42 edition books - The 12TH Victi by Katia Lief
William Leith19 July 2012
The 12th Victim
by Katia Lief
(Ebury, £6.99)
Karin lives in Brooklyn. She’s a former cop who is now a private detective. Her life is full of tragedy.
Her first husband and daughter were murdered. Her best friend, also a cop, has had his eye shot out. Now he’s got post-traumatic stress disorder — but he’s in denial. Karin has rich neighbours. Someone comes into their house and blasts their faces off with a shotgun. And now, the infamous “Working Girl Killer” strikes in the neighbourhood.
He kills sex workers with a specific knife. When Karin goes to her Chinese housekeeper’s house, there she is. In the bath. Dead. A gory thriller. But done rather well.
