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Run From Nightmare

(1981)
(The second book in the Delilah West series)
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Before Kinsey Millhone, Sharon McCone and V.I. Warshawski, there was Delilah West, the sensitive, gutsy and resourceful private eye who shattered the boundaries of mystery fiction...

RUN FROM NIGHTMARE

When thirty year-old Janet Valek dashes off to a small desert town and doesn't come back, her worried family hires PI Delilah West to make certain that she's okay. Still reeling from hunting down her husband's killer, Delilah welcomes the mundane case until she discovers that that Janet has vanished. Fearing the worst as corpses begin to pile up, Delilah goes after a killer who wants to make her the next victim.

The second unforgettable Delilah West thriller from Maxine O'Callaghan, Shamus Award nominee, and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America.

"One of the first of the modern women PIs and also one of the grittiest." Los Angeles Times

"Fascinating... a fast-paced page-turner," Houston Chronicle

"A scrappy, energetic heroine you'll find yourself pulling for," Philadelphia Inquirer


Genre: Mystery

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