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  • Published: 9 August 2018
  • ISBN: 9781405936040
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

The Guilty Dead




The suicide of a leading local businessman is not all it seems in the new thriller in the bestselling Twin Cities series

Gregory Norwood, wealthy businessman and close friend of Minnesota's leading candidate for Governor, is found dead on the first anniversary of his son's drug overdose. It seems clear to Detectives Gino and Magozzi that grief drove him to suicide.

Until they realize that this left-handed man seems to have used his right hand to pull the trigger.

And they find the second body.

As the seemingly open-and-shut case becomes a murder enquiry, the detectives begin to delve into the dark secrets of one of the city's most powerful families. It seems the murders are not the first in the Norwoods' tragic story - and they won't be the last . . .

  • Published: 9 August 2018
  • ISBN: 9781405936040
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

About the author

P. J. Tracy

P. J. Tracy is a pseudonym for the mother-daughter writing team of P. J. and Traci Lambrecht.  P. J. lives on a farm outside Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Traci lives in Southern California and divides her time between there, Minneapolis and Aspen, Colorado.  They have written three novels: Want to Play? (published in America as Monkeewrench), Live Bait and Dead Run.  Their fourth, Snow Blind, will publish in hardback in Autumn 2006.

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Praise for The Guilty Dead

The Guilty Dead is a cut above. The stakes are higher, and nothing is as it seems. This is Tracy at her gritty, elegant best. Do not miss it.

JT Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of Lie to Me

In this high-stakes thriller, Tracy demonstrates once again her masterful ability to juggle the dynamics of a tight, fast-paced plot, the riveting details of a fine police procedure, and the compelling emotional complexities of human relationships. There's so much to savor in the writing itself, but I'm sure readers will consume this offering in one quick binge. Another winner in one of the most satisfying series on the market today

William Kent Krueger, Edgar Award-winning author of Ordinary Grace

Snappy dialogue and supercharged storytelling, with thrills and spills aplenty

Daily Mail