Catalogue

Record Details

Catalogue Search



Motive  Cover Image Book Book

Motive

Summary: Even hundreds of closed cases to his credit can't keep LAPD police lieutenant Milo Sturgis from agonising over the crimes that don't get solved - and the victims who go without justice. Victims like Katherine Hennepin, a young woman strangled and stabbed in her home. A single suspect with a solid alibi leads to a dead end - one even psychologist Alex Delaware's expert insight can't explain. The only thing to do is move on to the next murder case - because there is always a next one. This time the victim is Ursula Corey, a successful, attractive divorcee who's been gunned down - not a robbery but an execution, a crime that smacks of simple, savage revenge. And along with that theoretical motive come two strong contenders for the role of suspect: the dead woman's business partner/ex-husband and her divorce lawyer/secret lover. But just as Alex and Milo think they're zeroing in on the killer, a bizarre new clue stirs up echoes of the unsolved Hennepin murder. And the discovery of yet another crime scene bearing the same taunting signature raises the spectre of a serial killer on a mission, whose twisted method is exceeded only by his manipulative and cunning madness.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780345541390 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 9780345541376
  • Physical Description: 336 pages ; 25 cm.
    regular print
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2015.
Subject: Delaware, Alex (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Murder Investigation -- Fiction
Murder -- Fiction
Police Investigation -- Fiction
Homicide -- Fiction
Serial Killer -- Fiction
Forensic psychologists -- Fiction
Sturgis, Milo (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction
Serial murder investigation -- Fiction

Available copies

  • 32 of 32 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Chetwynd Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 32 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date

More information


Summary: "The murders of a girlfriend and a businessman's wife pose challenges for LAPD detective Milo Stirgis and psychologist Alex Delaware, who realize that the killer is playing with the police."--
Even hundreds of closed cases to his credit can't keep LAPD police lieutenant Milo Sturgis from agonising over the crimes that don't get solved - and the victims who go without justice. Victims like Katherine Hennepin, a young woman strangled and stabbed in her home. A single suspect with a solid alibi leads to a dead end - one even psychologist Alex Delaware's expert insight can't explain. The only thing to do is move on to the next murder case - because there is always a next one. This time the victim is Ursula Corey, a successful, attractive divorcee who's been gunned down - not a robbery but an execution, a crime that smacks of simple, savage revenge. And along with that theoretical motive come two strong contenders for the role of suspect: the dead woman's business partner/ex-husband and her divorce lawyer/secret lover. But just as Alex and Milo think they're zeroing in on the killer, a bizarre new clue stirs up echoes of the unsolved Hennepin murder. And the discovery of yet another crime scene bearing the same taunting signature raises the spectre of a serial killer on a mission, whose twisted method is exceeded only by his manipulative and cunning madness.

Additional Resources