"Marshall Karp knows how to keep a story running full speed full time. This one's a blast."-Michael Connelly, #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Lincoln Lawyer,
and the Harry Bosch
and the Renée Ballard mysteries "If you haven't read Marshall Karp yet, start with
Flipping Out
. Start today. This mystery is right up there with the best of Janet Evanovich and Carl Hiassen. Yep, it's that suspenseful, that funny."-James Patterson, #1 bestselling author of the Alex Cross novels
A cop's wife is murdered. As LAPD detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs investigate, the wife of a second cop is also killed. Both victims were part of an ingenious one-of-a-kind house flipping scheme. Nora Bannister, bestselling author of the House to Die For mystery series, buys a house dirt cheap. While her partners turn it into a showplace, Nora sets a murder at the address in her newest bestseller. When the house goes on the market, there's a bidding frenzy because it seems lots of people want to live in a house touched by fame and (fictional) murder. But why is someone killing the house flippers? Lomax and Biggs get pressure from Los Angeles City Hall to bring the cases to a quick conclusion, but there are several suspects, including Nora Bannister's literary assistant who covets her bestseller status; Charlie, who just became the sole heir to Nora's money; and Tony, the husband of one of the house flippers who might have a girlfriend on the side. When Lomax and Biggs race to track down the murderer, because the next logical target is Terry Biggs's wife Marilyn. Marshall Karp, co-author of the bestselling NYPD RED series, takes you on a deadly tour of Southern California real estate as Hollywood detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs untangle a web of money and murder. Once your adrenaline is pumping and your appetite is whetted, don't hesitate to move onto the rest of the fast-paced Lomax and Biggs mystery series:
The Rabbit Factory; Bloodthirsty; Cut, Paste, Kill
; and
Terminal
.