A Simple Act of Violence

A D.C. detective's search for a killer leads to Cold War political intrigue in this "must-read for noir fans" by the author of A Quiet Beliefin Angels (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

When Washington, D.C., homicide detective Robert Miller is called to yet another homicide, the crime scene resembles that of three other murders in the same upscale neighborhood over the past eight months. The female victim, badly beaten and strangled, has been left with a luggage tag hanging from a ribbon...