Small amounts of shelfwear Small crease on spine Berkley Books, 1998, 595 pages "[A] FULL-THROTTLED THRILLER...Hailey remains adept at hooking readers with his propulsive brand of storytelling...." He's evoked the chaos of an Airport in crisis, the glittering world of a Hotel.. and now, blockbuster author Arthur Hailey delves into the dangers a Detective must face to track down a killer. Serial killer Elroy "Animal" Doil is hours away from the electric chair. In his last hours of life, he wants to make a confession—to Detective Malcolm Ainslie, the man who put him away. And as much as he'd like to, Ainslie can't ignore the criminal's request. Because although Doil is guilty of a gruesome double murder, his confession could close ten other unsolved slayings. What Ainslie learns, however, will thrust him into an investigation that leads directly to elite levels of city government-and some of his trusted colleagues...

ISBN: 0425163865