Dressed to Kill: (A Keeper Marconi PI Thriller Book 5
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When Jack Marconi's on again/off again ex-fiancee and Girl Friday, Val Antonelli, shows up unannounced at his gym, Marconi feels his broken heart lift. But what he doesn't know yet is that she's not here to rekindle their love for one another. She's there because she desperately needs his help. Her partner in her new retail clothing business has been brutally murdered, and Val has become the primary suspect.
From New York Times, USA Today, and No. 1 Overall Amazon Bestselling ITW Thriller and PWA Shamus Award Winning Author, Vincent Zandri, comes the latest hard-boiled novelette for fans of Michael Connelly, Robert B. Parker, Lee Child, Reed Farrel Coleman, Charlie Huston, and more
"Sensational...Masterful...Brilliant." --New York Post
"Gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting." --Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Six Years
"Tough, stylish, heartbreaking." –Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of Savages
Vincent Zandri
"Vincent Zandri hails from the future." --The New York Times “Sensational . . . masterful . . . brilliant.” --New York Post "Gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting." --Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Six Years "Tough, stylish, heartbreaking." --Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of Savages and Cartel. Winner of the 2015 PWA Shamus Award and the 2015 ITW Thriller Award for Best Original Paperback Novel for MOONLIGHT WEEPS, Vincent Zandri is the NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and AMAZON KINDLE OVERALL NO.1 bestselling author of more than 60 novels and novellas including THE REMAINS, EVERYTHING BURNS, ORCHARD GROVE, THE SHROUD KEY and THE GIRL WHO WASN'T THERE. His list of domestic publishers include Delacorte, Dell, Down & Out Books, Thomas & Mercer, Polis Books, Suspense Publishing, Blackstone Audio, and Oceanview Publishing. An MFA in Writing graduate of Vermont College, his work is translated in the Dutch, Russian, French, Italian, and Japanese. Having sold close to 1 million editions of his books, Zandri has been the subject of major features by the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Business Insider. He has also made appearances on Bloomberg TV and the FOX News network. In December 2014, Suspense Magazine named Zandri's, THE SHROUD KEY, as one of the "Best Books of 2014." Suspense Magazine selected WHEN SHADOWS COME as one of the "Best Books of 2016". He was also a finalist for the 2019 Derringer Award for Best Novelette. A freelance photojournalist, freelance writer, and the author of the popular "lit blog," The Vincent Zandri Vox, Zandri has written for Living Ready Magazine, RT, New York Newsday, Hudson Valley Magazine, The Times Union (Albany), Game & Fish Magazine, CrimeReads, Altcoin Magazine, The Jerusalem Post, Market Business News, Duke University, Colgate University, and many more. He also writes for Scalefluence. An Active Member of MWA and ITW, he lives in New York and Florence, Italy. For more go to VINZANDRI.COM
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Dressed to Kill - Vincent Zandri
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Dressed to Kill
A Jack Marconi PI Short
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Contents
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Dressed to Kill
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
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PRAISE FOR VINCENT ZANDRI
Sensational . . . masterful . . . brilliant.
—New York Post
(A) chilling tale of obsessive love from Thriller Award–winner Zandri (Moonlight Weeps)…Riveting.
—Publishers Weekly
…Oh, what a story it is…Riveting…A terrific old school thriller.
—Booklist Starred Review
My fear level rose with this Zandri novel like it hasn't done before. Wondering what the killer had in store for Jude and seeing the ending, well, this is one book that will be with me for a long time to come!
—Reviews by Molly
I very highly recommend this book . . . It's a great crime drama that is full of action and intense suspense, along with some great twists . . . Vincent Zandri has become a huge name and just keeps pouring out one best seller after another.
—Life in Review
(The Innocent) is a thriller that has depth and substance, wickedness and compassion.
—The Times-Union (Albany)
The action never wanes.
—Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting.
—Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Six Years
Tough, stylish, heartbreaking.
—Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of Savages and Cartel.
A tightly crafted, smart, disturbing, elegantly crafted complex thriller…I dare you to start it and not keep reading.
—MJ Rose, New York Times bestselling author of Halo Effect and Closure
A classic slice of raw pulp noir…
—William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob
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Dressed to Kill
A Jack Marconi PI Short
Vincent Zandri
Chapter One
It never failed to amaze me how effortlessly Blood could pump out a dozen chest presses with no less than three forty-five pound plates set on each side of the bar. Adding in the weight of the bar, that made a total of three hundred fifteen pounds.
Blood already bore a body that looked like it had been sculpted from the richest dark marble ever to be found on the planet, so his workouts were only about maintenance. Unlike me who was always trying to improve my strength and size because, after all, I wasn’t getting any younger and it seemed like these days, someone was always trying to punch me.
Those punches almost always came from younger men, and all too frequently, bigger men. It was important to keep up with them, or else lose my edge. Plus, I liked working out with Blood. Just about every eye in the joint was peeled on him when he lifted a weight, and since I bore the privilege of being his exclusive spotter, that made me special too. Or so I liked to believe.
We’d been working out in the Albany Strength Gym on that weekday morning when Val walked in through the front glass doors. Maybe it had something to do with how close we’d been over the past two decades, or how she was never far from my thoughts. Though we’d been broken up for the past year, I knew in my gut it had to be her even before I looked to see who it was.
My gut was speaking to me.
It didn’t require seeing her to know that, for the first time in long, long time, the one woman I loved more than any other had just walked through the door, or that what she was about to tell me was not good.
Lying on my back on the flat bench, I wracked the weights and sat up.
Don’t look now,
Blood said from where he stood directly behind me in spotter position. But your ex-lady just entered the building.
"I