John Lutz

On the trail of a serial killer, a PI must protect the next victim in this gripping thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of In for the Kill.
Frank Quinn is sure he is hunting for a madman: someone who is shooting young women in the heart, defiling their bodies, leaving only the torsos to be found. Quinn, a former NYPD detective, is called into the case by an ambitious chief of police and mobilizes his...

When a maniacal killer terrorizes the city, dismembering his victims with careful precision, homicide detective Frank Quinn, facing his toughest case yet, is drawn into this psychopath's deadly game when the last names of the victims spell out "Q-u-i-n-n."

When a killer, who blurs the line between male and female, human and monster, returns with a vengeance after a ten-year hiatus, homicide detective turned P.I. Frank Morgan must stop the killing once and for all.

Darker Than Night A killer dubbed "The Night Prowler" has turned the city that doesn't sleep into a town kept awake by terror. Unseen, he enters couples' homes. Unsuspected, he lingers until the perfect moment arrives. He leaves "gifts" for his victims--before taking their lives. Enter ex-homicide cop Frank Quinn, still reeling in the wake of an elaborate setup that ended his career. For Quinn, this isn't just any job--it's a last chance to salvage...

A PI pieces together a serial killer's bloody puzzle in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from the New York Times—bestselling author of Frenzy. Frank Quinn was once New York City's top homicide detective-until a setup forced him into early retirement. Now running his own detective agency, he assists the NYPD on some of their most disturbing cases... A woman's body is found in Central Park drained of blood, dismembered, and reassembled. Her killer...

"It is impossible not to respond warmly and with affection to John Lutz's rather hapless private investigator, Alo Nudger. In this, his tenth attempt to make order in the chaos of the world around him, he is coerced by a very young, fearless, feckless pixie of a colleague named Lacy Tumulty to take over a case that she's too busy to handle."--BOOK JACKET. "The client is a man who wants to prove his daughter was murdered. The police won't do it, so...

A twisted serial killer stalks the streets of New York leaving behind death and a calling card--a red "J" on his victims' bodies that is the only clue linking his prey.

New York chief of police calls in former NYPD detective Frank Quinn and other brilliant law-enforcement misfits to find the serial killer who is shooting young women in the heart, defiling their bodies and leaving the torsos to be found.

In this psychological thriller, New Yorker Allie Jones advertises for a roommate and chooses mousy Hedra Carlson. Hedra takes over Allie's spare bedroom, her clothes, her boyfriend and her identity.