The little girl appeared in Central Park: red-haired, blue-eyed, smiling, perfect - except for the blood on her shoulder. It fell from the sky, she said, while she was looking for her uncle, who turned into a tree. Poor child, people thought. And then they found the body in the tree.

Zusatztext O'Connell has raised the standard for psychological thrillers. Chicago Tribune Before Salander took the world by storm! there was Mallory! the most gloriously original heroine to grace crime fiction's meanest and darkest streets. Sarah Weinman! Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind O'Connell's wonderful Mallory novels are among the best crime fiction ever written. San Jose Mercury News Informationen zum Autor Carol O'Connell is the author of eleven previous books! nine featuring Kathy Mallory! most recently Find Me! and the stand-alones Judas Child and Bone by Bone . She lives in New York City. Zusammenfassung The eight-year-old girl appeared in New York's Central Park one day: red-haired! blue-eyed! dirty-faced! smiling widely. She looked perfect! like a porcelain fairyexcept for the blood on her shoulders. It fell from the sky! she told the police. It happened while she was looking for her Uncle Red! who had turned into a tree. Right! they thought! poor child. And then they found the body in the tree. For Mallory! newly returned to the Special Crimes Unit after three months' lost time! spent she will not say where! there is something about the girl that she understands. Mallory is damaged! they say! dangerously unstable! but she can tell a kindred spirit when she sees one. And this one will ultimately lead her to a story of extraordinary crimes! to murders stretching back fifteen years! to blackmail and complicity and a particular cruelty that perhaps only someone with Mallory's history could fully recognize. In the next few weeks! she will deal with them allin her own way.

ldquo;O’Connell has raised the standard for psychological thrillers.”—Chicago Tribune

“Before Salander took the world by storm, there was Mallory, the most gloriously original heroine to grace crime fiction’s meanest and darkest streets.” —Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind

“O’Connell’s wonderful Mallory novels are among the best crime fiction ever written.”—San Jose Mercury News

Autorentext
Carol O’Connell is the author of eleven previous books, nine featuring Kathy Mallory, most recently Find Me, and the stand-alones Judas Child and Bone by Bone. She lives in New York City.

Zusammenfassung
The eight-year-old girl appeared in New York’s Central Park one day: red-haired, blue-eyed, dirty-faced, smiling widely. She looked perfect, like a porcelain fairy—except for the blood on her shoulders. It fell from the sky, she told the police. It happened while she was looking for her Uncle Red, who had turned into a tree. Right, they thought, poor child. And then they found the body in the tree.

For Mallory, newly returned to the Special Crimes Unit after three months’ lost time, spent she will not say where, there is something about the girl that she understands. Mallory is damaged, they say, dangerously unstable, but she can tell a kindred spirit when she sees one. And this one will ultimately lead her to a story of extraordinary crimes, to murders stretching back fifteen years, to blackmail and complicity and a particular cruelty that perhaps only someone with Mallory’s history could fully recognize. In the next few weeks, she will deal with them all…in her own way.