ELAINE VIETS DEATH GRIP Angela Richman, Chouteau County death investigator, finds herself deep in the Missouri woods on a perfect spring day. But there is nothing idyllic about her grim walk - a body has been discovered in a muddy creek, and Detective Jace Budewitz wants Angela on the scene. Terri Gibbons, the popular Forest High track star who went missing eight months ago, has been found strangled. Could a message found in Terri's shoe hold the key to catching her killer? Chouteau Forest is a town of privilege and secrets, where everyone has something to hide. Can Angela overcome the many obstacles in her way to see justice served when the Forest's wealthy residents will go to any lengths to prevent the truth being revealed?

Elaine Viets returns to her hardboiled roots with her Angela Richman, death investigator series. Death Grip is the latest, following A Star Is Dead, Fire and Ashes and Brain Storm, and the novella Ice Blonde. Elaine has thirty-four bestselling mysteries in four series. A St Louis native, Elaine took the Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Course for forensic professionals at St Louis University, and has won the Agatha, Anthony and Lefty Awards. Elaine lives in Fort Lauderdale with her husband, writer and reviewer Don Crinklaw.