Winter House (Kathy Mallory 6)

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Paperback
2014
$11.92

Mallory Book 8: the eighth NYPD detective Kathy Mallory novel from New York Times bestseller Carol O'Connell, master of knife-edge suspense and intricate plotting.

Detective Kathy Mallory. New York's darkest. You only underestimate her once.
A secret that has yet to claim its final victim
When a known serial killer is found at Winter House, with shears sticking out of his chest and an ice pick in his hand, NYPD detective Kathy Mallory is called in to investigate. At the scene of the crime seventy-year-old Nedda Winter immediately confesses to the killing, claiming it was self-defence. Case closed.
However, Nedda is in fact the most famous lost child in NYPD history, missing for almost sixty years, thought to be kidnapped following the massacre of her family... with an ice pick.
And a remarkable story begins to emerge, of murderous greed and family horror, abandonment and loss, revenge and twisted love.

Synopsis

Mallory Book 8: the eighth NYPD detective Kathy Mallory novel from New York Times bestseller Carol O'Connell, master of knife-edge suspense and intricate plotting.

Detective Kathy Mallory. New York's darkest. You only underestimate her once.

A secret that has yet to claim its final victim

When a known serial killer is found at Winter House, with shears sticking out of his chest and an ice pick in his hand, NYPD detective Kathy Mallory is called in to investigate. At the scene of the crime seventy-year-old Nedda Winter immediately confesses to the killing, claiming it was self-defence. Case closed.

However, Nedda is in fact the most famous lost child in NYPD history, missing for almost sixty years, thought to be kidnapped following the massacre of her family... with an ice pick.
And a remarkable story begins to emerge, of murderous greed and family horror, abandonment and loss, revenge and twisted love.

$11.92

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: Headline
Published: 06 Nov 2014
ISBN 10: 1472212851
ISBN 13: 9781472212856
Book Overview: A reclusive pensioner kills an intruder, but there's more to this murder than meets the eye in the eighth novel in the Kathy Mallory series from New York Times bestseller Carol O'Connell.

Media Reviews

Carol O'Connell proves once again the enduring power of Mallory -- Karin Slaughter
Intricate tale of betrayal, buried secrets and lives chopped short in the name of greed * Publishers Weekly *

Author Bio

Carol O'Connell is the New York Times bestselling creator of Kathy Mallory, and the author of thirteen books, eleven featuring her acclaimed detective, most recently IT HAPPENS IN THE DARK, as well as the stand-alone thrillers JUDAS CHILD and BONE BY BONE. She lives in New York City.