Full name: Alice in Jeopardy: A Novel

Author: Ed McBain Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Suspense, Mystery, Thriller Purchase/reserch links: Barns&Noble Amazon Google Books Goodreads eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780743493581 0743493583

Since her husband Eddie's tragic death in a boating accident eight months ago, thirty-four-year-old Alice Glendenning has struggled to maintain a normal life for her two children, Ashley and Jamie. To help make ends meet while she waits for the insurance company to pay up, Alice takes a job as a real estate agent. The commissions have been nonexistent, but she does make a new friend, Charlie Hobbs, when she is sent in to try to buy his waterfront land for a developer. Things have been tough for Alice, but they quickly become a nightmare when Ashley and Jamie don't come home on the school bus one day, and Alice gets a phone call from a woman claiming to have her children. When the kidnapper calls again and asks for a ransom identical to the amount Alice is due from the insurance agency for Eddie's accident, Alice forgoes contacting the police and instead calls Charlie for help. But as all sorts of people scheme to get their hands on her money, Alice wonders whether anyone can be trusted in her fight for everything she holds dear. From the master of the suspense novel comes another gripping tale of mystery, money, and mayhem. Ed McBain skillfully weaves together his elegant plot and compelling characters, once again. Similar books: Blood upon the Snow by Hilda Lawrence The Naked Nuns by Colin Watson Death of a Doll by Hilda Lawrence Hit List by Lawrence Block Shake Hands Forever by Ruth Rendell The Tree of Hands by Ruth Rendell The Neon Jungle by John D. MacDonald Meet Me at the Morgue by Ross Macdonald Tribeca Blues by Jim Fusilli To Fear a Painted Devil by Ruth Rendell A Guilty Thing Surprised by Ruth Rendell Tom Brown's Body by Gladys Mitchell Murder Being Once Done by Ruth Rendell My Name is Michael Sibley by John Bingham The Firm by John Grisham The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Defending Jacob by William Landay The Client by John Grisham The Confession by John Grisham