Books by Mike Jahn

One after another in dimly lit Riverside Park, three young women are brutally murdered. Palm fronds bind their wrists, and halos of corn kernels frame their heads. Blood has been taken from their bodies; no blood is on the ground.

Characters to watch are assorted Mafia hoods; a passel of eccentrics who live at the Seventy-ninth Street Boat Basin; the regulars at Riley's saloon-Donovan's favorite hangout and (perhaps) Clint, Donovan's ill-tempered snapping turtle. Also on hand are Sgt. T. L. Jefferson, Donovan's redoubtable assistant, and Sgt. Marcia Barnes, the black undercover policewoman who is his on-again, off-again lover. Here's another jaunty big city thriller by the author of the much acclaimed Night Rituals.