Locking your door won't help. He's already inside ...
America in 1968 is in turmoil and the leafy Holloman suburb of Carew is being silently terrorised by a series of vicious and systematic rapes.
When finally one victim finds the courage to speak out and go to the police, the rapist escalates to murder.
For Captain Carmine Delmonico, it seems to be a case with no clues.
And it comes as the Holloman Police Department is troubled:
a lieutenant is out of his depth, a sergeant is out of control, and into this mix comes the beautiful, ruthlessly ambitious new trainee, Helen MacIntosh, daughter of the influential president of Chubb University. As the killer makes his plans, Carmine and his team must use every resource at their disposal - including a team of highly motivated neighbourhood watch, the Gentlemen Walkers ...
Praise for the Carmine Delmonico series'very much in the tradition of P D James! McCullough is a tremendous storyteller' the times'As an artful storyteller, McCullough has more than a few tricks up her sleeve' Sydney Morning Herald
By:
Colleen McCullough Imprint: Harper Collins Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 200mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 488g ISBN:9780732292966 ISBN 10: 0732292964 Series:Carmine Delmonico Pages: 432 Publication Date:01 November 2011 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Colleen McCullough is the author of Tim, The Thorn Birds and the acclaimed Masters of Rome series.
