Mallory Book 6: the sixth NYPD detective Kathy Mallory novel from New York Times bestseller Carol O’Connell, master of knife-edge suspense and intricate plotting.Detective Kathy Mallory. New York’s darkest. You only underestimate her once.A street kid turned cop.Fifteen years have passed since a junkie whore and a police informer, known simply as Sparrow, cared for a feral child when she was lost and alone.Why did she let the hangman in?Now, on a hot August afternoon, in an East Side apartment, a woman is found hanged. Carefully placed red candles and an enormous quantity of dead flies suggest a bizarre ritual. NYPD detective Kathy Mallory does not recognise her immediately. But soon finds that she is staring her bitter past in the face, as she pursues a case which also has its origin in an unsolved murder committed years ago.

Unfinished business from the past haunts detective Kathy Mallory in New York Times bestselling author Carol O’Connell’s sixth novel in the Mallory series.About the AuthorCarol O’Connell is the New York Times bestselling creator of Kathy Mallory, and the author of thirteen books, eleven featuring her acclaimed detective, most recently IT HAPPENS IN THE DARK, as well as the stand-alone thrillers JUDAS CHILD and BONE BY BONE. She lives in New York City.ReviewsKathy Mallory is a marvellous creation — Jonathan KellermanAs I read… I keep wanting to hug both Kathy Mallory and Carol O’Connell, and that’s the mark of a story and an author who really involve you, and make you care – and that’s so rare! — James PattersonBook InformationISBN 9781472212931Author Carol O’ConnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Headline Book PublishingPublisher Headline Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 280gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 30mm