title: Deadly Beloved (Hard Case Crime (Mass Market Paperback))
author:  Max Allan Collins 
description: The wife of a prominent accounting firm executive has just been arrested for the murder of her husband and his afternoon pay-per-playmate, but the Chicago PD have their doubts about the open-and-shut case. It's up to longtime Collins heroine, Ms. Tree, the sexy brunette PI star of his graphic novel series, to clear the forest of red herrings and uncover the conspiracy beneath; of course, her tricky investigation is soon beset by deadly antagonists. Tree slips effortlessly into her first all-prose incarnation, though graphic is not an inaccurate description for this exceptional novel: Mike was sprawled on his back... his bare chest puckered with entry wounds and blood pooling beneath him, glistening with neon reflection. A psychiatrist Tree seeks out (for help with recurring nightmares) provides a framing device that keeps her complex tale unspooling smoothly, and Collins skillfully ties up a multitude of branches into the big, bloody bouquet one would expect from the author of <I>The Road to Perdition</I>. Sharp and satisfying, this is another must-have for fans of the Hard Case Crime imprint. <I>(Dec.)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: Deadly Care by Leonard S. Goldberg
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  AN ONYX BOOK
  
  
  For I.M.
  
  
  Love is stronger than death.
  
  
  -Yizkor
  
  
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