Tough Customer - by Sandra Brown (Paperback)

About the Book

Entreated by his former lover, Caroline, to help protect her daughter from a depraved man who has been stalking her, staff investigator Dodge Hanley teams up with a small-town sheriff and enlists methods from his own shady past to find answers.

Book Synopsis

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thick As Thieves "charges her characters and their relationships with electricity" (San Francisco Book Review) in this gripping novel of suspense.

When a deranged stalker attempts to murder her daughter Berry, Caroline King has no doubts about who to contact for help: Berry's father, the cagey private investigator Dodge Hanley. It's been thirty years since Dodge last saw Caroline, but she remains the one woman--among many--that he can't forget. He has a whole bagful of grudging excuses for ignoring Caroline's call--and one compelling reason to drop everything and fly down to Texas to protect the daughter he's never met: guilt.

As always, Dodge's perseverance knows no bounds as he teams with a small-town sheriff, but the alarming situation worsens when the stalker claims other victims, leaving a trail of clues lethally pointing toward Berry. And Dodge--a street-smart fighter who has always put his life on the line--realizes that this time, he's risking his heart as well.

About the Author

Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-seven New York Times bestsellers. She has published more than eighty novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-five languages, and four books have been adapted for film. She has serves as president of Mystery Writers of America, and in 2008 she was named Thriller Master, the top award given by the International Thriller Writers association. Other honors include the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature.