Lippman, Laura

Bedridden after a freak accident, a novelist begins to question his own sanity as he moves through dreamlike memories of his own fictional characters.

"Liza Jane believed she could find better parents. So she fired her mom and dad and hired the first applicant who came to the door -- a dragon"--Back cover.

"A novel of psychological suspense about a pair of lovers with the best intentions and the worst luck: two people locked in a passionate yet uncompromising game of cat and mouse. But instead of rules, this game has dark secrets, forbidden desires, inevitable betrayals, and cold-blooded murder. One is playing a long game. But which one?"--Dust jacket flap.

Tess Monaghan is called to help Mark Rubin, a wealthy Orthodox Jew who grudingly gives important information, find his family that simply vanished. Tess is able to locate the runaway wife and family, moving furtively with an unremarkable stranger. An intricate web of betrayal and vengeance unravels as memory leads to rage to murder.--.

Alice Manning and Ronnie Fuller were best friends until their good intentions lead to a horrific tragedy, forcing them to go their separate ways and start over, but when a baby disappears, the girls find themselves under suspicion once more and must find a way to prove their innocence.

Taking a case that challenges her busy schedule, Tess Monaghan and new partner, Sandy Sanchez, assess the security needs of an imperious Baltimore woman whose family reunion is overshadowed by a violent stalker.

Alice Manning and Ronnie Fuller were best friends until their good intentions lead to a horrific tragedy, forcing them to go their separate ways and start over, but when a baby disappears, the girls find themselves under suspicion once more and must find a way to prove their innocence.

Eliza Benedict unexpectedly hears from the man who kidnapped her when she was twelve and who is now on death row for the rape and murder of his final victim; but as she finds herself being drawn into his situation, it becomes apparent that he has a hidden agenda.

Every year on Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, a cloaked visitor leaves three roses and half a bottle of cognac on Poe's grave; it is a treasured tradition in Charm City, and Tess wants nothing to do with the man who wants to hire to uncover the visitor identity, but due to a bizarre series of events, Tess finds herself pulled into the case.

Eliza Benedict unexpectedly hears from the man who kidnapped her when she was twelve and who is now on death row for the rape and murder of his final victim; but as she finds herself being drawn into his situation, it becomes apparent that he has a hidden agenda.