Brazen Virtue (Sacred Sins) - Hardcover

Detective Ed Jackson, an irresistible police detective, and eccentric mystery writer Grace McCabe struggle to separate business from pleasure while pursuing a deranged murderer responsible for the brutal death of Grace's sister, Kathleen, who had been augmenting her income by working as an at-home phone-sex operator. 90,000 first printing.

berts, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Villa and Carolina Moon, comes a classic tale -- a searing novel of twisted passion and lethal cunning, available in hardcover for the first time.

Superstar mystery novelist Grace McCabe needs to unwind after a grueling book tour, and visiting her sister, whom she hasn't seen in months, seems the perfect solution. But Grace is surprised to find the fastidious Kathleen living in a grungy Washington, D.C., neighborhood. Kathleen, reeling from a bitter divorce and the loss of her son, is saving every penny of her teacher's salary to hire a hotshot lawyer for a custody battle.

Then Grace discovers that Kathleen is boosting her income with an unlikely profession: as an at-home phone-sex operator. Known as Desiree to the clients of Fantasy, Inc., Kathleen is living life on the edge. Yet how dangerous could it really be? With the ironclad anonymity the agency guarantees its employees, coul