Ripper: A Novel - Softcover

Allende, Isabel

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9780062325921: Ripper: A Novel

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2014-01-28 Pages: 496 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins A gripping thriller from the bestselling Isabel Allende For Amanda Mart & iacute; n and her friends. Ripper was all just a game But when security guard Ed Staton is found.. dead in the middle of a school gym. the murder presents a mystery that baffles the San Francisco police. not least Amanda's father. Deputy Chief Mart & iacute;. n Amanda goes online. offering 'The Case of the Misplaced Baseball Bat' to her fellow sleuths as a challenge to their real-life wits. And so begins a most dangerous obsession. The murders begin to mount up but the Ripper players. free from any moral and legal restraints. are free to pursue any line of enquiry. As their unique power of intuition lead them ever closer to the truth. the case becomes all too personal when Amanda's mother suddenly vanishes. Could her disappearan...

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About the Author

Isabel Allende is the author of twelve works of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Maya’s Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, Inés of My Soul, Daughter of Fortune, and a novel that has become a world-renowned classic, The House of the Spirits. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, she lives in California.

From the Back Cover

Indiana and Amanda Jackson have always had each other. Though their bond is strong, mother and daughter are as different as night and day. Indiana, a beautiful holistic healer, is a free-spirited bohemian. Teenage Amanda is fascinated by the dark side of human nature—as is her father, the SFPD's deputy chief of homicide. Brilliant and introverted, Amanda is a natural-born sleuth addicted to Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world.

When a string of strange murders occurs across the city, Amanda plunges into her own investigation, probing hints and deductions that elude the police department. But the case becomes all too ­personal when Indiana suddenly vanishes. Could her mother's disappearance have something to do with the series of deaths? Now, with her mother's life on the line, the young detective must solve the most complex mystery she's ever faced before it's too late.

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