One Last Look

October 3, 2005
Miller concludes her bestselling romantic suspense trilogy (Don't Look Now
; Never Look Back
) with more slick sleuthing featuring blunt, resourceful attorney Clare Westbrook and her fiancé, homicide detective Tony Sonterra. After a string of personal and professional troubles, Clare, four months pregnant and desperate for peace and quiet, leaves Phoenix and follows Sonterra to the Arizona hill town of Dry Creek, where he is to be sworn in as police chief. But the small town turns dangerous when a mysterious driver viciously totals Clare's Escalade. Sonterra tries to keep track of an immigrant-smuggling ring of coyotes, and Dry Creek's secrets slowly begin to reveal themselves. Clare takes a job with the shady county prosecutor just as a case of domestic abuse escalates to murder and a child goes missing, sending her snooping around a local trailer park and a gossipy book club for clues. Clare and Sonterra survive several more violent attempts to scare them off, including gunshots that turn their wedding day into a bloodbath, but the daring duo manage to make it all in a day's work, including a revelation about Clare's family lineage. Miller delivers a serviceable and mostly engaging windup to the three-part series, complete with a happily-ever-after ending.

October 1, 2005
Detective Tony Sonterra and attorney Clare Westbrook, who is pregnant with his child, leave civilized Phoenix for Dry Creek, Arizona, when Tony becomes sheriff as part of his assignment for the FBI to find the people responsible for bringing illegal aliens across the border and murdering them. Tony believes the small town will be safe for Clare, who has a habit of attracting murderers, but someone tries to run Clare off the road. Something is not right in Dry Creek, and as more dead bodies pile up, Clare is determined to open her law practice and help with the investigation, in spite of Tony's objections. He just wants her to be safe and agree to marry him. Miller ends her series with Tony and Clare (" Don't Look Now," 2003; " Never Look Back," 2004) with a bang. A work of sensual romantic suspense, " One Last Look "is filled with nonstop action and wisecracking characters who will please fans and new readers alike.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2005, American Library Association.)