Sacrifice - Hardcover

Phillips, Clyde

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0066212375 ISBN 13: 9780066212371

Publisher: William Morrow, 2003

Synopsis

Taking on a high-profile case involving the murder of San Francisco's most beloved philanthropist, homicide lieutenant Jane Candiotti wonders if the case may be related to one involving a murdered homeless man.

About this title

About the Author:

Clyde Phillips is the author of two previous novels, BLINDSIDED and FALL FROM GRACE. A prominent writer for television and film, he created GET REAL and PARKER LEWIS CAN'T LOSE for Fox and SUDDENLY SUSAN for NBC. He lives with his wife and daughter in California, and Martha's Vineyard, M.A.

From Publishers Weekly:

Phillips's third crime novel (Fall from Grace; Blindsided) featuring diminutive but brassy San Francisco lady cop Jane Candiotti-newly promoted to homicide lieutenant and also newly married to her police sidekick, homicide inspector Kenny Marks-tears up the pages, sirens blaring and lights flashing, at car-chase speed. A billionaire Silicon Valley philanthropist famous for helping needy children is found murdered in a hotel parking garage just after donating $50 million to build a cancer wing on a children's hospital. Scarcely an hour later, a black skid-row bum is found stabbed to death. Jane, under pressure from the billionaire's snooty widow, struggles to give equal attention to both cases. She is further frustrated by the manipulations of an ambitious female underling who resents Jane assigning her to the case of the street bum. Soon, other murders connected to the skid-row stabbing-by an "S" scrawled in blood at the crime scenes-make it obvious that a serial killer is on the loose. As the "S" murders proliferate, anonymous letters arrive linking the two original cases. In an election year, political pressure from the top increases, and the media join the philanthropist's wife, taking up the cry to bring the serial killer to justice. There are few surprises here, but Phillips is a skilled craftsman and follows in the footsteps of Ed McBain with this solid police procedural series.
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About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0066212375
• ISBN 13: 9780066212371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320