{"product_id":"anonymous-isbn-9781643855646","title":"Anonymous","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe note was threatening enough--but its link to two cold cases and a sinister unseen presence sends P.I. Madison Kelly on a frantic search for the truth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMadison Kelly, a San Diego private investigator, arrives home to a note stabbed to her front door:\u003cb\u003e Stop investigating me, or I will hunt you down and kill you. \u003c\/b\u003eThe only problem? Madison hasn't been investigating anyone--she's been taking time off to figure out what to do with her life. But how does she prove a negative? The only way to remove the threat is to do exactly what \"Anonymous\", the note writer, is telling her not to do: investigate to see who left it. Could this have something to do with the true crime podcast she's been tweeting about, and the missing girls?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe girls went missing, two years apart, after a night at the clubs in San Diego's famed Gaslamp Quarter, and Madison had been probing the internet for clues. She discovers that someone has been one step ahead of her, monitoring her tweets to prevent her from getting too close. Soon Madison's investigation brings up more questions than answers: are the disappearances connected? Are the girls dead or did they just walk away from their lives? And who is Anonymous, the person who will stop at nothing to keep Madison from learning the truth?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003es she closes in, so does Anonymous. Set against a backdrop of surfer culture and coffee houses of San Diego, \u003ci\u003eAnonymous\u003c\/i\u003e follows Madison as she confronts the reality of the girls' disappearance in a terrifying climax where the hunter becomes the hunted--and Madison is running for her life.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAnonymous\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A brave heart that deserves a sequel.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers will look forward to seeing more of this tough, competent detective.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A major debut that is not to be missed.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A strong mystery and plot...[For] fan[s] of Sue Grafton's mysteries.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Manhattan Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e “A solid start to the series...I hope for more of Madison in the future.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Red Carpet Crash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intensely drawn mystery with a hard-edged but beautifully realized lead character.\" —Jay Roberts, \u003ci\u003eMystery Scene\u003c\/i\u003e, Favorites of 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAnonymous \u003c\/i\u003eis an emotionally-wrought, angst-riddled, drop-dead terrific tale cut squarely from the cloth of Lisa Gardner and Harlan Coben. Elizabeth Breck introduces us to savvy and seasoned private detective Madison Kelly who finds herself probing a mystery in the past to solve another in the present to splendidly successful results. This is mystery\/thriller writing of the highest order, as riveting as it is relentless.\" —Jon Land, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Caitlin Strong series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAnonymous\u003c\/i\u003e has suspense, action, and investigation that's believable, carried out by an appealing and very human female investigator in one of the most beautiful towns in the country. This will be the start of a terrific series.”\u003cbr\u003e—Thomas Perry, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Jane Whitefield series\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A smart, tough female protagonist, a unique plot, fast-moving prose written with a steady hand and a startling conclusion make this superb debut novel from real-life PI Elizabeth Breck a must read.” \u003cbr\u003e—David Housewright, Edgar Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFrom the Grave \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Elizabeth Breck’s praiseworthy debut novel is unrelenting, like her dogged, smart protagonist, Madison Kelly.”\u003cbr\u003e—David Swinson, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTrigger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eELIZABETH BRECK\u003c\/b\u003e is a state of California licensed private investigator. A native Californian, she had read \u003ci\u003eHarriet the Spy\u003c\/i\u003e twenty times by the time she was nine, so it was no surprise when she grew up to become a PI. She has worked mainly in the field of insurance investigations, making her the real-life version of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone. In 2013 she went back to school, earning a bachelor’s degree in Writing, summa cum laude, from the University of California San Diego. She writes the Madison Kelly Mystery Series, thrilling mysteries set against the coffee houses and surfer culture of San Diego. The first book in the series, \u003ci\u003eAnonymou\u003c\/i\u003es, came out to critical acclaim in 2020, and \u003ci\u003eDouble Take \u003c\/i\u003eis being released on October 12, 2021. She lives with a black Labrador named Hubert who is her best friend. 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