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A fire in the night : a novel / Christopher Swann.
Hired to retrieve stolen information at any price, private military contractor Cole and his team track down and kill the thief and his wife. But their daughter has vanished, along with the one thing Cole needs. When his search leads him to Nick Anthony's cabin, Cole figures a retired professor will be easy enough to handle. But Nick has a hidden past of his own - and more than a few deadly tricks up his sleeve. From the author of 'Never Turn Back'.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643857565 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 280 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crooked Lane, 2020.
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FIC Swann | 31681010248524 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
After his estranged brother and sister-in-law die in a mysterious house fire that his niece escaped, a mourning professor is shocked into action when she shows up at his house being chased by the criminals who set the blaze. - Random House, Inc.
WINNER OF THE 2022 GEORGIA AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
Acclaimed Southern mystery master Christopher Swann delivers "a book that's literary fiction, a spy novel, and a relentless thriller all in one" (Lee Goldberg, New York Times bestselling author), perfect for fans of Linwood Barclay and Michael Farris Smith.
Nick Anthony has retreated to the North Carolina mountains to mourn the untimely death of his wife. Once a popular professor, Nick just wants to be left alone with his grief. But when his estranged brother and sister-in-law die in a house fire, a stunned Nick learns he has a niece, Annalise, who is missing.
At the scene of the crime, the men who set the fire have realized Annalise, and the information they are looking for, got away. Feverish and exhausted, she stumbles onto her uncle's porch, throwing Nick into the middle of the mystery of her parentsâ death and the dangerous criminals hunting her down.
 Hired to retrieve the stolen information at any price, private military contractor Cole and his team track Annalise to Nickâs cabin. But Nick has a hidden past of his ownâand more than a few deadly tricks up his sleeve.
