Book description
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. For NYPD detective, Kathy Mallory, there is something about the
girl that she understands. Mallory is damaged, they say, but she can
tell a kindred spirit. And this one will lead her to a story of
extraordinary crimes; murders stretching back fifteen years, blackmail
and complicity and a particular cruelty that only someone with Mallory's
history could fully recognise. In the next few weeks, Kathy Mallory will
deal with them all... in her own way. Carol O'Connell is one of the
finest writers of contemporary thrillers, with her intoxicating mix of
rich prose, resonant characters and knife-edge suspense. She lives in
New York.
