former addict who'd brought his life back from the brink -- is found dead in his apartment with a syringe stuck in his arm, Jack knows something is very wrong.

Where the cops see just another overdose, Jack sees a murder. Investigating the case, he learns that his friend was obsessed with a beautiful singer -- who also happens to be half of the most popular power couple in Atlanta.

Talented and privileged, the spellbinding Michele Sonnieris nevertheless a deeply troubled woman, plagued by secrets. Against his better judgment -- and in a disturbing echo of his earlier fall from grace -- Jack is pulled further and further into her world, where he discovers more suspicious deaths, all pointing toward a mysterious cover-up.

A volatile tale of love, betrayal, and murder shot through with tenderness and poignant humanity, The Last Goodbye is a riveting thriller with a thunderously beating heart, a masterful page-turner that probes the meaning of love and the burdens of the past.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"The Last Goodbye is the best thing a thriller can be: suspenseful, intelligent and well-written. Reed Arvin is the real deal."
-Harlan Coben, author of No Second Chance

"I was moved by this gritty, romantic thriller. It's a heartbreaking love song to modern Atlanta its tragedies, its promises, its failure, its dreams. The Last Goodbye is magnolias and humidity, yet it's also crime and redemption. I've never met Reed Arvin, but I'd be proud to claim him as kin."
-Margaret Maron, author of Last Lessons of Summer

"A rare achievementReed Arvin has crafted a first-rate thriller that works both as an airplane read and as a serious novel. The Last Goodbye has depth, original characters and plot twists that truly surprise."
-Phillip Margolin, author of The Ties That Bind

About the Author:

Reed Arvin grew up on a cattle ranch in rural Kansas. After a successful career as a music producer in Nashville, Arvin began writing full-time. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060555513
• ISBN 13: 9780060555511
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352