This New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller, is a collaboration
between twenty bestselling mystery novelists who have joined forces to
create a spellbinding story of love, betrayal, and intrigue. "Readers
can't go wrong with this juicy thriller" raves Library Journal.
Pericles "Perry" Christo is a PI with a past--a former cop who lost his
badge and his family when a corruption scandal left him broke and
disgraced. So when wealthy Upper East Side matron Julia Drusilla summons
him one cold February night, he grabs what seems to be a straightforward
(and lucrative) case.
The socialite is looking for her beautiful, aimless daughter, Angelina,
who is about to become a very wealthy young woman. But as Christo digs
deeper, he discovers there's much more to the lovely "Angel" than meets
the eye. This classic noir tale twists and turns down New York's mean
streets and along the Hamptons beaches and back roads during a bitterly
cold and gray winter where nothing is as it seems and everyone has
something to hide.
In this inventive "serial novel" storytelling approach, each of the
twenty bestselling writers brings his or her distinctive voice to a
chapter of Inherit the Dead, building the tension to a shocking,
explosive finale. The editor, Jonathan Santlofer, has arranged to donate
any royalties in excess of editor and contributor compensation to Safe
Horizon, the leading victim assistance agency in the country.
