It's always important to kill the right person.That's a lesson that Jesús Garza and Christian Keitel learn the hard way.Innovative and strangely likable (albeit with a bent for the macabre), the two assassins were just following orders when they eliminated a pesky reporter threatening corporate secrets. Unfortunately for them -- and their billionaire boss -- the reporter had a devastating secret of his own. Now, the killers have set off a chain reaction of revenge that threatens a financial empire built on murder, sex, fraud and political corruption. Enter Jake Scarne, a rogue New York City cop turned private eye who is sent to Florida by a grieving father to uncover the truth about his son's death.Bodies pile up from coast to coast as Scarne finds himself in the crosshairs of a powerful media baron, vicious mobsters, various sets of homicide cops, the F.B.I. - and a beautiful, amoral woman that men hate to love, but do. Jake Scarne is a hero in the tradition of Robert Parker's Spenser, tougher than nails and as quick with a quip as he is with a gun. With friends on both sides of the law, he'll cut any corner when seeking the truth.Betray Jake Scarne -- or his clients -- at your peril. SOUND OF BLOOD is the rare novel that has some critics praising it as a terrific financial thriller and others likening it to JAWS. There is plenty of murder and mayhem in SOUND OF BLOOD, and not a little sex. But at its heart it is a tragic love story that tests the boundaries of loyalty and loss.With crucial and colorful scenes set in New York, Florida, Georgia, Seattle, Argentina and the Caribbean, SOUND OF BLOOD will hook readers right up to its last, stunning twist. And it will have them begging for more of what promises to be the next great thriller series.Yes, there is a sequel!