Last Known Victim - Couverture rigide

Spindler, Erica

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0778324613 ISBN 13 : 9780778324614

Editeur : MIRA, 2007

Synopsis

August 2005.

Amid death and destruction, hurricane-savaged New Orleans has a new dark force to fear.

As the rescue efforts unfold, a grisly discovery is made at one of the massive refrigerator 'graveyards.' One of these metal hulks contains six human hands—all female, all right hands. The press has dubbed the unknown perpetrator 'The Handyman.' But with no way to trace the origin of this refrigerator, and with evidence lost to time and the elements, the case dead-ends.

Captain Patti O'shay is a straight-arrow, by-the-book cop who is assigned to the case. Her tough, unflinching character is fractured when her husband and fellow police captain is found murdered—surprised by looters taking advantage of the post-storm chaos.

August 2007Patti, still grieving and disillusioned, gets a call from homicide: skeletal remains have been unearthed in City Park. The unknown victim— a female—is missing her right hand. But for Patti, this grave holds something even more shocking. Found beside the victim's bones is her husband's police badge.

Casting aside the very 'rule book' by which she has lived her life, Patti is fearless—but so is the killer. As he stalks her she is forced to question all she believes in, to doubt the code she has lived by—because she knows that if she doesn't find The Handyman first, she will become his last known victim.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'Bone Cold is a fast paced psychological thriller with a strong romantic thread that will particularly please fans of romantic suspense. Although this is the first book I ve read by author Erica Spindler, it will definitely not be the last.' --The Romance Reader Review on Bone Cold

'Spindler's latest moves fast and takes no prisoners. An intriguing look into the twisted mind of someone for whom murder is simply a business.' --Publisher's Weekly on Cause for Alarm

'...solid characters, a great setting and a really good plot...' --Globe and Mail on Dead Run

Présentation de l'éditeur

For police captain Patti O'Shea, the discovery of a dead body is shocking, but part of the job. A dead body with the right hand severed is disturbing. But when a corpse is discovered with the police badge of her murdered husband, she is pushed over the edge. Driven by revenge, and working outside the law, Patti vows to track the monster responsible. But as the killings continue, it becomes clear that she is not the hunter - but the hunted.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: MIRA
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0778324613
• ISBN 13: 9780778324614
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible