Bad to the Bone by Katy Munger

For sheer hate appeal, Tawny Bledsoe’s right up there with Nurse Ratched and Hannibal Lector. You just want to leap onto the page and take her out before PI Casey Jones does. And you know you’re going have to be fast— because Tawny’s made it personal by posing as a battered wife and hiring Casey to find her kidnapped daughter.

Category: Mystery – Hard-Boiled