California Bear (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780316382977)

This "fresh, exciting, and brilliantly unpredictable" thriller (James Patterson) from a "great storyteller" (Michael Connelly) follows four unlikely vigilantes who pit themselves against the villain behind California's coldest case when they decide to take justice into their own hands.

NONE OF YOU ARE SAFE

"KILLER" Jack Queen has been exonerated and freed from prison thanks to retired LAPD officer Cato Hightower. But when guilt gnaws at Jack, he admits: "I actually did it." To which Hightower responds: "Yeah, no kidding." You see, the ex-cop has a special job in mind for the ex-con...

THE GIRL DETECTIVE: Fifteen-year-old Matilda Finnerty has been handed a potential death sentence in the form of a leukemia diagnosis. But that's not going to stop her from tackling the most important mystery of her life: Is her father guilty of murder?

GENE JEANIE: Jeanie Hightower mends family trees for a living, but the genealogist is unable to repair her own marriage. And her soon-to-be ex may have entangled her in a scheme that has drawn the bloody wrath of...

THE BEAR: A prolific serial killer who disappeared forty years ago, who is only now emerging from hibernation when the conditions are just right. And this time, the California Bear is not content to hunt in the shadows...

From two-time Edgar nominee Duane Swierczynski, California Bear is clever, moving, and surprising as it takes aim at the true crime industry, Hollywood, justice, and the killers inside us all.

Author: Duane Swierczynski
ISBN-10: 0316382973
ISBN-13: 9780316382977
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Language: English
Published: 01/09/2024
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/30/2023
Library Journal 12/01/2023 pg. 76
Booklist 12/01/2023 pg. 102