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false <![CDATA[Kill the Messenger]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171057561m/84843.jpg 84843 18 With this new thriller, The New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag delivers her own message to suspense fans everywhere: Don't turn off the lights, and keep reading if you dare. From the gritty streets of Los Angeles to its most protected enclaves of prestige and power to the ruthless glamour of Hollywood, a killer stalks his prey. A killer so merciless no one in his way is safe—not even the innocent. At the end of a long day battling street traffic, bike messenger Jace Damon has one last drop to make. But en route to delivering a package for one of L.A.'s sleaziest defense attorneys, he's nearly run down by a car, chased through back alleys, and shot at. Only the instincts acquired while growing up on the streets of L.A. allow him to escape with his life—and with the package someone wants badly enough to kill for. Jace returns to Lenny Lowell's office only to find the cops there, the lawyer dead, and Jace himself considered the prime suspect in the savage murder. Suddenly he's on the run from both the cops and a killer, and the key to saving himself and his ten-year-old brother is the envelope he still has—which holds a message no one wants delivered: the truth. In a city fueled by money, celebrity, and sensationalism, the murder of a bottom-feeding mouthpiece like Lenny Lowell won't make the headlines. So when detectives from the LAPD's elite robbery/homicide division show up, homicide detective Kev Parker wants to know why. Parker is on the downhill slide of a once-promising career, and he doesn't want to be reminded that he used to be one of the hotshots, working cases that made instant celebrities of everyone involved. Like the case of fading retty-boy actor Rob Cole, accused of the brutal murder of his wife, Tricia Crowne-Cole, daughter of one of the most powerful men in the city, L.A.'s latest "crime of the century." Robbery/Homicide has no reason to be looking at a dead small-time scumbag lawyer or chasing a bike messenger...unless there's something in it for them. Maybe Lenny Lowell had a connection to something big enough to be killed for. Parker begins a search for answers that will lead him to a killer—or the end of his career. Because if there's one lesson he's learned over the years, it's that in a town built on fantasy and fame, delivering the truth can be deadly. From the Hardcover edition. 1170225 book 2004 Kill the Messenger total:931|5:204|4:302|3:326|2:83|1:16| 931 3388 1238 83 2 0 false false Thu May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Dec 22 16:13:32 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 16:14:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 16:23:39 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 17:46:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false true Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 18:32:57 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 18:37:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 11:23:05 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 09:08:56 -0800 2008 Once more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Jan 19 22:30:53 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 20:12:36 -0800 2009 10+ more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 17:06:57 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 17:11:39 -0800 2009 - Characters who do not behave the way they seem to believe they should: One of the main characters constantly thinks how he can't trust anyone, etc, but he is constantly doing so.
- A plot that thinks it's clever.
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"As you can see, she's pacidermical in size."

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Bantam Books, 2004 – Hardcover
Bike messenger Jace Damon makes one last run of the day and ends up running for his life when the lawyer who gave him the package is murdered. Jace is both the prime suspect ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Aug 30 10:47:53 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 10:48:14 -0700 2009 ]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 15:28:16 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 15:29:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 10:06:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 10:06:00 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jan 22 15:05:04 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 15:05:10 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=84843