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She was a vision. She was a siren. She was a nightmare. She was dead. Now he needed her to disappear. And he knew just how to make it happen. The Palm Beach elite go to great lengths to protect their own—and their own no longer includes Elena Estes. Once upon a time a child of wealth and... read more
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- James Landry: Homicide detective and ex-lover of Elena.
- Lisbeth: Close friend of deceased and also a groomer.
- Bennett Walker: Ex-fiance of Elena and member of the elite Polo Club.
- Irma Markova: Irina was the murder victim. A beautiful Russian woman who was working as a groomer but was included in with the elite of the Polo crowd.
- Elena Estes: The heroine of the story. Ex-cop.
- Weiss: Homicide policeman.
- Irina Markova: Homicide victim. A beautiful Russian woman who even as a groomer was admitted to the elite world of the Polo club.
- Sean Avadon: Elena's childhood friend and owner of the horsefarm where she and Irina worked.
- Alexi Kulak: Head of Russian mob and friend of Irina.
- Jim Brody: Wealthy man involved with the elite of the polo club. Seen in photos with Irina.
- Juan Barbaro: Highly successful polo player.
- Edward Estes: Slimy lawyer to the wealthy who is also Elena's estraned father.
- Svetlana: A Russian trollop who knows Alexi and Irina.
- Sebastian Foster: Member of the Alibi Club.
- Hector Ramirez: Narcotics cop who was killed in a raid that Elena also was in.
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- Paul Kenner: Member of the Alibi Club.
- Maria Nevin: Rape victim for whom Bennett Walker was a suspect.
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“I had never pretended to be anything other than what I was. I had never pretended I wanted to change.”
Elena Estes
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“Hatred is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die of it.”
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But every kind of life has its price and its pitfalls. In a lifestyle where there are no boundaries, it becomes a challenge to find one’s true self. If everything comes easily, there is no way to establish worth. And if nothing has real value, then there is no way to gauge satisfaction or accomplishment or contentment.
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Bennett Walker. The man I had meant to
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These places usually manage not to care one second longer than they have to.”
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Children are closer to, and more trusting of, their intuition, and none of the influences that block and distract us as adults have had a chance to cloud that
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She floated on the face of the pool like an exotic water lily.
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Page Count: 351
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- Dewey: 813.54
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