The third Matthew Hope mystery novel from the acclaimed author of the popular 87th Precinct series. What begins as an ordinary one-night-stand for attorney Matthew Hope turns into a deadly mystery when the woman--a 60's rock star trying for a comeback--is brutally murdered, and her daughter turns up missing.

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Un bout de la corde était attaché aux barreaux de la fenêtre; l'autre extrémité était nouée autour du cou du jeune homme. Le teint était violacé, légèrement terreux. À quelques centimètres du corps, gisait une seringue hypodermique vide.La mort avait envahi silencieusement la nuit. Il était temps pour Carella de se mettre en chasse.

Le fourgue

"Bloody palmprints. He would always remember seeing first the bloody prints, one on each side of the glass-paneled doors. And then the doors swinging open and the girl spilling into the room. Arms wide, hands imploring . . . blue dress torn open over white blood-smeared bra, she lurched toward the muster desk, beseeching Kling to help, for God's sake, help."The girl was Patricia Lowery, fifteen years old. She was the lucky one. Soon after, they found her cousin, Muriel Stark, seventeen, lying in a doorway, her body ripped with knife wounds. Hysterically, Patricia talked to Detectives Steve Carella and Bert Kling of the 87th Precinct, telling her brutal story of molestation and murder. The man was tall, dark-haired, blue-eyed, she said; he had a knife blade four inches long, she would never forget what he looked like, what he made them do.Immediately, Kling and Carella set out to find the killer, launching interrogations, file searches, laboratory analyses -- all the weapons of investigation at their command. The twisting, blood-spotted trail leads them deep into the warped world of the sex offender. Then, click. Tall, dark hair, blue eyes, phony alibi. And a positive identification from Patricia: "I said I'd never forget."There's only one problem. He's the wrong man.

Adieu Cousine... (87th Precinct, #32)

Une île charmante et paisible apparemment. Sauf qu'il s'y passait des choses un peu bizarres. Une championne de natation s'y était noyée l'année précédente, on venait d'y assassiner la femme d'un pêcheur. À présent, voici qu'on kidnappait la petite fille d'un homme qui s'était montré un peu trop curieux d'éclaircir ces mystères. Il y avait pourtant un mobile à sa curiosité : la noyée n'était autre que son épouse.

Le dernier plongeon

By day the city works. By night it plays, and everyone is invited to the game: the rich the poor, the adventurous and the tame. Sometimes, the playground turns deadly. Sometimes, the homicide detectives from the 87th Precinct are invited, too...Sadie When She DiedThe victim had a knife plunged in her chest. The husband was glad, and didn't hide it. From the beginning, Detective Carella is sure someone was hired to make the murder look like an interrupted robbery. Then the dead woman's secrets begin to come out of the closet. Now happily married, Steve Carella and unhappily single Bert Kling are entering a city's sexual underground to find out which is more dangerous: a world where anything goes or a husband with secrets of his own.Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1477805613

Après Le Trépas (87th Precinct, #26)

Jerome Edward McKennon was found sprawled on the carpet, the phone clenched in his fist. It was a gruesome poisoning, and the clues lead to gorgeous Marilyn Hollis. When Detective Hal Willis finds himself falling in love with Marilyn, he knows the only hope for their love is to prove her innocence, before passion turns to Poison. HC: Arbor House.

Poison

Manhattan blues - Occasion

Tout avait bien marché : Luther Henderson avait kidnappé le môme sans difficulté ; il ne lui restait plus qu'à attendre les 5 000 dollars de la rançon. Mais il y avait une petite chose que Luther ignorait : le père du môme était un redoutable gangster qui, pour l'instant, se payait du bon temps à Capri, mais qui n'allait par tarder à rentrer. Bref, Luther Henderson était dans le pétrin jusqu'au cou, et il ne le savait pas encore.

En petites coupures

Édition revue et augmentée par Pierre de Laubier en 1995

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