New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown is back with a spine-tingling story of murder and betrayal—and a homicide detective's struggle with his own rules of conduct.

When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows that discretion and kid-glove, treatment are the key to staying in the judge's good graces and keeping his job.

At first glance, the case appears open-and-shut: Elise, the judge's trophy wife, interrupted a burglary in progress and killed the intruder in self-defense. But Duncan is immediately suspicious of Elise's innocent act. And further investigation quickly puts Duncan's career in jeopardy—because he cant deny his increasing attraction to Elisa Laird, even if she is a married woman, a proven liar, and a murder suspect.

Ricochet's plot twists—as only Sandra Brown can write them—make this a gripping thriller, in which a decent cop's worst enemy may be his own conscience... and crusting the wrong person could mean the difference between life and death.

Sandra Brown is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Chill Factor; White Hot; Hello, Darkness; Envy ; and The Switch . She and her husband live in Arlington, Texas.

Dennis Boutsikaris won an OBIE Award for his performance in Sight Unseen and played Mozart in Amadeus on Broadway. Among his films are *batteries not included, The Dream Team , and Boys On the Side . His many television credits include And Then There Was One, Chasing the Dragon and 100 Center Street .