Synopses & Reviews
Night WorkKate and her partner, Al Hawkin, are called to a scene of carefully executed murder: the victim is a muscular man, handcuffed and strangled, a stun gun's faint burn on his chest and candy in his pocket. The likeliest person to want him dead, his often-abused wife, is meek and frail--and has an airtight alibi. Kate and Al are stumped, until a second body turns up--also zapped, cuffed, and strangled...and carrying a candy bar. This victim: a convicted rapist. As newspaper headlines speculate about vendetta killings, a third death draws Kate and Al into a network of pitiless destruction that reaches far beyond San Francisco, a modern-style hit list with shudderingly primal roots.
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"Rich, multi-layered storytelling that informs while it entertains." Washington Post Book World
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"King is a deft and literate writer whose work never fails to please....A superior novel." The San Diego Union-Tribune
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"A dense and suspenseful tale. Memorable." Publishers Weekly
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Kate's passion, and King's, brings new urgency to a familiar story about merging personal conviction with professional duty." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Kate and her partner, Al Hawkin, are called to a scene of carefully executed murder: the victim is a muscular man, handcuffed and strangled, a stun gun's faint burn on his chest and candy in his pocket. The likeliest person to want him dead, his often-abused wife, is meek and frail and has an airtight alibi. Kate and Al are stumped, until a second body turns up also zapped, cuffed, and strangled...and carrying a candy bar. This victim: a convicted rapist. As newspaper headlines speculate about vendetta killings, a third death draws Kate and Al into a network of pitiless destruction that reaches far beyond San Francisco, a modern-style hit list with shudderingly primal roots.
About the Author
Laurie R. King is the bestselling author of four contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli and five acclaimed Mary Russell mysteries, including
The Beekeeper's Apprentice and
O Jerusalem. Her most recent novel is the highly praised
A Darker Place. She lives in northern California, where she is at work on her next suspense novel.
From the Hardcover edition.