Cold Blood (Paris Murphy) - Hardcover

Monsour, Theresa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399151567 ISBN 13: 9780399151569

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004

Synopsis

When homicide detective Paris Murphy encounters a "concerned citizen" who has stumbled upon a grisly clue in the disappearance of missing bridesmaid Bunny Pedersen, she soon realizes that she shares a past with the awkward Justice Trip and that Trip is not only Bunny's killer but that he may be responsible for many deaths along the way. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

An award-winning reporter at the St. Paul Pioneer Press for nearly twenty-five years, Theresa Monsour brings her intimate knowledge of the Twin Cities as well as small-town Minnesota-crime, cops, politics, and the press-to her novels.

From Publishers Weekly:

Efficient plotting and crisp dialogue mark Monsour's second Paris Murphy thriller, in which what goes around comes around in more ways than one. Set in the Twin Cities of Minnesota and revisiting likable characters introduced in Clean Cut (2003), this disturbing novel focuses on the attractive homicide detective's pursuit of the creepy, drug-addicted Sweet Justice Trip, a serial hit-and-run killer Murphy once knew in high school. Trip was assaulted by Murphy's pals after he asked her to Homecoming, and he blamed her for the attack, later running his tormentors off the road into a lake in his first deadly "accident." Eighteen years later it's time for a reunion, and Trip's still having accidents. Playing the hero, he pretends to help search for Bunny Pederson, a drunk bridesmaid he plowed down and buried in a shallow grave. Murphy recognizes Trip on a newscast and begins to suspect her ex-classmate might be connected to that crime and possibly others. Murphy's working relationship with boss Axel Duncan (think Redford with muscles) heats up, suggesting further developments in the next installment. Monsour's depiction of the harrowing relationship Trip has with his father contrasts neatly with Murphy's organized work and more normal personal life, despite its romantic confusions, making this a satisfying, if not surprising, suspense read.
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About this edition

• Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0399151567
• ISBN 13: 9780399151569
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320