A nice young man is helping little old ladies with their groceries . . . then stealing their Social Security; an enormous 'ape man' with a face like King Kong is robbing liquor stores; 'Jack the Stripper' is leaving gas-station registers empty . . . and the attendants naked; a pretty Hispanic woman is killed and ethnic tensions are ready to explode; a little girl is mutilated; a cop is fatally shot.
Between the weather and the crime wave, Lieutenant Luis Mendoza - the family-man cop - finds shelter at home, knowing that even violence on the streets of Los Angeles eases up . . . eventually.
'A Luis Mendoza mystery means superlative suspense' Los Angeles Timesc
- ISBN10 0373260733
- ISBN13 9780373260737
- Publish Date 1 June 1991 (first published 1 January 1984)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Worldwide Library
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Language English