Pacific Heights - Softcover

Harper, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1445879875 ISBN 13: 9781445879871

Publisher: Paragon

Synopsis

The attractive and cunning genius Ryan Kroll is known throughout the private sector as a man who can obtain information by any means necessary — often using creative and violent tactics to get what he wants. In the past, his targets were obvious and his end result was clear. So when he appears in the affluent and seemingly quiet community of Pacific Heights and quickly begins illicit affairs with the wives of two of San Francisco’s most powerful businessmen, his behavior is suspect. But when the psychotherapist treating both women realizes that Kroll has broken into her files and is using the women’s private thoughts and fears against them, manipulating them to the point of insanity, it becomes more than coincidence — it becomes deadly. The job of capturing Kroll before it’s too late falls to Marten Fane, a retired detective known for his clear head and complete discretion. Haunted by his own demons and employing his quick wit, Fane might be the perfect person to foil Kroll’s mental games and prevent him from committing what could possibly be a traceless form of murder. With a tight plot and a ruthless narrative, Pacific Heights introduces the Marten Fane series with the breakneck suspense and extraordinary talent only a bestselling author could create.

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From the Author

This story which introduces Marten Fane, appears at first glance to be yet another mystery/thriller "series". Actually it is something quite different. Pacific Heights is a story that reaches beyond itself. Even though it is a self-contained story, it is actually more than that: it's the first "chapter", or "installment", or "episode" of a single, much larger story that will unfold over the span of multiple novels. Therefore, Marten Fane will be the protagonist in a serial novel, rather than a novel series.
 
Pacific Heights  is also a story that doesn't confine itself to a single genre. It is part mystery, part thriller, part spy novel, and like life itself, it cannot be categorized easily. In this respect it reflects the hybrid world in which it is set: the growing,  fast-changing, increasingly complex world of privatized intelligence. The U.S.  government now spends more than 70 percent of its national intelligence budget on private contractors. The implications of this sea change for our culture are profound. And though it will have a far-reaching effect  on our lives, we will have very little, if anything, to say about it. In an age when communication is a vastly more important part of our lives than at any other time in history, secrecy casts a darker shadow than ever before.

About the Author

Paul Harper, a pseudonym for a New York Times bestselling thriller writer, reinvents himself with the Marten Fane crime series. A native Texan, Paul Harper lives with his wife in Austin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Paragon
• ISBN 10: 1445879875
• ISBN 13: 9781445879871
• Binding: Paperback