The Jackson women, Indiana and Amanda, have always had each other. Though their bond is strong, mother and daughter are as different as night and day. Indiana, a beautiful holistic healer, is a free-spirited bohemian. Long divorced from Amanda's father, she's reluctant to settle down with either of the men who want her—Alan, the wealthy scion of one of San Francisco's elite families, and Ryan, an enigmatic, scarred former Navy SEAL.

While her mom looks for the good in people, Amanda is fascinated by the dark side of human nature—as is her father, the SFPD's deputy chief of homicide. Brilliant and introverted, the MIT-bound high school senior Amanda is a natural-born sleuth addicted to crime novels and to Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world.

When a string of strange murders occurs across the city, Amanda plunges into her own investigation, probing hints and deductions that elude the police department. But the case becomes all too personal when Indiana suddenly vanishes. Could her mother's disappearance have something to do with the series of deaths? Now, with her mother's life on the line, Amanda must solve the most complex mystery she's ever faced before it's too late.

Check out the trailer for this book HERE. 

An Evening with Isabel Allende - Ripper

Monday, February 3, 2014

7:00pm

University of Denver, Sturm Hall: The Tattered Cover is partnering with the University of Denver to present acclaimed novelist Isabel Allende as part of their University College Enrichment Program’s winter session. Allende—the New York Times bestselling author whose books include Maya’s Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, and Zorro, will discuss and sign her new novel Ripper ($28.99 HarperCollins), an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco. “Allende’s tightly plotted tale of crimes obvious and masked is sharply perceptive, utterly charming, and intensely suspenseful.”— Booklist (starred review)

Tickets for this event are $35.00 per person and include a copy of Ripper. Registration is available now through the University College Enrichment Program website.