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Author Swierczynski, Duane, author
Title California Bear : a novel / Duane Swierczynski
Publ&date New York : Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, 2024
©2024
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 ADULT  MYSTERY Swierczynski    AVAILABLE

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Edition First edition
ISBN 9780316382977 (hardcover)
0316382973 (hardcover)
Descript 357 pages ; 25 cm
Summary "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" -- Provided by publisher
Subject Serial murderers -- Fiction
Teenage girls -- Fiction
Cancer -- Patients -- Fiction
Vigilantes -- Fiction
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
Women genealogists -- Fiction
Ex-police officers -- Fiction
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction
California -- Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction