The Red Scream (Molly Cates Series #1)

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Texas-based crime reporter Molly Cates has justpublished her first book, describing theblood-curdling exploits of serial killer Louie Bronk. Now ondeath row, Louie's sentence is about to be carriedout. Molly will be there as a witness, and shewants to write about it--the final coda to Louie'sstory. But suddenly, she's being stronglydiscouraged by her boss at the Lone StarMonthly and by Charlie McFarland, the millionairereal estate developer whose first wife, Tiny, wasBronk's most famous victim--and the only one ...
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Texas-based crime reporter Molly Cates has justpublished her first book, describing theblood-curdling exploits of serial killer Louie Bronk. Now ondeath row, Louie's sentence is about to be carriedout. Molly will be there as a witness, and shewants to write about it--the final coda to Louie'sstory. But suddenly, she's being stronglydiscouraged by her boss at the Lone StarMonthly and by Charlie McFarland, the millionairereal estate developer whose first wife, Tiny, wasBronk's most famous victim--and the only one whosemurder is a capital offense. Then Molly starts toreceive dark hints that Louie may not have killedTiny after all. There is another murder followingLouis's M.O.--one he could not have committed.The veracity of Molly's book is threatened--and thenher very life. Caught between a rock and a hardplace, Molly realizes that by attempting to saveLouis she is putting her own life on the line, anddiscrediting her own work. Mary Willis Walker bringsa lusty new voice to the mystery scene. Alreadyrecognized for her first novel, she has now createda character just cheeky and gusty enough to takeher place among the top ranks of femaleprotagonists such as Kinsey Millhone and Kay Scarpetta.

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In a macabre gesture, Louis Bronk, a.k.a. the Texas Scalper, has invited journalist for Lone Star Monthly, Molly Cates, to his lasts days on Earth. Molly gets pressure to back off the story. Then comes a chilling message and another dead body. And Molly has to face the fact that Bronk may be executed for the wrong reason--and she may be the next victim. Original.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Walker's second well-wrought mystery, following her Agatha-winning Zero at the Bone , will add to her following. Molly Cates, a crime writer in Austin, Tex., is planning to cover the execution of doggerel-writing serial murderer Louie Bronk, whose five-year killing spree is the subject of Molly's recently published book. But Charlie McFarland, whose wealthy wife, Tiny, was Louie's last victim and who has since remarried, wants the past left buried, suggesting fresh publicity will threaten the stability of his grown daughter, who was 11 at the time of her mother's murder. Next, an anonymous note to Molly warns, in verse, ``Now that Louie's doomed to die / I may give his craft a try.'' Arriving at the McFarland house for a meeting, Molly stumbles on the corpse of Charlie's second wife, Georgia. The police--including Molly's attractive and still interested ex-husband, Grady Traynor--are eying Charlie and his grown children with suspicion when Louie issues an explosive statement that raises questions about Tiny's death and compels Molly to take a hard look at the investigative work she has done. The finale, in which Molly is almost killed, is somewhat gratuitous, but that aside, Molly and her disturbing subject command the reader's rapt attention. (Aug.)
Library Journal
Obsessed crime reporter Molly Cates (Zero at the Bone, St. Martin's, 1991) scrambles to put the finishing touches on her coverage of a Texas serial murderer about to be executed. Just as she contacts a prominent Austin family victimized by the killer, however, murder strikes down the second wife in exactly the same way as it did the first. Horrified, Molly leans on the detective in charge (one of her ex-husbands, if not exactly a best friend), who advises her to leave well enough alone. A very well-written and plausibly plotted second effort, much deserving of purchase.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780307702609
  • Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.
  • Publication date: 5/19/2009
  • Series: Molly Cates Series, #1
  • Format: MP3
  • Edition description: Unabridged
  • Sales rank: 1,163,205
  • Ships to U.S.and APO/FPO addresses only.

Meet the Author

Judith Ivey earned a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in Hurlyburly. Her feature film credits include The Woman in Red, Compromising Positions, and Brighton Beach Memoirs, and she previously starred on TV in Designing Women.
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