num_pages: 240
description: With the toughness of James Ellroy and the fine-tuned suspense of Raymond Chandler, Pretty Ballerina marks the return of ex-con/private eye Harding -- in a harrowing tale of love, betrayal, and terrifying memories.Twenty-two years ago, a boy ran away from home and disappeared. Two years later, his sister hid in a basement while the rest of her family was murdered upstairs. The crime was never solved.That surviving sister is now a thirty-two-year-old former porn star and current scream queen of the B-movie set. When she begins to receive terrifying messages from an anonymous sender -- strange reminders of the most horrible night of her life -- she calls on Harding for help. Harding and his partner and girlfriend Alison, don't know who -- or even what -- they are hunting for. They only know that if they don't do something to make the letters stop, their lovely client is going to die.
language: English
title: Pretty Ballerina
titlecomplete: Pretty Ballerina
genres: Crime, Mystery
ratings_count: 37
series: Harding
publisher: Simon & Schuster