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One of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. The Burning Mind should go to the top of your 'to be read' pile

Gardiner's strengths are working better than ever here - characters as real as your friends, and a plot as real as your nightmares

I need to tell you about Meg Gardiner, and if you love great thrillers, you'll want to listen. The next suspense superstar ... As good as Michael Connelly

Harper Flynn nearly died when a pair of gunmen attacked the L.A. club where she was working. A year on, Harper is trying to rebuild her life - and failing. 
 
Because not only is she convinced there was a third gunman who escaped, but she also believes that he is targeting the survivors. 
 
The only person who believes her is Sherriff Deputy Aiden Garrison, who saved her life that night. But Harper's only ally has a shocking secret of his own - one that makes him suspicious and highly volatile...

The Burning Mind is the new thriller from the acclaimed Edgar Award-winning writer, M. G. Gardiner. 
 
Harper Flynn nearly died when gunmen attacked the L.A. club where she worked. A year later, Harper tries to rebuild her life - but is failing. 
 
Because not only is she convinced there was a third gunman who escaped, but she also believes that he is targeting the survivors. 
 
The only person who will listen is Sherriff Deputy Aiden Garrison, who tried to save her life that night. But Harper's only ally has a secret of his own - one that makes him suspicious and highly volatile . . . 
 
Praise for M.G. Gardiner: 
'The next suspense superstar' Stephen King 
 
'Stephen King is absolutely right. M.G. Gardiner is an astonishing writer . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' Tess Gerritsen 
 
'One of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. The Burning Mind should go to the top of your 'to be read' pile' Karin Slaughter 
 
'Gardiner's strengths are working better than ever here - characters as real as your friends, and a plot as real as your nightmares' Lee Child 
 
M. G. Gardiner was born in Oklahoma and raised in Santa Barbara, California. She graduated from Stanford University and Stanford Law School. She practiced law in Los Angeles and taught writing at the University of California Santa Barbara. She's a former collegiate cross-country runner and a three time Jeopardy! champion. She lives with her family near London. 
 
She has won many awards for her writing, including the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original, the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Procedural Novel and the 2012 Audie Award for Thriller/Suspense audiobook of the year.

M.G. Gardiner was born in Oklahoma and raised in Santa Barbara, California. She graduated from Stanford University and Stanford Law School. She practised law in Los Angeles and taught writing at the University of California Santa Barbara. She's a former collegiate cross-country runner and three-time Jeopardy! Champion. She lives with her family near London.

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One of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. The Burning Mind should go to the top of your 'to be read' pile

Gardiner's strengths are working better than ever here - characters as real as your friends, and a plot as real as your nightmares

I need to tell you about Meg Gardiner, and if you love great thrillers, you'll want to listen. The next suspense superstar ... As good as Michael Connelly

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