Tough Customer

Number One New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown returns with another suspenseful thriller

Dodge Hanley is a private investigator who doesn''t let rules get it in his way

That''s why he''s the first person Caroline King - who after a thirty-year separation continues to haunt his dreams - asks for help when a deranged stalker attempts to murder their daughter . . . the daughter Dodge has never met. He has a whole bagful of grudging excuses for wishing to ignore Caroline''s call, and one compelling reason to drop everything: guilt.

His daughter Berry has become the object of desire of a co-worker, a madman and genius with a penchant for puzzles and games who had spent the past year making Berry''s life hell, and who now has vowed to kill her.

The heart-pounding situation goes from bad to worse when the stalker begins to claim other victims and leaves an ominous trail of clues as he lethally works his way