Blood on the Arch
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- 5,49 €
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- 5,49 €
Publisher Description
Bestselling Author of In the Sandow of the Arch
"A winner! A multilayered, craftily plotted journey into the dark side." —Booklist
Joe Keough, St. Louis's top homicide cop, knows what it's like to stare into the face of death, to sift through the handiwork of killers. And now he'll have to do it again. A body has been found near the famous St. Louis Arch, its blood staining the monument a deep crimson. Keough hopes this will prove to be just a routine murder—but in his heart he knows it's not.
The body belongs to a political aide. He'd been running for office before someone beat him to death. But why was he dragged to such a prominent place, and why did the killer go out of his way to taunt the police with information? What sort of twisted message was he trying to leave? Keough will have other chances to study this killer's work—there will be more bodies and more fear. The number of corpses will continue to grow as Keough races to find the brutal butcher with large hands . .. and a dark talent for his work.
"A taut thriller that sustains a high level of suspense throughout." —The Sun-Sentinel (South Florida)
"A skilled, uncompromising writer, Randisi knows which buttons to press—and how to press them." —John Lutz, Author of Single White Female
"Randisi successfully combines dry humor and suspense to come up with one heckuva read. This man knows how people talk and think and it shows." —Rave Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in St. Louis, this efficient, no-nonsense mystery doesn't waste a phrase or a plot turn. When someone bludgeons politician Mark Drucker to death beneath the city's famous landmark (hence the title), series sleuth (Shadow of the Arch) and New York transplant Joe Keough, now with the St. Louis cops, gets on the case. Drucker's ex-wife isn't exactly in mourning. The partners at a prominent law firm aren't grieving over their client, either, although they're intent on keeping his business dealings a secret from the police. Joe almost goes too far when he seizes the chance to interrogate an arrogant attorney in a restaurant washroom. Later, the detective succeeds in befriending the mayor, but he's offended others who see to it that he faces a charge of sexual assault not once but twice. Being diagnosed with diabetes provides another scare. Meanwhile, a killer with huge hands moves on from Drucker. Randisi's prose is supple and never flashy. Though the suspect pool is shallow, the varied motives are compelling. Drucker was making a lot of money with his lawyer pals. His wife wanted more dough than her prenuptial would allow. Several lawyers are guilty of at least infidelity, while a pretty woman at their firm becomes one of Joe's accusers. The solution arrives without unnecessary flourish. FYI: Randisi also writes the Nick Delvecchio and Miles Jacoby series. He is the founder of the Private Eye Writers of America and the creator of the Shamus Award.
