Nikki Stern – författare

In the sequel to the award-winning THE WEDDING CRASHER, Sam Tate faces off against a vengeful killer, a mistrustful boss, a shadowy nemesis, and a 300-year-old pirate.

When Arley Fitchett''s body washes up onto Maryland''s Eastern Shore, Lieutenant Sam Tate, just two months into her new job, is charged with finding out who murdered the popular guide and treasure hunter. Fitchett, she discovers, was hunting a rare carving he believed had been stolen by Chesapeake Bay pirates in 1718 and hidden nearby. No one knows if the story is true, but several locals seem to share Fitchett''s interest in the wooden bird with the sapphire eye. Any one of them could be the next victim. One of them is definitely the killer

What do a bartender, a priest, and a librarian have in common? They all work in New York City. They''re all true crime fans. And they''re all dead, courtesy of a predator with a chilling approach to murder. Talbot County, Maryland Lieutenant Sam Tate is in the Big Apple to find answers about her own tragic past when she is pulled onto the case of the Dry Ice Killer by an old friend with the NYPD. She finds herself attracted to a new colleague and questions her long-time relationship with her FBI boyfriend. Meanwhile, she''s caught between the demands of an impatient bureaucracy and an especially sadistic sociopath. This may be Sam''s most dangerous case yet-if she survives.