Carnivores (Signet)

Even a hard, seasoned homicide cop like Jason Coulter doesn't get used to dead bodies, especially when the corpses are pretty young women. He also doesn't get used to serial killers—the cruelty, the randomness, the one-in-a-million chance of catching the perpetrator But that's the case assigned to Jason and his partner, and they're combing Salt Lake City's biker underworld looking for a break. What Jason finds instead is Jennifer, a beautiful long-legged dancer who unexpectedly brings a prom-ise of love back into his life . until she, too, disappears. Fearful that she might end up the killer's next victim, Jason turns from a dutiful city cop to a man willing to risk his life and his badge to do what the law can't...

This first novel introduces an author of rare ability and a background that provides authentic details of police work. Once a member of the homicide division in Salt Lake City, Levitt creates Jason Coulter with the same credentials, as narrator of a terrible story. Coulter invites lovely Jennifer Lassen to stay at his house, where he can guard her from Brian, her abusive former live-in lover. The detective also fears that Jennifer could be abducted by criminals who have been raping and killing women in the Mormon capital. The new housemates are mutually attracted, but Coulter frightens Jennifer when he beats Brian and humiliates him mercilessly. The lovesick detective still hopes to wed Jennifer, and when she disappears, he becomes more dangerous than the maniacs he stalks. Flashes of humor leaven the dreadful incidents that are the core of a rave-worthy mystery.
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