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Format:
Book
Title:
The violated : a novel
ISBN:
9781632866608

9781632866615
Publication:
New York, NY : Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
Physical Description:
xiv, 252 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:
In Echo Park, in the small town of Santa Rita, California, the mutilated body of Martin Torrey is found by two passersby. A registered sex offender, Torrey has been a suspect in a string of recent rapes, and instant suspicion for his murder falls on the relatives and friends of the women attacked. Police chief Griffin Kells and detective Robert Ortiz are under increasing pressure from the public and from a mayor demanding results in a case that has no easy solution. Pronzini cleverly unfolds the case through alternating perspectives -- Martin Torrey's wife, caught between her grief and the fear her husband was guilty; the outraged husbands of the women violated; the enterprising editor of the local paper; the mayor concerned most with his own ratings; the detectives, often spinning in circles -- until a surprising break leads to a completely unexpected conclusion.
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