Isabel Allende--the New York Times bestselling author whose books, including Maya's Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, and Zorro, have sold more than 57 million copies around the world--demonstrates her remarkable literary versatility with Ripper, an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco.

The Jackson women, Indiana and Amanda, have always had each other. Yet, while 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, like her father, the SFPD's Deputy Chief of Homicide. Brilliant and introverted, the MIT-bound high school senior is a natural-born sleuth addicted to crime novels and 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, discovering, before the police do, that the deaths may be connected. But the case becomes all too personal when Indiana suddenly vanishes. Could her mother's disappearance be linked to the serial killer? Now, with her mother's life on the line, the young detective must solve the most complex mystery she's ever faced before it's too late.

Author: Isabel Allende
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpervia
Published: 01/28/2014
Pages: 496
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780062291400


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2013 pg. 86
Booklist 11/01/2013 pg. 32
Library Journal 11/15/2013 pg. 81
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 12/23/2013
Romantic Times 02/01/2014 pg. 63 - Excellent
Entertainment Weekly 01/24/2014 pg. 71
New York Times Book Review 02/02/2014 pg. 19
People Weekly 02/10/2014 pg. 63
New York Times Book Review 02/09/2014 pg. 26
Library Journal 10/01/2014 pg. 44
Library Journal 09/01/2013

About the Author
Allende, Isabel: -

Isabel Allende is the author of twelve works of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Maya's Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, Inés of My Soul, Daughter of Fortune, and a novel that has become a world-renowned classic, The House of the Spirits. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, she lives in California.