Author: | Dell Shannon | ISBN: | 9781471914232 |
Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group | Publication: | November 21, 2014 |
Imprint: | Orion | Language: | English |
Author: | Dell Shannon |
ISBN: | 9781471914232 |
Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group |
Publication: | November 21, 2014 |
Imprint: | Orion |
Language: | English |
A nice young man is helping little old ladies with their groceries . . . then stealing their Social Security; an enormous 'ape man' with a face like King Kong is robbing liquor stores; 'Jack the Stripper' is leaving gas-station registers empty . . . and the attendants naked; a pretty Hispanic woman is killed and ethnic tensions are ready to explode; a little girl is mutilated; a cop is fatally shot.
Between the weather and the crime wave, Lieutenant Luis Mendoza - the family-man cop - finds shelter at home, knowing that even violence on the streets of Los Angeles eases up . . . eventually.
'A Luis Mendoza mystery means superlative suspense' Los Angeles Timesc
A nice young man is helping little old ladies with their groceries . . . then stealing their Social Security; an enormous 'ape man' with a face like King Kong is robbing liquor stores; 'Jack the Stripper' is leaving gas-station registers empty . . . and the attendants naked; a pretty Hispanic woman is killed and ethnic tensions are ready to explode; a little girl is mutilated; a cop is fatally shot.
Between the weather and the crime wave, Lieutenant Luis Mendoza - the family-man cop - finds shelter at home, knowing that even violence on the streets of Los Angeles eases up . . . eventually.
'A Luis Mendoza mystery means superlative suspense' Los Angeles Timesc