Overkill

by Sandra Brown

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Sandra Brown's Overkill puts her characters through some very difficult questions and decisions. And this is what keeps us, her readers, in absolute edge of seat intensity. An author doesn’t get to be a #1 bestselling author by keeping us complacent. Prepare for your favorite summer suspense read!

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers a riveting thriller in which a conflict of conscience for a former football star and an ambitious state prosecutor swiftly intensifies into a fight for their lives.
 
Former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Zach Bridger hasn’t seen his ex-wife, Rebecca Pratt, for some time—not since their volatile marriage imploded—so he’s shocked to receive a life-altering call about her. Rebecca has been placed on life support after a violent assault, and he—despite their divorce—has medical power-of-attorney. Zach is asked to make an impossible choice: keep her on life support or take her off of it. Buckling under the weight of the responsibility and the glare of public scrutiny, Zach ultimately walks away, letting Rebecca's parents have the final say.
 
Four years later, Rebecca's attacker, Eban—the scion of a wealthy family in Atlanta—gets an early release from prison. The ludicrous miscarriage of justice reeks of favoritism, and Kate Lennon, a brilliant state prosecutor, is determined to put him back behind bars. Rebecca’s parents have kept her alive all these years, but if her condition were to change—if she were to die—Eban could be retried on a new charge: murder.
 
It isn’t lost on Zach that in order for Eban to be charged with Rebecca’s murder, Zach must actually be the one to kill her. He rejects Kate’s legal standpoint but can’t resist their ill-timed attraction to each other. Eban, having realized the jeopardy he’s in, plots to make certain that neither Zach nor Kate lives to see the death of Rebecca—and the end of his freedom. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538751992
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	03/28/2023
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	60,754
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-six New York Times bestsellers. There are more than eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide, and her work has been translated into thirty-four languages. Four of her books have been made into films. In 2008, the International Thriller Writers named Brown its Thriller Master, the organization's highest honor. She has served as president of Mystery Writers of America and holds an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Texas Christian University. She lives in Texas.

Hometown:

Arlington, TX

Date of Birth:

March 12, 1948

Place of Birth:

Waco, Texas

Education:

Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Texas Christian University, 2008

Website:

http://www.sandrabrown.net/

Editorial Reviews

08/01/2022

Early in this overly long romantic suspense novel from bestseller Brown (Blind Tiger), Kate Lennon, a “smart, savvy, ambitious state prosecutor,” arrives at the door of Zach Bridger, a former professional football player who lives in splendid isolation in rural North Carolina. Kate’s goal is to bring Eban Clarke, sociopathic scion of a wealthy family, to justice. Eban has recently been released from prison early after serving only two years for participating in an orgy that left Rebecca Pratt, Zach’s ex-wife, in a persistent vegetative state, her body hooked up to life support equipment. Though they’d been divorced for five years, Rebecca had previously signed documents granting Zach her medical power of attorney. Doctors had urged him to allow Rebecca to die, but he had resisted out of deference to her father’s religious beliefs. Kate informs Zach that, upon Rebecca’s death, she plans on bringing a murder charge against Eban. Meanwhile, Eban, who has vicious plans for revenge, is ready to get back into the sex- and drug-fueled lifestyle he enjoyed before prison. The only obstacles in his way are tenacious Kate and Zach, whose budding romance creates complications. The string-straight plot offers no surprises. Brown has done better. Agent: Maria Carvainis, Maria Carvainis Agency. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

Overkill is storytelling par excellence, weaving complex societal issues into the fabric of a thriller to create a terrific tapestry of emotionally wrought tension. The best book of the summer.”—Providence Journal

“[Brown] wraps this dilemma in a fast-paced thriller and heady romance that will have you flipping the pages.”—Florida Times-Union

"There is a reason why Sandra Brown is a bestselling author. Reading her books is like diving into a cool pool on a hot day—you just want to stay there . . . The dialogue, characters and plot are engrossing, as is the peek into the mind of a truly depraved individual, a glimpse into how the one-percenters manipulate the system to benefit themselves and protect what is theirs . . . The epitome of a “summer read” with its beautiful meshing of action and romance."—BookReporter.com

Brown "[turns] up the heat and the suspense in what may be one of her most compelling novels yet. The chemistry between Kate and Zach is off the charts . . . [Brown] remains a formidable force."—The Bill Thrill

"Sandra Brown has penned . . . bestselling novels filled with thrilling suspense and romance—and her latest saga follows suit."—Woman’s World

"A masterful storyteller."—USA Today

"One of the best thriller writers around, period."—Providence Journal

"Brown deserves her own genre."—Dallas Morning News

"A novelist who can't write them fast enough."—San Antonio Express-News

From the Publisher

03/01/2022

Thriller Master Brown returns after 73 New York Times best sellers; the last, Blind Tiger, debuted at No. 5 on the New York Times best sellers list and No. 3 on the Combined Print & E-Book list. No word on plot, but there's a 500,000-copy first printing.

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