Monday
‘Between Camino Del Cerro and Sweetwater, Dispatch told me, on Silverbell Road.’ Sarah leaned forward, squinting across the driver. ‘Must be almost — There it is. See all the squads?’
Bogey turned left quickly to drive through iron gates standing open, onto a fresh asphalt driveway. He parked to the right of the three black-and-whites that were nosed in behind a passenger van covered with logos. Its ads matched the ones on the new brick building behind it. They all read Fairweather Farms, with senior living in smaller print below.
A couple of Tucson street cops, new recruits that Sarah didn’t know, were stringing crime scene tape around the rear end of the van. The front end was out of sight, improbably buried in the half-open garage door of the handsome three-story building.
‘Whoa,’ Bogey said. ‘Somebody forgot to stop, huh?’ For a few seconds, both detectives sat still while their eyes scanned the puzzling scene. Besides being stuck in a half-open door, the vehicle was pocked with what looked like fresh bullet holes, their sheared metallic edges winking in the sunlight.
Two men stood just outside the tape, wearing brown jumpsuits with logos that matched the van. They carried gardening tools, a rake and an edger, and were watching the vehicle warily, as if they thought it might explode.
A few feet away, between the men and the front door of the building, a woman in tan scrubs with the same logo as theirs was standing with her hands over her eyes. She was shouting something. Or crying? Both, Sarah decided as she opened her door and heard, ‘. . . never saw so much blood in my life! Omigod!’
Find out what happens next!
CLOSE TO THE EDGE
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A five-star read.” Sara
AN ADDICTIVE DETECTIVE MYSTERY FROM ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED AUTHORS IN CRIME.
Please note this book was previously published as Sarah’s List.
Detective Sarah Burke and new cop Zivko ‘Bogey’ Boganicevic are sent out to an incident at Fairweather Farms senior living center in Tucson.
The center’s van was in a high-speed chase, pursued by a carload of bandits, and crashed into its own garage.
But when they get to the scene of the crash, Sarah makes a grisly discovery.
The driver, Enrique Lopez, has been shot in the head.
Why was a kindly man, dedicated to looking after the elderly, gunned down by a team of hoodlums wielding military-grade rifles?
Sarah is determined to crack the case, but this mystery will push her close to the edge of her limits.
An absolutely compelling detective mystery perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, Gregg Olsen, Rita Herron, Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton, Marcia Muller, J.A. Jance, Mary Burton, Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliott, Robert Dugoni and Isabella Maldonado.
READERS LOVE THIS GRIPPING MYSTERY:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I love stories with strong female leads and Sarah is a good one.” Bookworm
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The ending took me by surprise. Loved it!” Sharon
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “An engrossing and entertaining story, the characters are fleshed out and the plot keeps you hooked.” Annarella
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This is a good read.” Kathleen
“A surprise ending and plenty of quirky characters add depth to this procedural.” Kirkus
“Fans of no-frills police procedurals will be satisfied.” Publishers Weekly
MEET THE DETECTIVE
Seasoned thirty-five-year-old Sarah Burke replaced her youthful bloom with burnished fitness and a put-together look that said to her friends, ‘Trust me,’ and to the bad guys, ‘Don’t even think about it.’ Occasionally some fool thought about it anyway, and for those times she wears a Glock nine in a paddle holster on her belt. Thirteen years in the department had fixed her attitude — wary and seldom surprised. She had transferred into Homicide a little over a year ago because she was ready for bigger challenges. More ambitious than ever now that she’s single again, Sarah wants to work with the best people, hone her skills, keep moving up.
THE SETTING
Tucson, Arizona, eighty miles from the Mexican border, is a city with ancient roots and a panoply of modern problems. Sprawled in a beautiful valley in the Southwest, Tucson struggles with border issues, shrinking water resources, and a booming drug trade, but its prosperity relies on the steady flow of tourists and retirees attracted to its wonderful weather, where, as the locals say, it’s ‘too hot to spit’
ALSO BY ELIZABETH GUNN
DETECTIVE SARAH BURKE MYSTERIES
Book 1: CLOSE TO HER
Book 2: AT CLOSE RANGE
Book 3: TOO CLOSE TO KILL
Book 4: CLOSE TO DEATH
Book 5: CLOSING RANKS
Book 6: CLOSE TO HOME
Book 7: CLOSE TO THE EDGE
