A Killing Night

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Female bartenders are targeted by a killer in this PI novel by the author Michael Connelly calls the master of the high-stakes thriller.

After three young bartenders are murdered in Miami, and another goes missing in Philadelphia, private investigator Max Freeman is hiredby his ex-girlfriend Sherryto look into the deaths. He accepts the job grudgingly, especially since Sherry is convinced the prime suspect is a retired police officer who once saved Freemans life back in Philly.

Heading from Florida up north to his old stomping grounds, Freeman races to solve the case before the killer can strike again. But looking at the evidence objectively as he wrestles with his personal feelings for Sherry and his former colleague will be more difficult than he expected, in this mystery that's compelling from start to finish by an Edgar Awardwinning author (The Miami Herald).

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Balanced, efficient, and compelling from start to finish. The Miami Herald

Author Bio

Jonathon King is an Edgar Awardwinning mystery novelist and the creator of the bestselling Max Freeman crime series. Born in Lansing, Michigan, in the 1950s, King worked as a crime reporter in Philadelphia and Fort Lauderdale for twenty-four years before becoming a full-time novelist. Along with the seven books of the Max Freeman series, King has authored the thriller Eye of Vengeance (2007) and the historical novel The Styx (2009).