Blue Hour - Limited Edition - Hardcover
'Parker has only one competitor -- Thomas Harris' Washington Post ! At once horrifying, tense and lyrical, The Blue Hour is a beautifully written novel that probes the darkest recesses of the human psyche. He takes the women from shopping malls. They are beautiful, sophisticated, but he treats them like animals, and when he's done, he leaves only his grisly signature to taunt the Orange County police -- a purse full of entrails. Where are the bodies? How can these women disappear so completely? Whatever the Purse Snatcher has done to them, it surely cannot be worse than the imaginings of a shock-hardened police force! But they don't know the sick mind they're dealing with. Detective Hess has given his life to the police, but now lung cancer is looking to claim him. Merci Rayborn is at the beginning of her career and she's determined to get to the top, whatever it takes. Assigned to the case by a boss with a hidden agenda, Hess and Merci at first agree on just one thing: they want to catch the Purse Snatcher and see him fry. But as another woman disappears, and then another, they become united through their obsession with a case that will change both their lives forever.
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From the Back Cover:
Tim Hess is a semi-retired veteran cop staring at a death sentence -- his own. In the throes of a losing battle against cancer, he accepts what is certain to be his last big case: tracking down a ruthless killer who's been abducting beautiful young women from Orange Country.
About the Author:
Merci Rayborn has a reputation for causing trouble. Brash, ambitious, and impatient, she hasn't devoted any time to her personal life, and she's not terribly popular with her peers or her superiors. Hess isn't thrilled to be taking orders from this difficult yet smart young woman. And he certainly isn't planning to fall in love with her...
With all signs pointing to a paroled sex offender, Hess and Merci find themselves up against a wall and against time, as the suspect's alibi proves airtight. It will take everything they've got -- including one of their lives -- to get their man.
T. Jefferson Parker is the bestselling author of fourteen previous novels, including Storm Runners and The Fallen. Alongside Dick Francis and James Lee Burke, Parker is one of only three writers to be awarded the Edgar Award for Best Novel more than once. Parker lives with his family in Southern California.
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- PublisherHyperion
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0786865598
- ISBN 13 9780786865598
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
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