Crosscut - Meg Gardiner

For Evan, China Lake was a tough place to grow up. But she didn't realise just how tough until, returning to the desert military base for her high school reunion, she discovers that a disturbing number of her classmates have died young.

The morning after the reunion another is found, savagely butchered. She is just the first.

Someone in China Lake has a major axe to grind with the class of '91. And that includes Evan . . .

Edgar award winner Meg Gardiner previously practised law in Los Angeles and taught at the University of California. She lives with her family near London. To find out more about her novels, visit Meg's website at www.meggardiner.com

'The plot is truly thrilling with at least two delightfully shocking twists.'

Tense and exciting . . . A conspiracy theorist's must-have.'

A rattling good read, with an unexpected twist at the end.

With a colourful cast of richly delineated characters, a protagonist with whom the readers will easily identify - all big-hearted, quick-tongued and hair-trigger-tempered - this novel provides a fast-paced ride through some of the more dubious nooks and crannies of the American dream.
Maxim Jakubowski,Guardianon CHINA LAKE

From beginning to end China Lake is a book that no reader of thrillers will be able to put down. Great characters, dynamic plot, nail-biting action - Meg Gardiner gives us everything.
Elizabeth George on CHINA LAKE