The Last Thing Claire Wanted

Name: The Last Thing Claire Wanted
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Karin Fitz Sanford
ISBN: 9798228016637

Author: Karin Fitz Sanford

Series: Wine Country Cold Case #1

Narrator: Jennifer March

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 09/17/2024

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

An ex–FBI agent. A dying matriarch. A family secret that keeps killing.Northern California. Anne McCormack has plenty of her own problems—a vile ex-husband, a rocky exit from the FBI, and a struggling new estate sales business. But when finding a watch leads her to a prominent Wine Country matriarch, she can’t say no to the dying woman’s plea to solve her young son’s decades-old murder. Teaming up with her retired cop uncle, Anne convinces the DA to reopen the cold case and is sworn in as a temp-hire detective. But as she wades through suspects, witnesses, and shocking evidence implicating those closest to the dead child, she fears it’s too late for justice.Can Anne find a killer who’s on the loose and out to take down the rest of the family?

About Karin Fitz Sanford

Karin Fitz Sanford was born in New York but grew up in Northern California’s Wine Country, the setting for her debut novel, The Last Thing Claire Wanted. A former advertising copywriter and ad agency principal, she is a member of Sisters in Crime and lives in Northern California with her husband.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivanka on April 20, 2023

Loaded with family drama, The Last Thing Claire Wanted is a great introduction to the Wine Country Cold Case mysteries. As ex-FBI agent Anne embarks on her new career of estate liquidator, she befriends Claire, the matriarch of a family still dealing with an unsolved murder. Struggling to put her ow......more

Goodreads review by Riley K. on April 11, 2023

An ex-FBI agent. A dying matriarch. A family secret that keeps killing. Northern California. Anne McCormack has plenty of her own problems-a vile ex-husband, a rocky exit from the FBI, and a struggling new estate-sales business. But when finding a watch leads her to a prominent Wine Country matriarch......more

Goodreads review by Ashley Wagner on October 07, 2023

A book where there’s family drama, plots to follow and mystery to put together. Throughout the pages, you make a few guesses and by the end, some were correct while others you were still surprised by. A solid read for true crime fans and even better if you’re a resident or visitor of wine country as......more

Goodreads review by Julia on February 08, 2023

Well-paced page turner. I liked the twists in the story. It was a little predictable for me, but that's okay. I like winning some of the time, lol. Great story!......more

Goodreads review by Bob on January 01, 2024

Intriguing Compelling and it captured me in that I live in Santa Rosa. Lots of fun twists to keep the story unfolding.......more