Evan Delaney

5 primary works

China Lake

by Meg Gardiner

Published 4 July 2002

Evan Delaney is a heroine of our times: a woman with a big heart, a quick tongue and a hot temper that gets her into trouble. She is shocked to discover that Tabitha, her ex-sister-in-law, has joined The Remnant - the Reverend Pete Wyoming's fanatical band of disciples. And that Tabitha is trying to regain custody of her six-year-old son, Luke, currently in Evan's care while his father is posted to the Naval Air Warfare Center. Then one of the Remnant is killed, and Evan's brother is the prime suspect. With her boyfriend, lawyer Jesse Blackburn, Evan tries to clear her brother's name and rescue her nephew. In doing so, she finds herself caught up in a wild plan to steal weapon, and a blazing inferno on a Santa Barbara hillside.

Mission Canyon

by Meg Gardiner

Published 21 July 2003

Evan Delaney is back - in the high-octane follow-up to CHINA LAKE Evan Delaney has come to terms with the hit-and-run crash that left her boyfriend, Jesse Blackburn, in a wheelchair and killed his best friend. But when she hears that the driver, Franklin Brand, is back in Santa Barbara, she is determined to help Jesse bring him to book for his crime. Brand was a golden boy at Mako Technologies, a heavyweight cyber-security firm. That's where Evan starts looking, and quickly concludes something dirty is happening at the company, and that Brand is still part of it. Digging deeper, she uncovers evidence of theft and extortion. Then witnesses to the hit-and-run start dying and Jesse's search for justice becomes a hunger for vengeance, as powerful interests determine to stop him and Evan - once and for all.

Jericho Point

by Meg Gardiner

Published 19 July 2004

When a young woman tumbles dead onto the beach, the police identify the body. It's Evan Delaney. Except that Evan is very much alive. It's her identity that has been stolen. And the thief has compromised more than just Evan's bank account. She has been scamming money from rich Hollywood wannabes -- including a vicious drug boss. He wants his money back. From Evan. Soon she finds herself harassed by drug runners and suspected of murder. She must save herself -- but to do that must escape a web of deceit that threatens to destroy not just her, but her boyfriend Jesse.

Crosscut

by Meg Gardiner

Published 12 September 2005

For Evan Delaney, China Lake was a tough place to grow up. But she didn't realixe just how tough until, returning to the desert military base for her high school reunion, she discovers that a disturbing number of her classmates have died young.

Kill Chain

by Meg Gardiner

Published 5 October 2006

When Evan Delaney's father disappears, the cops think he's fled the country to avoid prosecution. But Evan is sure that Phil has been abducted or killed for reasons associated with his work for Naval Intelligence.

As Evan hunts for clues, she is attacked by an armed man. The attacker ends up dead - and turns out to be a federal agent. Now Evan is on the run, implicated in his murder. Then she is contacted by a sinister duo - a Madam and gigolo mother-and-son-team who claim that Phil was mixed up in their very dirty business.

Can Evan save her father's reputation - and his life? And can Jesse save Evan? Time is running out ...