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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 Edition: 1 Format: Kindle Book Label: Ballantine Books Manufacturer: Ballantine Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: June 01, 2004 Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: June 01, 2004 Studio: Ballantine Books Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: She never meant for it to happen. . . . For Chicago Thomas, aka Windy, it was an offer too good to refuse: the chance to head the forensics lab at the Las Vegas Police Department. With her six-year-old daughter in tow, Windy moves to Sin City hoping to start over with a loving fiancé—far from the sad memories of a first marriage that ended in tragedy. But the job of her dreams is about to take a nightmarish turn. She wanted to be a good girl. . . . Though the first murders appear to be random, they are savage in their intensity: an entire family, butchered in their own home. Only a few days later, another family meets the same grisly fate. To Ash Leighton, the enigmatic chief of the Metro Violent Crime Unit, the signs are clear: a serial killer is stalking Las Vegas. But she just couldn’t help herself. . . . In a breathless race against time, the lines between good and bad, right and wrong, begin to blur, and Windy and Ash find themselves irresistibly drawn to each other. In a town where nothing is what it seems, only the evidence doesn't lie. And Windy may have to pay for the truth with her life. Sometimes being good is dangerous. From the Trade Paperback edition. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Suspensful, edge of your seat, up all night entertainment!"Bad Girl" incorporates the principles of personal and private self as Windy is shown both at home and with police work. Windy is a multi-demensional character that has the reader wishing to read more and more about the book. The relationship between Windy and her fiance is an especially complicated one, she feels like she needs a safe relationship as she struggles to find her foothold in both work and in her personal life. The both screams romance and mystery. It has ... Read More Rating:  - Bad book, as in not goodThis book was really bad. Maybe it should be retitled as Bad Book. It started off pretty good until the author decided to throw in one bad twist after another. In the end, the reader has a hard time keeping track of the characters and deciding for him/herself who the villain is, since the author does not provide any clues for the reader to interpret. I also found it beyond irritating for some of the characters to be grappling constantly throughout the book with the concept of "being good" or "being ... Read More Rating: - Favorite color: SparkleExcellent book! I am now a Michele Jaffe fan for sure. The story grabbed you on the first page and didn't let go. Fast paced, just enough twists and surprises and a little romance thrown in for good measure. The story line was awesome and the CSI like investigation was interesting to read. This was one of those books that made you feel like friends had left you when you turn the last page, I highly recommend this read. Rating: - Bad girl? Great book!Whew! What a ride! Adult readers who enjoy tight, multi-faceted mystery/thriller/suspense novels will relish this book by Michelle Jaffe. Las Vegas police criminologist Chicago Thomas is obsessively drawn to solving the particularly gruesome serial murders of several families. Using her keen eye for crime scene detail and an uncanny inner sense, she gets a good jump on pursuing the criminal. But things are not always as they seem even for an incredibly talented criminologist like Thomas ... Read More Rating:  - You should never skip breakfast . . .As a rule, I absolutely hate it when I get halfway into a novel and it suddenly changes into something else. This one starts as a very good police procedural murder mystery -- but at almost exactly the midpoint, the author suddenly *tells* you whodunit, and it becomes a thriller instead. Chicago "Windy" Thomas is an almost excessively competent young woman who has just left her job as a sheriff in Virginia to run the forensics lab in Las Vegas. She's trying to track down a particularly gruesome serial ... Read More 
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