No Show - Softcover

Wood, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612184073 ISBN 13: 9781612184074

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer, 2013

Synopsis

Englishman Terry Sheffield has just arrived in San Francisco to start his new life with Sarah, the investigative journalist he married after a transatlantic love affair. But Sarah never shows up at the airport...

When Terry reports his wife as missing, the police chalk it up to a new bride with cold feet. Then one murdered woman after another turns up, all with something in common: they had exposed scandals just before their deaths...and their names appear on a list that Sarah composed. As a journalist, Sarah’s exposed her share of scandals, and Terry realizes that she’s not missing—she’s on the run.

To find her before the killer does, Terry must explore the dark recesses of his new homeland and rely on the help of some new friends. But as his search brings him closer to finding Sarah, Terry realizes she’s very different from the woman he thought he married.

About this title

About the Author

A former racecar driver, licensed pilot, animal rescuer, endurance cyclist, and occasional private eye, Simon Wood is also an accomplished author with more than 150 published stories and articles under his belt. His mystery fiction, which has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, has earned him both the prestigious Anthony Award and a CWA Dagger Award nomination. In addition to No Show, his books include Accidents Waiting to Happen, Working Stiffs, Asking for Trouble, Paying the Piper, We All Fall Down, and Terminated. Originally from England, he lives in California with his wife, Julie.

From Publishers Weekly

Englishman Terry Sheffield arrives in San Francisco to settle in with his American bride, investigative journalist Sarah Sheffield, only to discover that she has vanished. Terry's missing-wife story is met with skepticism by Sheriff Holman as well as Terry's new employer, a sketchy biotech firm called Genavax. After his arrest and release by the suspicious Sheriff Holman, Terry rifles through Sarah's papers for clues to her disappearance. He discovers a list with the names of four women who were brutally murdered; their only common link is they were whistleblowers and their fatal injuries were unusual and identical. Meanwhile, chill and hostility greet Terry at his new job: His boss, "Ice Maiden" Pamela Dawson, and her right hand, "Frosty" Luke Frazer, are unlikeable from day one. Red flags assure danger for Terry once he stumbles onto illegal testing at Genavax, followed by getting locked inside a near-cryogenically cold freezer, at negative thirty degrees. Suspecting a connection between Sarah's work, Genavax and a possibly corrupt sheriff, Terry flushes out the murderer, leading to a taut and unpredictable conclusion. Simon (We All Fall Down) spares readers overly violent passages, while vividly describing the crime scenes and the freezer incident. Ambition, revenge, jealous colleagues, and lovesick reporters all stoke the plot of this dark, meaty whodunit. Publisher's Weekly August 2013

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1612184073
• ISBN 13: 9781612184074
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 298