02254cam a2200289 4500 62138524 TxAuBib 20070416120000.0 070416s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007000329 9780553802016 hardcover 0553802011 hardcover TxAuBib Hoag, Tami. The Alibi Man / Tami Hoag. New York : Bantam Books, 2007. 351 p. ; 25 cm. Elena Estes ; 2 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 privilege, Elena turned her back on that life. Betrayed and disillusioned by those closest to her, she chose the life of and undercover cop, the hunt for justice her own personal passion. Then a tragic, haunting mistake ended her career. Now Elena exists on the fringes of her old life, training horses for a living. But a shocking event is about to draw her back into the painful vortex she's fought so hard to leave behind. First she finds the body-a young woman used,murdered, and dumped in a canal. Not just a victim, but a friend. As Elena delves into her dead friends's secret life, she discovers ties not only to the Russian mob but also to a group of powerful and wealthy Palm Beach bad boys known for giving each other alibis to cover a host of sins. A group that includes a man Elena once knew very well-her former fiance, Bennett Walker, a man she knows has already escaped justice at least once in his life. finding her friend's killer will put Elena at odds with her old life-and with herself. But she is determined to reveal the truth, a truth that will shock Palm Beach society to its core, and could very well get her killed. Donation from SWOJC. 20070416. Horse trainers Fiction. Rich people Fiction. Palm Beach (Fla.) Fiction. Mystery fiction. Elena Estes ; 2.