title: In for the Kill (A Frank Quinn Novel)
author:  John Lutz 
description: Shamus and Edgar awardwinner Lutz gives us further proof of his enormous talent for crafting great police fiction in his latest, a deceivingly standard story that pulls retired NYPD homicide detective Frank Quinn back into action to help stop a woman-killing madman in New York City. The Butcher, who leaves the dismembered bodies of his victims stacked in bathtubs, somehow avoids leaving any forensic evidence, and it doesn't take much persuading for Quinn's old friend Deputy Chief Harley Renz to get the old detective on the case. Teamed up with an old flame, officer Pearl Kasner, Quinn gets in emotionally complicated waters early onbut things get personal when they realize the first letter of the last names of the five women killed so far spell out Q-u-i-n-n. And that's before Quinn's headstrong daughter unexpectedly shows up in the city. As the bodies pile up, Lutz handles the familiar situationaging detective locked in battle of wits with brilliant killerwith characteristic finesse, keeping suspense taut, details gritty and twists surprising. Though his New York might as well be Anycity, U.S.A., Lutz has a thorough command of plot and character, making this another enthralling page turner. <i>(Nov.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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   **JOHN LUTZ**
  
  “John Lutz knows how to make you shiver.”
  
  —Harlan Coben
  
    
  
  “Lutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coaster of a tale.”
  
  —Jeffery Deaver
  
    
  
  “John Lutz is one of the masters of the police novel.”
  
  —Ridley Pearson
  
    
  
  “John Lutz is a major talent.”
  
  —John Lescroart
  
    
  
  “I’ve been a fan for years.”
  
  —T. Jefferson Parker
  
    
  
  “John Lutz just keeps getting better and better.”
  
  Tony Hillerman
  
    
  
  “Lutz ranks with such vintage masters of big-city murder as Lawrence Block and
  Ed McBain.”
  
  — _St. Louis Post-Dispatch_
  
    
  
  “Lutz is among the best.”
  
  — _San Diego Union_
  
    
  
  “Lutz knows how to seize and hold the reader’s imagination.”
  
  — _Cleveland Plain Dealer_
  
    
  
  “It’s easy to see why he’s won an Edgar and two Shamuses.”
  
  — _Publishers Weekly_
  
    
  
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  “ _Mister X_ has everything: a dangerous killer, a pulse-pounding mystery, a
  shocking solution, and an ending that will resonate with the reader long after
  the final sentence is read.”
  