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Summoned by his old friend, homicide detecive Daniel Turner, to identify the trussed-up, naked body of a woman found on Blue Avenue, Florida businessman William Byrd recognizes the victim as Belinda Mabry, the girl with whom he spent a passionate summer twenty-five years earlier.
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<b><i>'Excellent noir that will attract readers who appreciate the anguished protagonists of Steve Hamilton and Loren D. Estleman" - Library Journal Starred Review</i></b><br><br><b><i>Introducing homicide detective Daniel Turner and his troubled friend 'BB' in the first of this atmospheric crime noir series.</i></b><br><br>Summoned by his old friend, homicide detective Daniel Turner, to identify the trussed-up, naked body of a woman, found wrapped in cellophane amongst a pile of garbage on Blue Avenue, a down-at-heel area of Jacksonville, Florida, businessman William Byrd or ‘BB’ is in for a shock. He recognises the dead woman as Belinda Mabry, the girl with whom he spent an intense and passionate summer twenty-five years before. What’s more, as Daniel informs him, she’s the third victim to have met such a hideously gruesome end.Determined to find out what happened to Belinda Mabry and where she’d been for the past twenty-five years, BB must revisit his own troubled past – and discover more than he ever really wanted to know about the woman he once loved. But his investigations are causing serious ripples amongst prominent members of the local community. Has BB found himself on a road of no return?
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