Description

Annie Boone is useless. She was shot four times in the torso, bits of the alcohol store’s windows distribute over her body like raindrops from the life-threatening surprise. For 87th Precinct Detectives Carella, Kling, and beginner Hawes, much more troubling may be the lack of among their very own. Investigator Roger Havilland is killed soon afterwards, a shard of glass through his jugular. Faced with a number of suspects—from Annie’s former mother-in-law to her ex-spouse, company, and a chain of boyfriends—the investigators end up with a target whose identification spurns all traditional description.