Killing Critics - Softcover

O'Connell, Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425238067 ISBN 13: 9780425238066

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 2010

Synopsis

NYPD sergeant Kathleen Mallory, a wild child turned policewoman, possessed of a ferocious intelligence and a unique inner compass of right and wrong, is about to be sorely tested. Killing Critics begins with a discreet murder - the almost unnoticed death of a hack artist at a gallery opening - but quickly connects with a much more brutal crime - a twelve-year-old double homicide and dismemberment originally investigated by Mallory's now deceased adoptive father, Louis Markowitz. A quick confession ended that case, but as Mallory probes into the new murder, the ghosts of the old will not be still. She finds herself traveling in an intricately connected world of envy, greed, and lethal passions: a place where no relationship is what it seems, and the secrets, very deep and very dark indeed, strike closer and closer to home. By the end, she will come to know the truth - but the truth may be the most dangerous illusion of all.

About this title

Review:

Sustained by the unforgettable personality of its heroine...witty, unusual and memorable (Guardian)

Mallory is both mysterious and as real as a fist in the face (Harper's Bazaar)

Book Description:

In the third NYPD detective Kathy Mallory novel from New York Times bestseller Carol O'Connell, old ghosts rise up for maverick detective Kathy Mallory as an artist is dramatically murdered.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0425238067
• ISBN 13: 9780425238066
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 386