Prisoner of Memory: A Novel [Paperback]

Bestselling author Denise Hamilton dives into her Russian heritage in this fifth installment of the Eve Diamond series, as Eve uncovers the details of the murder of a scientist’s teenage son in the most dangerous—and personal—story of her career.

Los Angeles’ Russian community is about to pullLos Angeles Timesreporter Eve Diamond, herself the daughter of Russian immigrants, into a stunning spiral of danger and intrigue.

After Eve discovers the body of an émigré scientist’s teenage son in Griffith Park, unraveling the execution-style shooting has her working on a story closer to her own personal history than ever before.

Eve steps into the crossfire between old and new worlds, where an enigmatic Cold War spy lures her on, an underworld killer warns her not to go any deeper, and a charming stranger that claims to be her cousin is potentially drawing her into the sights of a brilliant, vengeful killer.Denise Hamiltonis a writer-journalist whose work has appeared in theLos Angeles Times,Cosmopolitan, andThe New York Timesand is the author of five acclaimed Eve Diamond crime novels,Prisoner of Memory,Savage Garden,Last Lullaby,Sugar Skull, andThe Jasmine Trade, all of which have beenLos Angeles Timesbestsellers. She is also the editor of and a contributor to the short story anthologyLos Angeles Noir, winner of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Award for Best Mystery of 2007. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two young children. Visit her at www.denisehamilton.com.