I have to admit, I am a huge Nora Roberts fan. I love her trilogies, mainly because I never want the story to end. She paints her characters so vividly that they come to life, and you want to know what happens, even when the story ends. This is a stand-alone novel and quite a page turner! Lila Emerson is a professional house sitter and Young Adult novel writer. She actually has no permanent address. All her belongings fit in two suitcases, with some overflow she keeps at her best friend, Julie's apartment. One of Lila's habits is to watch the neighbors with a pair of binoculars; she like making up stories about them from her brief glimpses into their lives. One night, 1:40 am to be exact, after wine and cupcakes with Julie, she is watching Ms. Model and Mr. Slick (Lila's names for them), when something goes terribly wrong. Ms. Model is shoved out the 14 story window by an assailant unseen! Lila just knows it is Mr. Slick, although she has never seen anything violent happen between them before. She calls the police and they find Mr. Slick murdered also! That is when Lila meets Mr. Slick's (real name Oliver Archer) brother, famous artist, Ash Archer. Lila and Ash team up and begin to delve into the mystery of why anyone would want to kill his charming and seemingly harmless brother. Nora Roberts spins you into her web of antiquities, Russian Fabrege eggs, the collector who would to anything to acquire as many as possible and the assassin who would kill, just for the pleasure of it. Ash and Julie must use their skills, wits and all the power and influence available to them to trap the murderous assassin before she can kill them both.
This is a highly recommend!
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