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Allison Brennan

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Allison Brennan was born in 1969 in California. She is an American bestselling writer of romantic thriller novels. Her writing includes the Lucy Kincaid series, the F. B. I. Trilogy and the Predator Series. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America, and International toon meer Thiller Writers. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Allison Brennan

Speak No Evil (2007) 530 exemplaren
The Prey (2005) 510 exemplaren
Fear No Evil (2007) 424 exemplaren
Killing Fear (2008) 419 exemplaren
See No Evil (2007) 408 exemplaren
The Kill (2006) 389 exemplaren
The Hunt (2006) 385 exemplaren
Sudden Death (2009) 366 exemplaren
Playing Dead (2008) 349 exemplaren
Tempting Evil (2008) 338 exemplaren
Notorious (2014) 312 exemplaren
Original Sin (2010) 311 exemplaren
Kiss Me, Kill Me (2011) 291 exemplaren
Fatal Secrets (2009) 284 exemplaren
Silenced (2012) 258 exemplaren
Cutting Edge (2009) 245 exemplaren
Stalked (2012) 229 exemplaren
The Sorority Murder (2021) 198 exemplaren
The Third to Die (2020) 196 exemplaren
Cold Snap (Lucy Kincaid Novels) (2013) 181 exemplaren
Carnal Sin (2010) 178 exemplaren
Compulsion (2015) 170 exemplaren
Stolen (2013) 168 exemplaren
Dead Heat (2014) 136 exemplaren
Shattered (2017) 127 exemplaren
No Good Deed (2015) 127 exemplaren
Abandoned (2018) 124 exemplaren
If I Should Die (Lucy Kincaid) (2011) 123 exemplaren
Best Laid Plans (2015) 123 exemplaren
Reckless (novella) (2013) 110 exemplaren
Poisonous (2016) 108 exemplaren
What You Can't See (3-in-1 Anthology) (2007) — Medewerker — 107 exemplaren
The Lost Girls (2016) 105 exemplaren
Don't Open the Door (2023) 101 exemplaren
North of Nowhere (2023) 86 exemplaren
Make Them Pay (2017) 85 exemplaren
Too Far Gone (2018) 74 exemplaren
Breaking Point (2018) 73 exemplaren
Nothing to Hide (2019) 71 exemplaren
Crash and Burn (2013) 56 exemplaren
Maximum Exposure (2014) 51 exemplaren
The Missing Witness (2024) 32 exemplaren
Hit and Run (2014) 24 exemplaren
Two to Die For: Spiral / Retired (2017) 23 exemplaren
Sweet Dreams Boxed Set (2015) — Medewerker — 23 exemplaren
Missing: A 3-In-1 Collection (2022) 17 exemplaren
Killing Justice (3-in-1) (2012) — Auteur — 15 exemplaren
36 Hours (2013) 15 exemplaren
Frosted [novella] (2015) 14 exemplaren
Lost and Found (2016) 14 exemplaren
Mortal Sin (2014) 13 exemplaren
Storm Warning (novella) (2019) 13 exemplaren
No Way Out (novella) (2020) 12 exemplaren
Ghostly Justice (novella) (2011) 11 exemplaren
Deliver Us From Evil (novella) (2017) 10 exemplaren
Mirror Mirror (2021) 2 exemplaren
No Plotters Allowed 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum
1969-09-29
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Elk Grove, California, USA
Woonplaatsen
San Carlos, California, USA
Chatsworth, California, USA
Sacramento, California, USA
Elk Grove, California, USA
Opleiding
University of Santa Cruz
Beroepen
political campaigns
bartender
country club hostess
administrative assistant
legislative consultant
mother (toon alle 8)
writer
public policy career with California State Legislature
Organisaties
Romance Writers of America
International Thriller Writers
Mystery Writers of America
Novelists, Inc.
Horror Writers Association
Agent
Kimberly Whalen (Trident Media Group)
Dan Conaway (Writer's House)
Korte biografie
Allison Brennan (born September 29, 1969) is an American best-selling writer of romantic thriller novels. Her first book was published in 2005.

Brennan was born in San Carlos, California. In 1987, she graduated from Menlo School in Atherton, California, and attended college at UC Santa Cruz from 1987 to 1989, working as a legislative consultant in the California State Legislature from 1992 to 2005. In 1993, she married Dan Brennan, and they had five children. She currently resides in Elk Grove, California.

As of 2012, Brennan has published numerous novels, five of which are found in over 1000 libraries and have been translated into Japanese, Norwegian, German, Spanish, French and Italian. Most of her books have been New York Times best-sellers.

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I have always wanted to read one of Allison Brennan's novels so I jumped into the fifth book in her Quinn & Costa series, The Missing Witness. While it can be difficult to join an established series without having read the previous books, I was able to catch up, though it did take awhile to place all the characters relationships.

The book begins with LAPD Detective Kara Quinn returning to Los Angeles to testify against a dangerous human trafficker she went undercover to catch. Kara Quinn has been on loan to the FBI in Washington DC where she works closely with Agent Matt Costa, and with whom she has a more than collegial relationship.

Kara is eager to testify, and threats against her life by the trafficker's people have given her LAPD and FBI colleagues concerns about her safety. When the trafficker is shot and killed on his way into the courthouse, there is one witness to the killing- Amy, a civilian IT consultant who has been working undercover to get information on white collar financial crimes that may implicate people high up in the city government as well as the trafficker.

Amy disappears following the killing, and there are questions as to whether she is a witness or the killer. Quinn and Costa and Quinn's former unit in the LAPD have to work together to find Amy and unravel the white crime syndicate that has now turned to murder to protect their secrets.

Brennan does a good job explaining the complicated scheme that involves nonprofit organizations that have contracts with the city to build housing for unhoused people, and the web of deceit that has created millionaires out of people high up in the government and their family members.

There are some truly tense scenes in this fast-paced novel, including a few shoot-outs, a rooftop chase, and Kara racing away on a motorcycle from killers on her trail. I was biting my nails on these scenes.

I found it interesting how Brennan built her story around a real world problem, the homeless issue, and dealt with it from the perspective of people living in the middle of it. She clearly did her research on it. (Here is a link to an essay Allison Brennan wrote about this.)

For people who have read the previous Quinn & Costa novels, they will no doubt enjoy seeing what their favorite characters have been up to in the interim, and there are a few surprises for them. After reading The Missing Witness, I will be looking the first four books in the series- Kara Quinn is a badass.
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Werken
83
Ook door
9
Leden
10,351
Populariteit
#2,295
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
422
ISBNs
448
Talen
8
Favoriet
13

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