Thorndike Press large print core series

Sequel to: Close up

"Investigative apprentice Lyra Brazier is unsettled when her boss goes on a health retreat at an exclusive spa and disappears. Lyra knows something has happened to Raina Kirk, and she is the only one who can track her down. The agency brings in a partner for her, but she doesn't get the suave, pistol-packing private eye she expected. Simon Cage is a mild-mannered antiquarian book dealer with a quiet, academic air, and Lyra can't figure out why he was chosen as her partner. But Simon has a unique gift that allows him to detect secrets, a skill that is crucial in finding Raina. With a murderer in their midst, Raina isn't the only one in grave danger--Lyra is next"--Pages 4 of cover