Off the Chart - Hardcover
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Before Alexandra came into Thorn's life, there had been Anne Joy, a beautiful woman who, after escaping the violence of her past, found something like happiness in the languid life of the Florida Keys. But her past includes her sadistic brother, Vic, now a wealthy rogue businessman who specializes in the hijacking of pleasure boats and delights in cruelly murdering their owners. Vic is obsessed by his sister and will do whatever it takes to drive her lovers away -- even murder.
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From the lushness of the Florida Keys to a nightmare climax on the tropical coast of Central America, Off the Chart is vintage James W. Hall. Passion and intrigue heat up the Florida Keys as Thorn and Alexandra Collins-returning from the highly acclaimed Blackwater Sound -face down a brutal killer who has kidnapped the daughter of Thorn's best friend.
Off the Chart
Before Thorn fell in love with crime-scene photographer Alexandra Rafferty, he was involved with Anne Joy, a beautiful woman who abandoned a violent life to forge a new, happier one in the Florida Keys. But her past includes her sadistic brother Vic, now a wealthy rogue businessman who specializes in the hijacking of pleasure boats and who delights in cruelly murdering their owners. Vic is obsessed by his sister and will do whatever it takes to drive his sister's lovers away-even murder. When Vic decides that he must possess the land on which Thorn's beloved home is built, nothing will stand in his way-not even the life of a little girl, the daughter of Thorn's closest friend.
"The master of suspense...James Hall's prose runs as clean and fast as Gulf Stream waters." --The New York Times Book Review
"Hall raises mystery writing to its rightful place of honor alongside the best of American fiction." --San Francisco Chronicle
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Off the Chart
Before Thorn fell in love with crime-scene photographer Alexandra Rafferty, he was involved with Anne Joy, a beautiful woman who abandoned a violent life to forge a new, happier one in the Florida Keys. But her past includes her sadistic brother Vic, now a wealthy rogue businessman who specializes in the hijacking of pleasure boats and who delights in cruelly murdering their owners. Vic is obsessed by his sister and will do whatever it takes to drive his sister's lovers away-even murder. When Vic decides that he must possess the land on which Thorn's beloved home is built, nothing will stand in his way-not even the life of a little girl, the daughter of Thorn's closest friend.
"The master of suspense...James Hall's prose runs as clean and fast as Gulf Stream waters." --The New York Times Book Review
"Hall raises mystery writing to its rightful place of honor alongside the best of American fiction." --San Francisco Chronicle
James W. Hall lives in South Florida with his wife Evelyn and his dogs, Carrie and Stella.
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- PublisherThorndike Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0786257962
- ISBN 13 9780786257966
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages586
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