The Collector

Zusatztext Roberts is performing at the top of her literary gameAn addictive blend of sleek suspense and sophisticated romance that would make Hitchcock proud. Booklist (starred review) An engrossing tale of love! family! and the lengths some will go to possess that which they desire the most.Wit and Sin A pair of strong! commitment-averse protagonists! vividly drawn villainsa classy! stunningly beautiful! sociopathic assassin and a soulless recluse! in particularan abundance of Fabergé egg history and a plot that keeps readers on edge add up to another classic for Roberts. Library Journal Sizzling suspenseWill keep readers riveted. Publishers Weekly A juicy! suspenseful tale to snuggle in with and savor.BookPage.com You won't want to stop until you're finished.Fresh Fiction Informationen zum Autor Nora Roberts Klappentext From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a novel about a woman who needs nothing, a man who sees everything, and the web of deceit, greed and danger that brings them together-and could tear them apart... When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the woman with no permanent ties finds herself almost wishing for one... Artist Ashton Archer knows his brother isn't capable of violence-against himself or others. He recruits Lila, the only eyewitness, to help him uncover what happened. Chalking up their intense attraction to the heat of the moment, Lila agrees to help Ash try to find out who murdered his brother and why. From the penthouses of Manhattan to grand Italian villas, their investigation draws them into a rarefied circle where priceless antiques are bought, sold, gambled away and stolen; where what you possess is who you are; and where what you desire becomes a deadly obsession... Zusammenfassung From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a novel about a woman who needs nothing! a man who sees everything! and the web of deceit! greed and danger that brings them togetherand could tear them apart... When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job! life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly! the woman with no permanent ties finds herself almost wishing for one... Artist Ashton Archer knows his brother isn't capable of violenceagainst himself or others. He recruits Lila! the only eyewitness! to help him uncover what happened. Chalking up their intense attraction to the heat of the moment! Lila agrees to help Ash try to find out who murdered his brother and why. From the penthouses of Manhattan to grand Italian villas! their investigation draws them into a rarefied circle where priceless antiques are bought! sold! gambled away and stolen; where what you possess is who you are; and where what you desire becomes a deadly obsession... ...

“Roberts is performing at the top of her literary game…An addictive blend of sleek suspense and sophisticated romance that would make Hitchcock proud.”—Booklist (starred review)
 
“An engrossing tale of love, family, and the lengths some will go to possess that which they desire the most.”—Wit and Sin
 
“A pair of strong, commitment-averse protagonists, vividly drawn villains—a classy, stunningly beautiful, sociopathic assassin and a soulless recluse, in particular—an abundance of Fabergé egg history and a plot that keeps readers on edge add up to another classic for Roberts.”—Library Journal
 
“Sizzling suspense…Will keep readers riveted.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“A juicy, suspenseful tale to snuggle in with and savor.”—BookPage.com
 
“You won’t want to stop until you’re finished.”—Fresh Fiction

Autorentext

Nora Roberts

Klappentext

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a novel about a woman who needs nothing, a man who sees everything, and the web of deceit, greed and danger that brings them together-and could tear them apart...

When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the woman with no permanent ties finds herself almost wishing for one...

Artist Ashton Archer knows his brother isn't capable of violence-against himself or others. He recruits Lila, the only eyewitness, to help him uncover what happened. Chalking up their intense attraction to the heat of the moment, Lila agrees to help Ash try to find out who murdered his brother and why. From the penthouses of Manhattan to grand Italian villas, their investigation draws them into a rarefied circle where priceless antiques are bought, sold, gambled away and stolen; where what you possess is who you are; and where what you desire becomes a deadly obsession...

Zusammenfassung
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a novel about a woman who needs nothing, a man who sees everything, and the web of deceit, greed and danger that brings them together—and could tear them apart...
 
When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the woman with no permanent ties finds herself almost wishing for one...
 
Artist Ashton Archer knows his brother isn’t capable of violence—against himself or others. He recruits Lila, the only eyewitness, to help him uncover what happened. Chalking up their intense attraction to the heat of the moment, Lila agrees to help Ash try to find out who murdered his brother and why. From the penthouses of Manhattan to grand Italian villas, their investigation draws them into a rarefied circle where priceless antiques are bought, sold, gambled away and stolen; where what you possess is who you are; and where what you desire becomes a deadly obsession...

Leseprobe
One

She thought they'd never leave. Clients, especially new ones, tended to fuss and delay, revolving on the same loop of instructions, contacts, comments before finally heading out the door. She sympathized because when they walked out the door they left their home, their belongings, and in this case their cat, in someone else's hands.

As their house-sitter, Lila Emerson did everything she could to send them off relaxed and confident those hands were competent ones.

For the next three weeks, while Jason and Macey Kilderbrand enjoyed the south of France with friends and family, Lila would live in their most excellent apartment in Chelsea, water their plants; feed, water and play with their cat; collect their mail-and forward anything of import.

She'd tend Macey's pretty terrace garden, pamper the cat, take messages and act as a burglary deterrent simply by her presence.

While she did, she'd enjoy living in New York's tony London Terrace just as she'd enjoyed living in the charming flat in Rome-where for an additional fee she'd painted the kitchen-and the sprawling house in Brooklyn-with its frisky golden retriever, sweet and aging Boston terrier and aquarium of colorful tropical fish.

She'd seen a lot of New York in her six years as a professional house-sitter, and in the last four had expanded to see quite a bit of the world as well.

Nice work if you can get it, she thought-and she could get it.

"Come on, Thomas." She gave the cat's long, sleek body one head-to-tail stroke. "Let's go unpack."

She liked the settling in and, since the spacious apartment boasted a second bedroom, unpacked the first of her two suitcases, tucking …