Everyone keeps secrets in Vegas. Especially about murder...

Detective Jonathan Stride discovers that there are only two ways to go in Las Vegas: you can hit the jackpot or you can get Stripped... Sure to enthral fans of Freeman''s thrilling Thief River Falls, The Nightbird and The Voice Inside.

''This guy can tell a story'' Michael Connelly

''A strong narrative, rife with sex and violence'' Publishers Weekly

Elonda''s seen most things working the streets. But it''s a first when her client is shot dead in the act. Detective Jonathan Stride quickly establishes that the victim is M.J. Lane, son of a reclusive millionaire film producer. Any number of people might have wanted to kill M.J.

Another death is troubling the Vegas force - that of a little boy, killed in a hit-and-run incident involving a stolen car. Then the body of a woman is found in a remote farmhouse. Could the murders be linked?

It seems the killer wants to send a message about the brutal slaying decades earlier of a nightclub dancer. That case was wrapped up quickly. Too quickly? Someone certainly thinks so - and he''s set on murderous revenge for the sins of the past.

What readers are saying about Stripped:

''I couldn''t put this down. Breath-taking, brilliant, talented''

''This story has everything: greed, power, corruption, murder, love, revenge, desire, family feuds dating back forty years. There are a lot of very good thrillers out there, but Stripped is in a class above''

''Full of twists and turns - it''s an exciting read, gripping from the very first page''