Almost Night
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- Synopsis
- From award-winning journalist and poet Ann Prospero comes Almost Night-a fast-paced, atmospheric novel of suspense, featuring a Miami homicide detective who finds herself drawn into the realm of a cunning serial killer. The unique, fascinating Everglades, where herons and wood storks roost ...the elegant mansions of Biscayne Bay and Coral Gables where the rich and privileged mingle... and the dark, murderous underbelly of a city where crime is an everyday occurrence. They are all part of the Miami that Susannah Cannon knows. Yet even for a seasoned cop, the blood-soaked bed that holds the mutilated corpse of a once-beautiful woman is not a sight she will soon forget. The death of Carla Reeves, an Orange Bowl Queen turned high-powered advertising executive, is only the first in a series of brutal murders by a serial killer who is targeting lonely, successful women. With the help of her formidable African-American commander, Bea, her Cuban emigre partner, Rafael, and a forensic pathologist named Raja, Susannah investigates a case that is striking in its singularity and in its lack of clues. For Susannah, the case triggers memories of her own past . . . and revives other, unsolved crimes-crimes that cross years and state lines. As the investigation heats up, sweeping the entire department into a round-the-clock manhunt ...as her attraction to emotionally destructive men-including her aloof, troubled lover-makes her dangerously vulnerable, the boundary between her personal and professional lives starts to blur. And Susannah finds herself walking afire line between love and loss, and life and death. A novel that resonates with menace and seethes with the clash of cultures, Almost Night is a pitch-perfect debut from a fresh and exciting new voice in suspense fiction.
- Copyright:
- 2000
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 273 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780525945321
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 08/08/06
- Copyrighted By:
- Ann Prospero
- Adult content:
- Yes
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- earl schwab
- Proofread By:
- Lora
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.