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Detective Kate Martinelli, newly promoted to Homicide in San Francisco, is thrust into a baffling murder case when several innocent children are killed in a quiet community nearby. Paired with an experienced but reluctant partner, she follows a lead that points to Vaun Adams, a celebrated painter of women who harbors a sinister secret. As Martinelli digs into Adams’ past, she uncovers a connection to a notorious felon convicted of strangling a girl eighteen years earlier, forcing her to weigh the cost of justice against the things she holds dear.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Laurie R. King
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