Gladyss of the Hunt
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- £5.99
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
Grizzled homicide detective Bernie “Burnout” Farrell heads the hunt for a serial killer who is murdering call girls around Times Square. Hoping to set up a stakeout, Farrell recruits tall, blonde, ambitious rookie cop Gladyss Chronou for the investigation. But Gladyss believes her mystical yoga practice can give her an intuitive edge in solving the crimes and sees mythological patterns in the suspects and events they’re investigating. Bernie thinks she’s nuts, but then, he's a little too grounded. In fact, he's on a steady downward spiral: his wife is divorcing him, his longtime partner just died of AIDS, and he's developed a nagging cough since working down at Ground Zero.
Gladyss of the Hunt oscillates between chilly street realism and new age mysticism. As their investigation takes Bernie and Gladyss from arty society gatherings to shabby hotels and SROs, the narrative offers a suspenseful, often wittily satirical account of a city that is flashy and glamorous one moment, dark and violent the next.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this lame serial killer yarn set in New York City in 2003, from Nersesian (Mesopotamia), someone is butchering tall blonde women and arranging their body parts in odd ways. After the discovery of the killer's third known victim ("It looked as if she'd died in the Happy Baby yoga pose"), rookie police officer Gladyss Chronou, who matches the victims' profile, agrees to take a temporary assignment in homicide. She quickly identifies a suspect, film star Noel Holden, largely based on his proximity to the crime scene and interest in serial murderers. Neither Gladyss's belief that her yoga gives her special insights into the case, nor explicit details about her sex life, enliven the routine police proceedings. Some may wonder why Gladyss concludes that an Indian-American she meets doesn't practice yoga because of his "Westernized demeanor," even though that doesn't disqualify her. Frequent references to 9/11 don't make up for thin plotting and characterizations.
