Widows

Another summer. Another heat wave. And another murder so brutal it's hard to fathom the cruelty that stalks the city's streets. When Susan Brauer was stabbed thirty-two times with a paring knife, Detectives Carella and Brown find clues that connect her to the senior partner of a prestigious law firm. That connection doesn't happen, however, until he is dead on a city sidewalk.

An unrelated murder-that of Carella's own father-has turned the detective's world upside down, and the 45th Precinct...