Books like Brazen Virtue by Nora Roberts
Grace McCabe, a bestselling mystery writer, travels to Washington, D.C., to reconnect with her sister Kathleen after months apart. Kathleen, a single mother on a tight budget, secretly works as an at‑home phone‑sex operator for the agency Fantasy, Inc. When Grace arrives, she finds Kathleen murdered, strangled with a telephone cord, plunging Grace into the center of a homicide investigation. Determined to protect herself and uncover the truth, Grace employs her own investigative instincts and the seductive allure of the voice she once used to write her bestsellers to lure the killer. Detective Ed Jackson, the lead investigator on the case, is simultaneously fascinated by Grace’s killer‑chasing bravado and torn between professional duty and personal passion for Grace.
First publish date: 1988
Genre: Suspense/Romantic Suspense
Authors: Nora Roberts
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