It was exactly the sort of case Detective Carella despised One girl had been raped and murdered Another savagely ripped by a psycho's knife Patricia Lowery survived the slashing attack and could identify her cousin's killer All Carella needed was the girl's eyewitness testimony and a little luck Then Patricia spotted her assailant in a routine line-up and Carella's luck ran out His witness had fingered a fellow detective who had been on the force for seventeen years