Bleeding Hearts

Book 2 in the Kit O&apos;Malley series.<br /> <br />Poison pens can draw blood. And that is exactly why TV presenter Rebecca Jones hires private eye Kit O&apos;Malley to investigate the threats against her. But the trouble with being tenacious, tough, and too smart for her own good is that everybody else wants her on their team.<br /> <br />As if trying to keep Rebecca alive and on the air wasn&apos;t enough, Kit is beset by a clutch of other people&apos;s catastrophes that require her very particular skills to resolve.<br /> <br />And, as Kit is the detective who can&apos;t say no, before she knows it she is up to her eyes in the worst that Australia&apos;s criminal minds can throw her way.<br /> <br />Money laundering, sordid sexual shenanigans, abduction, political sleaze, and murder among Melbourne&apos;s movers and shakers threaten to swamp Kit as she picks her way through the morass of double-dealing, treachery, and outright greed.<br /> <br />As if that&apos;s not enough, the beautiful and sexy Alex Casenove sweeps back into her life, reminding Kit that love is almost as deadly as hate and that murder never happens at a convenient time.<br /> <br />Bleeding Hearts, the sequel to the highly acclaimed debut Blood Guilt, is a tightly plotted romp through the dark underbelly of Australia&apos;s most-cultured city, vibrantly demonstrating that even the heartless bleed.