Doubleback

By Libby Fischer Hellmann

Book Overview

There's an inventive killer at large in Chicago in this dark police procedural from crime writer Libby Fischer Hellmann. Rookie cop Georgia Davis, her boyfriend Detective Matt Singer, and his partner John Stone, team up to find the killer. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606480529
• ISBN13: 9781606480526
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Bleak House Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The Best of Both Worlds

When a child is kidnapped and her mother warned against calling the police, Christine Messenger turns to her neighbor for help who then herself asks a favor from Ellie Foreman, a video producer with a well-earned reputation for getting into trouble. Rejecting Ellie's advice to call the cops, Messenger does allow Ellie to contact Georgia Davis, a private investigator and former Chicago police officer with whom Ellie has gotten...

DoubleBarrel "DoubleBack"

I've been reading Libby Fischer Hellmann's mysteries since her first, "An Eye For Murder" (2002). It's been fascinating to watch her characters -- and her voice as an author -- evolve over that period. All of her books are good, but since her character P.I. Georgia Davis arrived on the scene Ms. Fischer Hellmann's novels have moved to the upper echelon of crime fiction. "DoubleBack" places Davis and past-protagonist Ellie...

Doubleback is a must read!

Doubleback by Libby Fischer Hellmann This book was really good. I read her last book, Easy Innocence and thought it was good, but this one is even better! It has kidnapping, murder, drug trafficking, cartels, Chicago, Mexico, Arizona, and manages to put it all together in a well-plotted, and very exciting story. The character, Georgia Davis, a former cop now a P.I., is a really tough, no nonsense, woman, who you really...

Crossing the Line

Ellie Foreman's friend calls one day with a plea for help. Her neighbor's daughter, Molly, has been kidnapped. This isn't the type of thing Ellie has any experience with or knowledge of, but she has a friend who might just be able to help - PI Georgia Davis. Despite the kidnappers' insistence that no police be involved, Davis says that is the only option for Molly's mother, Christine. When Davis turns the ordeal over to the...