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Two years after the conclusion of The Blue Hour, Merci and her son are living with her father. She's also dating Mike McNally, a respected fellow officer. Merci and Mike are the golden couple on the force, and even if Merci doesn't passionately love him, there's a sort of comfortable inevitability to it all.But everything explodes when a young prostitute is found brutally murdered and Mike emerges as the primary suspect. The lead investigator on the case, Merci must do the show more unthinkable--expose and arrest her lover. Sifting through the clues with a growing sense of panic and outrage in her gut, Merci has to work hard to balance where the truth is leading her against where her heart is telling her to go. Meanwhile, an old unsolved case from the sixties is thrown on her desk--the murder of Patti Bailey, another prostitute with ties to the force--and the two cases conspire to turn Merci's world upside down. show lessTags
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Merci Rayborn is back to solve the death of two prostitutes: one in the present and one in the past, linked by dirty police secrets. Her love life is still an unmitigated disaster.
Someone is killing prostitutes and trying to frame Merci's boyfriend, Mike McNally for the crime. The case eventually links back to an old case that could involve Merci's family.
After reading his book "The Blue Hour", I had to pick this one to read also, very good.
The Second Merci Rayborn. His books get better and better.
Entertaining, maar niet geweldig.
Sep 16, 2013Dutch
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45+ Works 7,388 Members
Novelist T. Jefferson Parker was born in Los Angeles, California in 1953. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Irvine, in 1976, and initially worked as a reporter for a weekly newspaper. While writing for the Daily Pilot, he won three Orange County Press Club Awards. His first novel, Laguna Heat, was made show more into an HBO movie starring Harry Hamlin, Jason Robards and Rip Torn. His other works include The Triggerman's Dance, Where Serpents Lie, The Blue Hour, Red Light, and Cold Pursuit. Silent Joe and California Girl won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2002 and 2005 respectively. Silent Joe also received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller. When not working on his books, Parker spends his time with his family, hiking, hunting and fishing, and playing tennis. He enjoys diving, snorkeling, and travel. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Red Light
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Merci Rayborn; Mike McNally; Aubrey Whitaker; Patty Bailey; Evan O'Brien; Paul Zamora
- Important places
- Orange County, California, USA; California, USA; USA
- Dedication
- For Paul and Jenny
- First words
- You might not have liked Aubrey Whittaker.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The next thing Merci knew she was outside the building and into a bright winter after noon, sunlight breaking through enormous white clouds, a cold wind in her face.
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- ISBNs
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