Laurie R. King: A Grave Talent (USA 2014) From the Publisher: Then the detectives receive what appears to be a case-breaking lead: it seems that one of the residents of this odd colony is Vaun Adams, arguably the century's greatest woman painter and a notorious felon once convicted of a heinous crime. But what really happened eighteen years ago? To bring a murderer to justice, Kate must delve into the artist's dark past-even if it means losing everything she holds dear. Laurie R. King: A Grave Talent. A Kate Martinelli Mystery. Picador, ISBN: 9781250046550 (January, 2014), 336 p., $15.00, eBook $9.99.
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Laurie R. King: A Grave Talent (UK 1996) From the Publisher: Their search takes them to a rural colony, close to the place where the bodies were found. Here they meet the enigmatic artist Vaun, who is hiding a terrible secret from her past and her real identity. As Martinelli and Hawkin get nearer to a solution, they realise the crimes may not be the sexually motivated killings they had seemed. There is a coldly calculating and tortuous mind at work which they must outmanoeuvre if they are to prevent further carnage and the destruction of a shining talent. Laurie R. King: A Grave Talent. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0006493548 (January, 1996), 310 p., £5.99 (?).
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Laurie R. King: A Grave Talent (USA 1995) From the Publisher: Laurie R. King: A Grave Talent. A Kate Martinelli Mystery. Crimeline, ISBN: 0553573993 (June, 1995), 358 p., $4.99.
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Laurie R. King: A Grave Talent (UK 1995) From the Publisher: These two very different detectives are thrown together to solve a particularly ugly crime - the murders of three young girls. All the children are similar in appearance and all are found near a rural colony, home to those who have dropped out of the rat race. Amongst them is one woman, the enigmatic artist Vaun, who is biding the terrible truth about her past and her real identity. There is only one obvious suspect, but as they get nearer the solution, Martinelli and Hawkin realize the crimes are not necessarily the sexually motivated killings they had seemed. There is a coldly calculating and tortuous mind at work here which they must outmanoeuvre if they are to prevent both further killing, and the destruction ota shining talent. This sensitive and absorbing mystery has been awarded America's highest accolade tor a first crime novel and marks the start of an exeting serie featuring Casey Martinelli and Alonzo Hawkin. Laurie R. King: A Grave Talent. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0002325438 (February, 1995), 310 p., £14.99.
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Laurie R. King: A Grave Talent (USA 1993) From the Publisher: Laurie R. King: A Grave Talent. St. Martin's Press / Thomas Dunne Books, ISBN: 0312088043 (February, 1993), 310 p., $19.95.
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