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New York Timesbestselling author Susan Isaacs returns to the detecting duo loved by her readersformer FBI agent Corie Geller and her retired police detective dadwho must solve one of the NYPDs coldest homicide cases before the crimes sole survivor is killedWhen Corie Geller asked her parents to move from their apartment into the suburban McMansion she shares with her husband and teenage daughter she assumed theyd fit right in with the placid life shed opted for when she left the Joint Terrorism Task Force of the FBIBut then her dad gets a call from genial and slightly nerdy film professor April Brownone of the victims of the case he was never able to solve When April was five years old shed emerged unscathed from the arson that killed her parents Now two decades later shes asking for help Someone has made another attempt on her life It takes only a nanosecond for Corie and her dad to say Absolutely and kick off a fullfledged investigationIf they dont move fast whoever attacked April is sure to strike again But while her late father Seymour Brown was the goto money launderer for the Russian moba brilliant volatile and violent man with a penchant for Swiss watches and cheating on his wifeApril Brown has no enemies Popular with her students esteemed by colleagues her only connection to crime is her passion for the noir movies of Hollywoods golden age Who would want her dead now And who setthat horrific fire all those years agoThe stakes have never been higher Yet as Corie and her dad have come to understand they still live for the chase Savvy and surprising witty and gripping Bad Bad Seymour Brown is another standout hit from the beloved Susan Isaacs