Gardner, Lisa. creator author. text Large type books Large print books. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) nyu 2024 First large print edition. monographic eng 498 pages (large print) : 24 cm. "No man truly fears a woman. Not even one who is her father's daughter. The case was sensational. Kaylee Pierson had confessed from the very beginning, waived all appeals. She had called herself "death," but people called her the devil. Despite the media's chronicling of her tragic circumstances--the childhood spent with a violent father--no one could find sympathy for "the Beautiful Butcher" who had led eighteen men home from bars before viciously slitting their throats. Now, with only twenty-one days left to live, Pierson has finally received a lead on the whereabouts of the sister who was kidnapped over a decade ago, and she needs Frankie's help to find her. The Beautiful Butcher's offer: When was the last time your search ended with finding the living? Unable to resist the chance for a rescue, Frankie takes on Pierson's request. Twelve years ago, five-year old Leilani went missing in Hawaii. The main suspect? Pierson's tech mogul ex-boyfriend, Sanders MacManus. Now, on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific--the site of MacManus's latest vanity project--fresh evidence has appeared. In order to learn the truth and possibly save a young woman's life, Frankie must go undercover at the isolated base camp. Her challenge: A dozen strangers. Countless dangerous secrets. Zero means of calling for help. And then the storm rolls in ..."-- adult Lisa Gardner. (Fictitious character) Elkin, Frankie Fiction Women private investigators Fiction Cold cases (Criminal investigation) Fiction Undercover operations Fiction Secrecy Fiction Serial murderers Fiction Death row inmates Fiction Siblings Fiction Islands Hawaii Fiction Trust Fiction Storms Fiction Private investigators Fiction Women serial murderers Fiction Missing persons Fiction Large type books Fiction Gardner, Lisa 9781538766606 1538766604 2023046023 230529 20240529160312.0 1422598776