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Always Time to Die
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St. Kilda Consulting: Book 1

Always Time to Die (2005) (edit title/settings)

by Elizabeth Lowell (Author) (edit contributors)

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Former U.S. Senator Quintrell is dead. His son, New Mexico's governor, is preparing his run for the highest political office in the land. And dark family secrets are about to explode with the devastating force of a Southwestern earthquake. An eccentric Quintrell aunt has invited... read more

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The powerful Quintrell family of New Mexico has spent decades in the public eye. Now the recent death of the clan's patriarch, a former U.S. senator, has placed his son, Governor Josh Quintrell, squarely in the spotlight as he prepares his run for the highest political office in the land. It... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The powerful Quintrell family of New Mexico has spent decades in the public eye. Now the recent death of the clan's patriarch, a former U.S. senator, has placed his son, Governor Josh Quintrell, squarely in the spotlight as he prepares his run for the highest political office in the land. It is not a good time to be rattling skeletons in the family's closets.
Researching personal histories isn't just Carolina "Carly" May's profession, it's her passion. When the governor's eccentric Aunt Winifred invites Carly into the Quintrells' private Taos compound to compile a genealogical record of the illustrious residents, she can hardly believe her good luck. But digging into the past is raising troubling questions about the would-be president's private life, his late father and catatonic mother, and the grisly street crime that left his notorious drug-addicted sister dead. And it soon becomes frighteningly apparent that the motivation of the dotty old woman who hired Carly might be something more akin to revenge -- and that someone is determined to remove the inquisitive genealogist from the picture by any means necessary.
As a dark world of twisted passions and depraved crimes slowly opens up before Carly, she realizes that there is no one whom she dares to trust -- perhaps least of all Dan Duran, a dangerous and haunted mystery man who's somehow tied to the Quintrells' past. But she will need an ally to survive the terrible secrets a father carried to the grave and an even more devastating evil that lurks among the living -- because following the bloodlines of the wealthy and power-hungry can be a bloody business ... and some dead secrets can kill.

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  • “You were fire and I was cold all the way to my core. I needed you so much I couldn't breathe. I still do.”
    Dan to Carly
  • “I'm going to ask questions," Carly warned. "That's how I'll know you're breathing."”
    Carly to Dan
  • “You want to shower first, second or conservatively?" "Conservatively?" "Together." His green eyes gleamed at her.  "Doesn't sound conservative to me." "When it comes to saving water, it is." "Go take a liberal shower.”
    Dan and Carly
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  • If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, chances are you don’t understand the situation. Why else would ignorance be called bliss?
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Organizations edit see section history

  • St. Kilda Consulting: a Manhattan-based global business that concentrates on the shadow world where governments can't go.

First Sentence edit see section history

The cutting edge of a winter storm made the old house sigh and moan as if someone was dying.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue
Chapters 1 - 66
Epilogue

Glossary edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 5 in St. Kilda Consulting. (standard series)

Followed by The Wrong Hostage.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Elizabeth Lowell (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: Jul-2005
ISBN: 0060504153
Page Count: 390

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  • Library of Congress: PS3562.O8847 A79 2005
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Mature themes.

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