Tough Customer: A Novel

By Sandra Brown

Book Overview

Colleagues, friends, and lovers know Dodge Hanley as a private investigator who doesn't let rules get in his way in his private life as well as his professional one. If he breaks a heart, or bends the law in order to catch a criminal, he does so without hesitation or apology. That's why he's the first person Caroline King who after a thirty-year separation continues to haunt his dreams asks for help when a deranged stalker attempts to murder their daughter... the daughter Dodge has never met. He has a whole bagful of grudging excuses for wishing to ignore Caroline's call, and one compelling reason to drop everything and fly down to Texas: Dodge's mind may be a haze of disturbing memories and bad decisions, but he arrives in Houston knowing with perfect clarity that his daughter, Berry, is in danger. She has become the object of desire of a co-worker, a madman and genius with a penchant for puzzles and games who has spent the past year making Berry's life hell, and who now has vowed to kill her. Dodge joins forces with local deputy sheriff Ski Nyland, but the alarming situation goes from bad to worse when the stalker begins to claim other victims and leaves an ominous trail of clues as he lethally works his way toward Berry. Sensing the killer drawing nearer, Dodge, who's survived vicious criminals and his own self-destructive impulses, realizes that this time he's in for the fight of his life. From acclaimed best-selling author Sandra Brown,Tough Customer is a heart-pounding tale about obsession and murder, the fragile nature of relationships, and, possibly, second chances.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416563105
• ISBN13: 9781416563105
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.2" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Book condition

Book was described as being in very good condition. I would not have paid almost $6.00 for a book in the condition I received. Bottom of spine torn on both sides and front and back cover look like they were dog eared at some point.

Tough Customer

What a turn of events. I never saw it coming! Great book and fast reading.

A Book Worth Diving Into

This has all the elements of an excellent read. It has humor,suspense,mystery and a few surprises. In this novel Caroline King is forced to contact a former flame when her daughter is stalked by a deranged killer. But Dodge and Caroline have a few secrets of their own. The novel has a few colorful characters which makes it very entertaining. I thought Smoke Screen was a suspenseful novel. But Tough Customer is in a class by itself. Sandra Brown finest.

tough customer

Kept you in suspense to the very end, highly recommend it. bought a used book in excellent condition. would purchase his books anytime

Tough Customer

This was my first time reading one of Sandra Brown's books which came highly recommended to me. It was a fabulous suspense filled book. Can't wait to read more of her books.

One Tough Detective, One Good Read

Another Sandra Brown great read with just enough sex to make it sizzle. I read the final hundred pages non-stop. Ron Sullivan, author of The Scarlet "P"

Loved it!

Could not believe the reviews were not great on this book! I loved it. I was disappointed in Sandra Brown's last novel. This one made me remember why she is one of my favorite authors and glad I got it on the day it was released!! It was a little different writing style with the flashbacks but all of it worked. Loved the characters and loved the pace. I could not put it down! I truly feel you will not be disappointed, give Tough Customer a try.