September is the worst month for heat in Southern California, and LAPD lieutenant Luis Mendoza is feeling the burn as the sweltering temperatures raise tempers and violence.
Heading the list is the bizarre murder of a young French girl - which eventually leads Mendoza to Paris. An old man smothered in his hospital bed; a polite holdup artist nicknamed Baby Face; a Hollywood matron who disappears while visiting a sick friend and the grisly murder of a family who has just moved from Wisconsin keep the skilful Mendoza and his force pounding the scorching pavements in a crime wave that, like the heat, offers no sign of relief.
'A Luis Mendoza mystery means superlative suspense' Los Angeles Times
- ISBN10 0575033851
- ISBN13 9780575033856
- Publish Date 2 February 1984 (first published 31 December 1983)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 August 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Gollancz
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English