Angel's tip - Alafair Burke

Angel's Tip is a riveting read that snaps with the beat of New York.

A knuckle-biting journey that'll keep you turning pages until the very end.

--Faye Kellerman, bestselling author of the Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus novels Alafair Burke has created a winning heroine in Ellie Hatcher, someone to root for.

--Tami Hoag, bestselling author of Down the Darkest Road Complex plotting, multi-layered characters, a creepy serial killer--in Angel's Tip , Burke has once again proven herself a terrific storyteller.

--Sandra Brown, bestselling author of Lethal Acclaimed thriller writer Alafair Burke delves into the underworld of the Manhattan nightclub scene in Angel's Tip .

Burke is the daughter of crime fiction superstar James Lee Burke, creator of Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux, prompting the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to proclaim that this fast-paced-but-human thriller proves that writing talent is genetic.

A superb crime novel featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher (a strong female protagonist in the tradition of Sara Paretsky's V.

Warshawski and Marcia Muller's Sharon McCone -- Boston Globe ), Angel's Tip follows Ellie's investigation into the murder of a young college student, quite possibly by a member of New York's young moneyed elite, and fans of Lisa Gardner, Karin Slaughter, Harlan Coben, and Sue Grafton will most definitely want to trail along.