title: Night Kills (A Frank Quinn Novel)
author:  John Lutz 
description: A multiple Edgar and Shamus Award winnerincluding the Shamus Lifetime Achievement AwardJOHN LUTZ is the author of over forty books. His novel <i>SWF Seeks Same </i>was made into the hit movie <i>Single White Female</i>, and <i>The Ex</i> was a critically acclaimed HBO feature. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
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  ALSO BY JOHN LUTZ
  
  
  Urge to Kill (forthcoming)
  
  
  Night Kills
  
  
  In for the Kill
  
  
  Chill of Night
  
  
  Fear the Night
  
  
  The Night Spider
  
  
  The Night Watcher
  
  
  The Night Caller
  
  
  Final Seconds (with David August)
  
  
  The Ex
  
  
  From Kensington Publishing and Pinnacle Books
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Don’t miss John Lutz’s next spine-tingling thriller  
  starring homicide detective Frank Quinn…
  
  
  
  
  
  URGE TO KILL
  
  
  
  
  
  Coming from Pinnacle in October 2009!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## 1
  
  
  
  
  
  Jan Elzner jolted awake in alarm.
  
  
  Something…a sound from the kitchen, had intruded in gentle dreams she could no
  longer recall. She reached over to prod her husband, Martin, but her hand
  found only smooth sheet, cool pillow. Maybe he’d been awakened before her and
  had gone to investigate the sound.
  
  
  Jan smiled, drifting back into shallow sleep, sure that her husband would
  return to bed and everything would be all right. Probably the sound was
  nothing, the icemaker doing its work, or a delicately balanced object falling
  in 