Forty Thieves

With the case turning cold, Ballantine's former employers bring in the Abels to succeed where the police have failed. As for the Hoyts, their mysterious contractors want to make sure that the facts about Ballantine's death stay hidden. Now the Abels must try to survive as they circle ever closer to the truth, and to a dangerous pair guarding it with their lives.

From "a master of nail-biting suspense" ( Los Angeles Times), comes a "propulsive, darkly humorous" ( Publishers Weekly) "double-barreled Southern California thriller that moves almost faster than a speeding bullet" ( The Wall Street Journal).