Darker Than Night

A desperate ex-cop searches for a shadowy killer in a thriller by the New York Timesbestselling author: ';One of the masters of the police novel.' Ridley Pearson A killer dubbed ';The Night Prowler' has turned the city that doesn't sleep into a town kept awake by terror. Unseen, he enters couples' homes. Unsuspected, he lingers until the perfect moment arrives. He leaves ';gifts' for his victimsbefore taking their lives. Enter ex-homicide cop Frank Quinn, still reeling in the wake of an elaborate setup that ended his career. For Quinn, this isn't just any jobit's a last chance to salvage his reputation. As the investigation proceeds, the murderer loses no time stalking new prey: a loan officer and her high-earning husband; a couple who made a killing in the stock market; a pretty actress and her prosperous lover. With the body count rising, it's up to Quinn to unlock the mystery of a madman's past and end his bloody reign. Quinn's got his work cut outbecause in a city the size of New York, any one of eight million faces could be that of a killeror his next target... ';I've been a fan of John Lutz for years.' T. Jefferson Parker ';John Lutz just keeps getting better and better.' Tony Hillerman ';Some writers just have a flair for imaginative suspense, and John Lutz is one of them.' Jeremiah Healy ';John Lutz is the new Lawrence Sanders.' Mystery Scene ';Lutz knows how to seize and hold the reader's imagination.' The Plain Dealer ';Lutz's real gift is to evoke detective work better than anyone else.' Kirkus R