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Sugar Skull
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Sugar Skull Mass market paperbound - 2004

by Denise Hamilton

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Denise Hamilton, whose phenomenal debut, "The Jasmine Trade, " was an Edgar Award finalist that Michael Connelly hailed as gripping...intriguing...more than a good crime novel," brings back her tenacious heroine, Eve Diamond, in an electrifying new novel of suspense.

When a distraught father breaks past security to beg for her help, "Los Angeles Times" reporter Eve Diamond can't refuse. His daughter, caught up in the rough "squatter" lifestyle, is missing -- and Eve, sensing a scoop, wants to know why a privileged teen from Pasadena would hook up with the dregs of Hollywood. When the girl is found dead, Eve suspects there is more going on than the tragic death of a rebellious youth.

The search for answers will take Eve from the street world of drugs and sex to the upper echelon of L.A. society -- who don't appreciate her digging up their dirt. Even as Eve fights against the powers-that-be who want her off the story, she finds herself mixing business and pleasure when she's irresistibly drawn to the brooding son of a Mexican music titan. For it is in his world -- and in the intricate sugar skulls that mark the Mexican "Day of the Dead" -- that Eve may find the key to unmasking a killer....

First line

I was sitting at the city desk, halfway through my first cup of cafeteria coffee, when I saw him.

Details

  • Title Sugar Skull
  • Author Denise Hamilton
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 374
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pocket Star Books, Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Publication date January 27, 2004
  • ISBN 9780743482219 / 0743482212
  • Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.88 x 4.24 x 1.16 in (17.48 x 10.77 x 2.95 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC