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In the wealthy Gold Coast enclave of Westport, a feud betweenmystery writers turns deadly--and retired spy Dasha Petrov must findthe real killer to clear her name.Onceone of the most lethal secret agents in the world, Dasha Petrov hashunted Nazis, Communists, and one common murderer (in The SeaGlass Murders, the first DashaPetrov thriller). But now it’s 1991, two years after thatunpleasantness, and Dasha is living asedate life appropriateto anelderly widow in wealthy Westport, Connecticut, spoiling hergrandchildren and innocently flirting with two of her neighbors, therival mystery novelistsBarnaby Jayne and Michael Aubrey.Thetwo writers, both wildly successful and many times married, cordiallydespise each other. Dasha thinks they’re just two silly men withbig egos, but the writers’ feud boils over into a bizarre series ofattacks that starts with a blowgun dart and escalates to booby trapsand car bombs. And when Jayne and Aubrey both turn up dead, theevidence points to one suspect--Dasha herself.NowDasha has to once again call upon her cunning mind and capacity forextreme violence, honed by her younger years as a Nazi-killingpartisan and a top-rank CIA agent. Teaming up with her old allies, Westport police chief Tony DeFranco and local TV reporter TracyTaggart, Dasha sets out to clear her name, findthe real killer, and figure out why she was targeted--while dodgingjealous wives, a sleazy tabloid reporter, child spies, and a fearsomeMafia hit man, leading to a tense and dramatic confrontation.Fast-pacedand filled with intriguing characterization, Murder This Closeis a stunning murder mystery with a twisty cerebral plot andplenty of hard-hitting action.
