Dell Shannon Here is the thirty-second novel in Dell Shan- non's highly acclaimed Luis Mendoza mys- tery series. Aided by his men in the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery and Homicide Division, seasoned veteran Luis Mendoza bravely meets the tough chal- lenge of big-city crime and violence. Work- ing with faint clues, he and his detectives systematically break their most shocking and difficult cases to date. They track down a rapist and murderer who has clean good looks and the perfect ploy; unravel the motive behind a bloody double homicide/ suicide with a bizarre twist; trap the perpe- trator of a series of flawless robberies; get to the root of a young woman's baffling dis- appearance; learn the truth about the implausibly "natural" death of a senator; and solve still other disturbing mysteries. The continually erupting world of crime comes to vivid, pulsating life as Mendoza once again performs, with extraordinary finesse, the near impossible in his fight for law and order.