fter
her last case, S.F.P.D. homicide detective Kate Martinelli is more than
ready for routine police work and a newfound
serenity with her lover. Until one night her pager summons her to a murder
scene. The corpse is handcuffed and strangled, with a
stun gun's faint burn on his chest and candy in his pocket.
The only person who might have
wanted the man dead is the wife he repeatedly abused--but her
alibi is airtight. Then a second body is found--zapped, cuffed, strangled,
and carrying candy--and Kate is drawn into a
network of pitiless destruction that reaches far beyond San Francisco, a
l990s-style hit list with shudderingly primal roots.
Winner of the Best First Crime Novel
Award from both the Mystery Writers of America and the British
Crime Writers Association for the first book in the Kate Martinelli
series, A Grave Talent, Laurie R. King creates
novels that have the intensity and depth of superb literary work, spiced
with harrowing suspense.
fter
her last case, S.F.P.D. homicide detective Kate Martinelli is more than
ready for routine police work and a newfound
serenity with her lover. Until one night her pager summons her to a murder
scene. The corpse is handcuffed and strangled, with a
stun gun's faint burn on his chest and candy in his pocket.
