A GOOD DAY TO DIE

NY: Penzler Books, 1993. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF, spine lightly faded, else near fine, wraps. Publishers sheet laid in. "Solomita ( A Piece of the Action , Putnam, 1992) offers another excellent thriller written with insight and gripping suspense. In New York City, Lorraine Cho, a recently blinded Asian American, is kidnapped and held captive in a remote forest by a psychotic couple. At the same time, two New York City cops, African American Vanessa Bouton and Native American Roland Means, are assigned to track down "King Thong," a serial killer of gay prostitutes. Bouton, an ambitious NYPD captain, plays strictly by the books, while Means, a streetwise detective, plays by his own rules. Despite their mutual contempt, Bouton and Means join forces to discover the link between these two apparently unrelated cases. As Means researches the profiled backgrounds of serial killers, he recognizes his own abused childhood; his search for the killer becomes a search for himself. This multiethnic thriller vividly depicts the gritty streets of the city, the dark and feral forest, and the danger lurking in both" -- Library Journal. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Near Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Proof.