Last night

Title:

Last night

Author:

Rice, Luanne, author.

Personal Author:

Rice, Luanne, author.

ISBN:

9781542030199

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

315 pages ; 22 cm

Abstract:

"A fierce blizzard is burying the eastern seaboard, but on the icy Rhode Island shore renowned artist Maddie Morrison finds warm sanctuary from a contentious divorce at the legendary Ocean House. Hours later, her body is found buried under a blanket of snow and her little daughter, CeCe, has disappeared without a trace. For Detective Conor Reid; his brother, Tom, a coast guard commander; and Maddie's grieving sister, Hadley, the posh hotel becomes ground zero for an investigation. Trapped by the blizzard, they must hunker down and determine who in the young mother's life could have possibly wanted her dead. There are stories of a twisted romantic past. Of old jealousies and resentments that still cut to the bone. And a history of greed, rage, and revenge that created the perfect storm for murder. A storm that has just begun"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Blizzards -- Fiction.

Hotels -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Missing children -- Fiction.

Detectives -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Rhode Island -- Fiction.

Genre:

Thillers (fiction)

Summary:

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From the Amazon Charts and New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Box and Last Day comes a breathtaking thriller about a family shaken by lies, vengeance, and a cold-blooded crime.

A fierce blizzard is burying the eastern seaboard, but on the icy Rhode Island shore renowned artist Maddie Morrison finds warm sanctuary from a contentious divorce at the legendary Ocean House. Hours later, her body is found buried under a blanket of snow and her little daughter, CeCe, has disappeared without a trace.

For Detective Conor Reid; his brother, Tom, a coast guard commander; and Maddie's grieving sister, Hadley, the posh hotel becomes ground zero for an investigation. Trapped by the blizzard, they must hunker down and determine who in the young mother's life could have possibly wanted her dead. There are stories of a twisted romantic past. Of old jealousies and resentments that still cut to the bone. And a history of greed, rage, and revenge that created the perfect storm for murder. A storm that has just begun.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

A prolific author blends characters old and new in a thriller tied to the destructive powers of greed and jealousy. Rice's latest novel literally starts with a bang. Acclaimed artist Maddie Morrison--her level of fame is compared to that of Andy Warhol and Banksy--is fighting her way through a raging blizzard on her way to meeting someone outside a historic hotel situated on Rhode Island's coastline. Within seconds, she's shot execution-style, and the killer finds her 6-year-old daughter, CeCe, hiding in the snow. The killer kidnaps CeCe, then Maddie's sister discovers her body, and the race to catch a killer and rescue CeCe explodes on the page. Rice fans will welcome the return of affable detective Conor Reid and Kate Woodward, his art historian girlfriend, who were featured in The Shadow Box (2021) and Last Day (2020), Rice's two most recent thrillers. The vast number of people who might want Maddie dead becomes shockingly evident as the investigation progresses. A gold-digging soon-to-be ex-husband tops the list, but Rice keeps the suspect pool growing as the tense search for CeCe continues and white- and blue-collar criminals crawl out of the proverbial woodwork. Rice's strengths as a storyteller pulse through this thriller, which she leavens with engaging observations on the art world, Rhode Island's natural beauty, and, most of all, what it means to be a sister, one of her most popular themes. If her characters' dialogue sometimes feels unnatural and stilted, their intense emotions and Rice's propulsive plotting easily make up for it. Maddie's murder is solved, but the motives and the complexity of the surprising conspiracy behind it will stay with readers. Take a deep breath and dive into this foreboding tale set on Rhode Island's seashore. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.