Signature Kill ~ Hardback ~ David Levien

Taut and edgy, "Signature Kill"is a riveting explorationof a killer next door a tour de force from acclaimedauthor David Levien. The quiet of the Indianapolis night is broken when an unidentifiable body is found in a local park, deliberately arranged in such a way that police know it s not a random crime. Across the city, former cop Frank Behr, down on his luck and virtually broke, takes on a no-win case to locate a desperate mother s wayward daughter who s been missing for months. Behr has few friends left on the police force, but as he wades into the world of small-time prostitution from which the daughter disappeared, he comes to believe the two cases are related. When another body is found, it becomes clear Indianapolis has a serial killer on its streets . . . an untraceable predator who, Behr surmises, lives behind the chilling veil of a perfectly normal life. Behr s pursuit threatens to become entangled in the official police investigation, and will lead him to a dark place and ultimately to a devastating decision from which he will not be able to turn back. " Signature Kill" is a masterly novel, in which one man s obsession with justice faces off against a killer s all-consuming obsession with perfection."Author BiographyDavid Levien is the author of the Frank Behr novels: "Thirteen Million Dollar Pop," "Where the Dead Lay," and"City of the Sun." He has been nominated for the Edgar, Hammett, and Shamus Awards, and he is also a screenwriter and director. Levien lives in Connecticut."