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The Stranger You Seek

A Novel

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by Amanda Kyle Williams
Ann Marie Lee
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The papers have called me a monster. You’ve either concluded that I am a braggart as well as a sadist or that I have a deep and driving need to be caught and punished.    
 
In the sweltering heat of an Atlanta summer, a killer is pushing the city to its breaking point, preying on the unsuspecting, writing taunting letters to the media, promising more death. Desperate to stop the Wishbone Killer before another victim meets a shattering end, A.P.D. lieutenant Aaron Rauser turns to the one person he knows can penetrate a deranged mind: ex–FBI profiler Keye Street.
 
And you must certainly be wondering if I am, in fact, the stranger you seek.
 
Keye was a rising young star at the Bureau until addiction derailed her career and her life. Now sober and fighting to stay so, Keye picks up jobs where she can get them: catching adulterers, serving subpoenas, chasing down bailjumpers, and dodging the occasional bullet. With multiple victims, little to go on, and an entire police force looking for direction, the last thing Keye wants is to be pulled into the firestorm of Atlanta’s worst nightmare.
 
Shall I convince you?
 
And then it suddenly becomes clear that the hunter has become the hunted—and the stranger she seeks is far closer than she ever dared imagine.
An electrifying thriller debut, The Stranger You Seek introduces a brash, flawed, and unforgettable heroine in a complex, twisting novel that takes readers deep into a sultry Southern summer, a city in the grips of chaos, and a harrowing cat-and-mouse game no reader will ever forget.

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    Keye Street

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  • Release date

    August 30, 2011

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780307966872
      • File size: 402773 KB
      • Duration: 13:59:06

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from August 1, 2011
      Williams makes her debut with an explosive, unpredictable, and psychologically complex thriller that turns crime fiction clichés inside out. Sarcastic and fast-thinking independent investigator Keye Street, a Chinese-American whose alcoholism got her booted from her FBI profiling job four years earlier, makes a living serving subpoenas, tracking down bail jumpers, and tackling the oddest of odd jobs. When a friend from the Atlanta PD calls her in to help track down a mysterious serial killer, Keye soon finds herself battling past ghostsâfrom her murdered grandparents to an unscrupulous former employerâwhile attempting to protect herself and her loved ones from a sadistic mastermind whose games become increasingly deadly. A sweet "friends first" romance, a diverse cast, and doses of humor enhance the relentless hairpin action. Those looking for a strong female protagonist not a sexpot and as intelligent, tough, and flawed as any male thriller hero will be richly rewarded.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Keye Street was a profiler for the FBI before alcoholism destroyed that part of her life. Now she's a bounty hunter and process server who sometimes assists the Atlanta police. As APD's Lt. Rauser involves her in the hunt for a serial killer dubbed "Wishbone," Ann Marie Lee's performance creates an original character who stands out from the current crop of women P.I.s. Lee portrays Street as feisty and smart yet vulnerable. The killer contacts Rauser and Street via email, blogs the gruesome details of the murders, and eludes and confuses everyone since there doesn't seem to be a "type" to Wishbone's victims. Williams offers a thoughtful investigation into the minds of both the flawed heroine and the deeply disturbed killer, and Lee narrates with expertise. S.J.H. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

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