Hand that Feeds You [Mass Market Paperback]

Lillian Roberts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 1997

"Grabs you in its jaws and doesn't let go . . . This [is] a truly unique mystery series worth following!"
--Tess Gerritsen, Author of Harvest

When Willard Hanes shows up at Dr. Doolittle's Pet Care Clinic with a battered, nearly dead pit bull, Palm Springs vet Andi Pauling fears the worst. More disturbing is the mute, withdrawn little girl accompanying him.

Later, Hanes is gruesomely murdered, and the child--Nikki--vanishes into thin air. A stack of sordid videos at the murder scene reveals a horrifying scenario. Driven to find the child, Andi dares to infiltrate Hanes' s nightmare world where she becomes a mole on the illegal dogfight circuit--and fair game for a vicious pack of very human predators. . . .

"Read this book. . . . You'll love it."
--Alan Russell, Author of Multiple Wounds

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"Grabs you in its jaws and doesn't let go . . . This [is] a truly unique mystery series worth following!"
--Tess Gerritsen, Author of Harvest

When Willard Hanes shows up at Dr. Doolittle's Pet Care Clinic with a battered, nearly dead pit bull, Palm Springs vet Andi Pauling fears the worst. More disturbing is the mute, withdrawn little girl accompanying him.

Later, Hanes is gruesomely murdered, and the child--Nikki--vanishes into thin air. A stack of sordid videos at the murder scene reveals a horrifying scenario. Driven to find the child, Andi dares to infiltrate Hanes' s nightmare world where she becomes a mole on the illegal dogfight circuit--and fair game for a vicious pack of very human predators. . . .

"Read this book. . . . You'll love it."
--Alan Russell, Author of Multiple Wounds

About the Author

Lillian M. Roberts is a Palm Springs veterinarian. She is the author of Riding for a Fall, her first mystery featuring veterinarian-sleuth Andi Pauling.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: Fawcett (April 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449149862
• ISBN-13: 978-0449149867
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,727,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant but chilling, April 27, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Hand that Feeds You (Mass Market Paperback)

Andi Pauldi is a vet living in Palm Springs, California. She is trying to get her fledgling practice off the ground while waiting and hoping that her sixth and final blood test for AIDS will be HIV-Negative. She doesn't plan on getting involved in another murder case or risk her carcass playing investigator ever again. That decision changes when a little girl named Nikki, mute, pathetic looking, and in emotional pain, comes into her office to have her pit bull Buck taken care of. Andi takes an instant dislike to the girl's redneck father, but the pleading in the little girl's eyes convinces Andi to take care of the savagely injured dog. Andi suspects the dog was hurt in an illegal dog fight. ........ Through a local politician's donation, Andi is able to give Buck the best of care but a shock awaits her when, a few week's later, she delivers a now healthy Buck back to his owners. Nikki is gone, with no trace of her existence in her dump of her house. Andi locates the girl's father, shot to death on the living room floor. Nobody seems to care about the missing child but Andi. She heads down a dangerous and deadly road filled with illegal dog fights, a child pornography ring, and pedophiles plying their trade with impunity. Vowing to do whatever is necessary to find Nikki and put the monsters responsible for her abduction away, Andi enters the world of the double agent, where one wrong move could be her last. ....... Lillian Roberts has written a graphic and revealing novel that takes the reader into the world of vices that people practice, ranging from dog fighting, pedophilia, and to sexual child abuse. It is not a work for the faint of heart but it is a astute depiction into the dark side of human nature brilliantly interwoven into a mystery that is both intriguing and cleverly designed. THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU is not a pretty work but it is a work that will haunt the readers long after the book is finished. The female protagonist symbolizes the goodness in humanity, as evidenced by her willingness to die in her fight against the forces that could torture innocent animals and children for money. This book comes highly recommend, but is not for everyone. ......Harriet Klausner

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I hate women who go stupid, July 25, 2002

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M. Scott (Longwood, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hand that Feeds You (Mass Market Paperback)

While this book has all the elements to be a good story, I was so disappointed when the main character Andi Pauldi goes stupid. What non-authority person in their right mind would tackle people who raise dogs to fight? And what is with the graphic child abuse scenes? I threw the book away not finished. Andi Paildi may be a good vet, a good hearted woman, but a real dunce when it comes to danger.