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Always Time to Die

by Elizabeth Lowell

ISBN: 0060504153
ISBN-13: 9780060504151
Format: Hardcover

Summary

In this work of romantic suspense by bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell, the ugly buried truths about a powerful political family endanger a young woman intent on digging them up. Elderly Winifred Simmons y Castillo hires genealogist Carolina "Carly" May to research the history of the Castillo family. It's a tale inextricably intertwined with that of the closely related Quintrell clan whose ruthless, randy patriarch, A. J. Quintrell III-Winifred's brother-in-law and a former Senator-has just died (been murdered, actually, but no one but the killer knows that). Unfortunately, Carly's work threatens to uncover any number of nasty secrets, secrets for which someone is clearly prepared to kill to keep quiet. Thankfully, Carly soon finds a protector: Dan Duran, a sullen but devastatingly handsome man who has his own mysterious connection to the Quintrells.

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"Skillfully handled entertainment, with a bonus in reader-friendly lessons in how to launder money, spike a drink and read a genomics report."

   -- Kirkus

"Elizabeth Lowell creates dialogue with immediacy and emotional coloration that sets her apart from the romantic suspense pack."

   -- Publishers Weekly

"The always awesome Lowell pulls out all the stops with this taut, surprising and slightly disturbing tale of romance, danger and family drama. When played like this, genealogy is a very dangerous game."    -- Jill M. Smith

   -- Romantic Times BOOKclub

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 2005
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.45 pounds
Pages: 390

Publisher's Notes

With her trademark electrifying storytelling and razor-sharp tension, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell proves once again why she is one of today's top masters of suspense -- in a riveting tale of dark family secrets ready to explode with the devastating force of a Southwestern earthquake.

The powerful Quintrell family of New Mexico has spent decades in the public eye. Now the recent death of the clan's patriarch, a former U.S. senator, has placed his son, Governor Josh Quintrell, squarely in the spotlight as he prepares his run for the highest political office in the land. It is not a good time to be rattling skeletons in the family's closets.

Researching personal histories isn't just Carolina "Carly" May's profession, it's her passion. When the governor's eccentric Aunt Winifred invites Carly into the Quintrells' private Taos compound to compile a genealogical record of the illustrious residents, she can hardly believe her good luck. But digging into the past is raising troubling questions about the would-be president's private life, his late father and catatonic mother, and the grisly street crime that left his notorious drug-addicted sister dead. And it soon becomes frighteningly apparent that the motivation of the dotty old woman who hired Carly might be something more akin to revenge -- and that someone is determined to remove the inquisitive genealogist from the picture by any means necessary.

As a dark world of twisted passions and depraved crimes slowly opens up before Carly, she realizes that there is no one whom she dares to trust -- perhaps least of all Dan Duran, a dangerous and haunted mystery man who's somehow tied to the Quintrells' past. But she will need an ally to survive the terrible secrets a father carried to the grave and an even more devastating evil that lurks among the living -- because following the bloodlines of the wealthy and power-hungry can be a bloody business ... and some dead secrets can kill.

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