Synopses & Reviews
A Commander John Coffin Mystery.
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Sometimes the door to the past opens gently -- other times, with a terrible bang, and for John Coffin, it is the latter when a package marked with his initials is opened to reveal a woman's severed arms and legs. Coffin's own dark suspicion is that the limbs belong to someone with whom he had a brief affair during a rocky time in his marriage.
Past ghosts or not, Coffin doggedly pursues the investigation even as an ominous specter comes back to haunt him. When a second woman is found shot to death in her car, Coffin begins to suspect those closest to his wife, Stella Pinero, a famous actress who still manages to keep her own husband guessing at her secrets. As the Second City police force works to identify the first victim and make a connection to the second, unexpected events lead Coffin to the stunning unraveling of this bizarre crime.
Review
". . . this outing will be heartily welcomed by Coffin's legion of admirers." (Kirkus Reviews)
Review
". . . a very good police procedural." (Deadly Pleasures)
Synopsis
When Commander John Coffin receives a package containing severed body parts, he doggedly pursues the investigation, even as an ominous specter haunts him. When a second victim is shot to death, Coffin suspects friends of his actress wife Stella Pinero. Soon, Coffin is unraveling a crime that hits too close to home. Martin's Press.