When Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are called to London, North Dakota, they instantly sense that the thriving fracking town is ripe for trouble. The promise of a second gold rush has attracted an onslaught of newcomers all hoping for a windfall, and the community is growing faster than houses can be built. The sudden boom has also brought a slew of problems with it, including drugs, property crimes, prostitution--and now murder. Decker and Jamison are ordered to investigate the death of a young woman named Irene Cramer, whose body was expertly autopsied and then dumped in the open--which is only the beginning of the oddities surrounding the case. As Decker and Jamison dig into Irene's life, they are shocked to discover that the woman who walked the streets by night as a prostitute was a teacher for a local religious sect by day--a sect operating on land once owned by a mysterious government facility that looms over the entire community. London is a town replete with ruthless business owners, shady government officials, and religious outsiders, all determined to keep their secrets from coming out. When other murders occur, Decker will need all of his extraordinary memory and detective skills, and the assistance of a surprising ally, to root out a killer and the forces behind behind Cramer's death ... before the boom town explodes"--
Biografie (David Baldacci (geb. 1960))
David Baldaccis Romane wurden in mehr als 45 Sprachen übersetzt und erreichen weltweit eine Gesamtauflage von über 100 Millionen. Er wurde 1960 in Virginia geboren und studierte dort Politik- und Rechtswissenschaften. Bevor er mit dem Schreiben begann, war er neun Jahre lang als Jurist tätig. Bereits sein erster Roman „Der Präsident“ war ein durchschlagender Erfolg und wurde kurz darauf verfilmt. Seit der Erkrankung seiner Schwester an Multipler Sklerose engagiert sich Baldacci ehrenamtlich für die National MS Society und weitere karitative Organisationen. Heute lebt er mit Frau und Kindern noch immer in Virginia.