A Lieutenant Luis Mendoza Mystery

''A Luis Mendoza story means superlative suspense'' Los Angeles Times

When a respectable young woman''s naked body is found far from her home, the case proves baffling for Lieutenant Luis Mendoza of the Los Angeles Homicide squad.

But Mendoza is struggling with more than the case. He''s a man down too. Sergeant Higgins'' first baby has arrived and he is far too preoccupied to put his mind to murder. But killers go on killing...