LEADER 02600nim 2200457Ka 450 001 9910165073703321 005 20240912110854.1 010 $a1-5047-7334-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000001065435 035 $a(ODN)ODN0003158542 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001065435 100 $a20170220d2017 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $auruna---||||| 181 $cspw$2rdacontent 182 $cs$2rdamedia 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe violated $eA novel. /$fBill Pronzini 205 $aUnabridged. 210 $aAshland $cBlackstone Publishing$d2017 215 $a1 online resource (6 audio files) $cdigital 300 $aUnabridged. 330 $aBill Pronzini is crime-writing royalty. His more than eighty published novels have won or been nominated for Edgar, Hammett, Anthony, Shamus, and Macavity awards?a clean sweep of the crime fiction award field?and received rave reviews from critics. He crafts masterful stories, often from multiple perspectives, in which the human condition is on full display. The Violated is no exception. In Echo Park, in the small town of Santa Rita, California, the mutilated body of Martin Torrey is found by two passersby. A registered sex offender, Torrey has been a suspect in a string of recent rapes, and instant suspicion for his murder falls on the relatives and friends of the women attacked. Police chief Griffin Kells and detective Robert Ortiz are under increasing pressure from the public and from a mayor demanding results in a case that has no easy solution. Pronzini cleverly unfolds the case through alternating perspectives?Martin Torrey's wife, caught between her grief and the fear her husband was guilty; the outraged husbands of the women violated; the enterprising editor of the local paper; the mayor concerned most with his own ratings; the detectives, often spinning in circles?until a surprising break leads to a completely unexpected conclusion. The Violated is Bill Pronzini at the height of his storytelling powers. 517 $aViolated 517 $aViolated, The 606 $aFiction$2OverDrive 606 $aLiterature$2OverDrive 606 $aMystery$2OverDrive 606 $aThriller$2OverDrive 615 17$aFiction. 615 7$aLiterature. 615 7$aMystery. 615 7$aThriller. 686 $aFIC019000$aFIC022010$aFIC031010$2bisacsh 700 $aPronzini$b Bill$01774723 701 $aHuber$b Hillary$01748689 906 $aAUDIO 912 $a9910165073703321 996 $aThe violated$94287525 997 $aUNINA