Long After Midnight,Used

Product Description At twentynine, research scientist Kate Denby was a workaholic, divorced, the mother of an eightyearold son. And she was weeks away from making a major genetic breakthrough. If she lived that long...Danger has arrived in Kate's backyard with a vengeance, starting with an explosion at a Seattle pharmaceuticals plant and a car bombing at her son's Little League game. Then came the shocking warning: the attacks were connected and she was the next target. Stalked by a remorseless killer, Kate must put her trust in a total stranger, a man whose intentions are nearly impossible to fathom. For no matter what happens, she must protect her son and her work, the work that could save millions of lives. But someone will do anything to keep her miracle from unfolding. Someone not interested in holding out hope but in buying and selling death.From the Hardcover edition. Review 'Intense, holdyourbreath suspense.Iris Johansen is incomparable.'Tami Hoag, author of Guilty as Sin and A Thin Dark Line'Long After Midnight is one of the most thrilling, bestwritten books I have curled up with in a long time.Iris Johansen is clearly at the top of her craft.'Michael Palmer, author of Silent Treatment and Critical Judgment 'You'll be racing through to the last page of Long After Midnight.'Catherine Coulter, author of The Maze From the Paperback edition. From the Inside Flap ne, research scientist Kate Denby was a workaholic, divorced, the mother of an eightyearold son. And she was weeks away from making a major genetic breakthrough. If she lived that long...Danger has arrived in Kate's backyard with a vengeance, starting with an explosion at a Seattle pharmaceuticals plant and a car bombing at her son's Little League game. Then came the shocking warning: the attacks were connected and she was the next target. Stalked by a remorseless killer, Kate must put her trust in a total stranger, a man whose intentions are nearly impossible to fathom. For no matter what happens, she must protect her son and her work, the work that could save millions of lives. But someone will do anything to keep her miracle from unfolding. Someone not interested in holding out hope but in buying and selling death.From the Hardcover edition. Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. She didn't look like a warrior, sitting there on the boy's bed, Ishmaru thought in disappointment. She looked soft and womanly, without spirit or worth.He peered through the narrow slit afforded by the venetian blinds covering the window of the boy's room.Look at me. Let me see your spirit.She didn't look at him. Didn't she know he was there, or was she scorning his threat to her?Yes, that must be it. His power was so great tonight, he felt as if the stars themselves must feel it. Coup always brought added strength and exultation in its wake. The little girl had felt his power even before his hands had closed around her throat. The woman must be taunting him by pretending she was not aware he was watching her.His hands tightened on the glass cutter in his hand. He could cut through the glass and show her he could not be ignored.No, that was what she wanted. Even though he was quick, he would be at a disadvantage. She sought to lure him to his destruction as a clever warrior should do.But he could be clever too. He would wait for the moment and then strike boldly in full view of these sheep with whom she surrounded herself.And before she died, she would admit how great was his power.***Joshua remained awake for almost an hour, and even after his eyes finally closed, he slept fitfully.It was just as well they were going away for a while, Kate thought. Joshua wasn't a highstrung child, but what he'd gone through was enough to unsettle anyone.Phyliss's door was closed, Kate noted when she reached the hall. She should probably get to bed too. Not that she'd be able to sleep. She