Intent to Harm: (Kali O'Brien Mysteries (Hardcover))

In her bestselling Kali O'Brien thrillers, Jonnie Jacobs has taken readers to the razor's edge of suspense. Now, in Intent to Harm, Kali's back, embroiled in a case that may do more than get her in trouble--it could get her killed. Imagine losing what you love most. Don't say I didn't warn you... The woman gives her name as Betty. No last name. No phone number. Just a meeting place--a deserted, wooded park on the outskirts of Lake Tahoe. The one condition--come alone. San Francisco attorney Kali O'Brien understands client confidentiality, but something about Betty's urgent request has her a little spooked. Whatever secrets the woman is hiding must be very incriminating--and very dangerous--to demand such privacy. But Kali never gets that information. The moment Betty steps into Kali's car, she's shot and killed by a sniper, and Kali barely escapes with her life, left with a bullet wound and more questions than answers about her potential client. And then there's the last thing Betty ever says, a random phrase that haunts Kali: "have faith." Those two words are the key that unlocks another mysterious case--the baffling disappearance eight years ago of Betty's niece, a pretty, popular teacher named Faith Foster. As Kali plunges into the mystery of Faith's disappearance, she comes across startling information that sheds new light on a series of related deaths surrounding the day Faith vanished. Every new piece of the puzzle draws her deeper into a twisted case of big money, blackmail, sexual scandal, and shocking family sins--secrets someone has fought long and hard to keep hidden...someone with the means and power to find anyone at anytime...someone who doesn't leave loose ends. Ever.Now, as Kali gets closer to discovering the truth, a killer is right behind her, anticipating her every move, and Kali has no idea that she is playing into his very lethal hands... Taut and harrowing, Intent To Harm is Jonnie Jacobs's most compelling thriller yet, a masterwork of suspense that establishes Kali O'Brien as one of fiction's unforgettable heroines and finds Jacobs at the top of her game.

Review :
"Cold Justice is a tense and clever thriller that kept me guessing to the end." "Cold Justice is a thrill ride that gives readers Kali O'Brien at her best." "Concentrating on the classic elements--mystification and surprise--puts Jacobs right up there with the big guns."