num_pages: 544
description: On the heels of her soaring bestseller Flight, Edgar Award-winning author Jan Burke reaches new heights of suspense in this ingenious novel of hard-hitting justice and cold-blooded murder.  Los Angeles County Homicide Detective Alex Brandon lives to bring killers to justice -- but when unknown assailants begin systematically killing off the FBI's Most Wanted suspects, Alex sees no cause for celebration. The vigilante slayings eerily echo the work of a serial killer from a decade ago, and convince Alex that "the Exterminators," as a grateful public has dubbed them, are more ruthless and sadistic than their victims. As the attacks mount, it is the ninth target that pulls Alex into a case that is quickly spiraling into deadly territory -- where justice is no longer enough.
language: English
title: Nine
titlecomplete: Nine
genres: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 824
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best Mystery Novel
publisher: Pocket Books