Dirty Secrets Club, The: A Novel (Jo Beckett) (Jo Beckett) by Meg Gardiner and Susan Ericksen

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Dirty Secrets Club, The: A Novel (Jo Beckett) (Jo Beckett)
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Updated on 6-30-2008.

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Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged; Unabridged edition (June 12, 2008)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1423361520

ISBN-13: 978-1423361527

Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 5.1 x 1.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 8 ounces ()

From Publishers Weekly
An intelligent and stubborn heroine who's just emotionally vulnerable enough to be empathetic lifts this novel from Gardiner (China Lake), a Californian now living in London making her U.S. debut. Dr. Jo Beckett, a forensic psychiatrist (or deadshrinker), performs psychological autopsies to uncover the truths behind grisly crimes. Recruited to consult on the possible suicide of prosecutor Callie Harding, who drove her BMW off a San Francisco bridge and struck an airport minivan on the road below, Jo discovers this accident is the latest in a string of high profile murder-suicides. As Jo and the SFPD's Lt. Amy Tang dig deeper, they uncover the Dirty Secrets Club, a shadowy group of citizens whose members include a noted fashion designer and a football star, both of whom committed very public suicides. Still coming to terms with her doctor husband's recent death, Jo struggles to pinpoint the club's origins, realizing that a former member may be systematically driving the remaining members to their deaths. Gardiner should win new fans on this side of the Atlantic with this adrenaline-filled thriller. (June)
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Product Description
An ongoing string of high-profile and very public murder-suicides has San Francisco even more rattled than a string of recent earthquakes: A flamboyant fashion designer burns to death, clutching the body of his murdered lover. A superstar 49er jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge. And most shocking of all, a U.S. attorney launches her BMW off a highway overpass, killing herself and three others.

Enter forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett, hired by the SFPD to cut open not the victims body, but the victims life. Jos job is to complete the psychological autopsy, shedding light on the circumstances of any equivocal death. Soon she makes a shocking discovery: All the suicides belonged to something called the Dirty Secrets Club, a group of A-listers with nothing but money and plenty to hide. As the deaths continue, Jo delves into the disturbing motives behind this shadowy group - until she receives a letter that contains a dark secret Jo thought shed left deep in her past, a secret that ends with the most chilling words of all: Welcome to the Dirty Secrets Club.

Praise for Meg Gardiner
If you read Sue Grafton, Lee Child, Janet Evanovich, Michael Connelly, or Nelson DeMille, youre going to think Meg Gardiner is a gift from heaven. - Stephen King

A winner in every way. The Dirty Secrets Club is nuanced and layered - and a harrowing thriller. . . . Meg Gardiner makes every one of her characters leap alive off the page. - Jeffery Deaver

Meg Gardiner is an astonishing writer, and The Dirty Secrets Club is a humdinger of a thriller, with shocks and twists galore. I couldnt turn the pages fast enough. - Tess Gerritsen

Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Dirty Secrets Club (Hardcover) A series of strange deaths requires forensic psychologist Jo Beckett to delve into a world hidden beneath San Francisco's psyche where she will discover the tie that mentally binds these victims together. They were all members of the Dirty Secrets Club, a place where nothing was too shocking, indeed, perhaps some things were not shocking enough, to confess. As her frenetic, yet methodical, quest to end the terror continues, Jo finds herself an unwilling member of the club, and thus, a potential victim. Now, she's fighting not only for the dead and for those who might join them, but to save herself as well. **** Raw tension undergirds almost every page of this gripping thriller that takes you into a twisted maze of psychological suspense. Thanks to shows like Bones or series like Patricia Cornwall's, we are familiar with forensics, but I did not know about the psychiatric aspect of the science. It is by far more fascinating, making this a series that has greater potential than Kay Scarpetta's to seize the reader's imaginations and keep them up at night with all the lights on full force. **** Comment | Permalink | (Report this)

Dirty Secrets Club, The: A Novel (Jo Beckett) (Jo Beckett)
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Price: $28.97
Updated on 6-30-2008.