Alan Russell schafft fesselnde Kriminalromane und psychologische Thriller, die sich mit den dunkleren Aspekten der menschlichen Natur und der Komplexität von Verbrechen befassen. Seine Arbeit zeichnet sich durch akribische Liebe zum Detail und die Schaffung glaubwürdiger Charaktere aus, die den Leser in Welten voller Spannung und unerwarteter Wendungen entführen. Russells erzählerisches Können sorgt dafür, dass seine Romane den Leser bis zum Schluss fesseln und im Ungewissen lassen, was ihn zu einer herausragenden Stimme in diesem Genre macht.
Die Galeristin Bonnie Gill wird tot zwischen ihren Skulpturen gefunden. Die Polizei hat eine Zeugin, die auch als Täterin gilt: die talentierte, aber gefährliche Bildhauerin Holly Troy, die an multipler Persönlichkeitsstörung leidet. Um den Mörder zu finden, muss sie die Stimmen in ihrem Inneren beruhigen.
Detective Michael Gideon is used to being handed L.A.'s oddest cases, but his newest one assigned itself. When Gideon's K-9 partner, Sirius, rescues a lost dog from a pack of coyotes, the duo tries to return her home--only to discover her owner is missing. Heather Moreland has clearly disappeared under suspicious circumstances, and the more Gideon digs into her past, the more he's convinced of her abduction. As Gideon strives to help the missing woman, he is also troubled by the suspicious death of Detective Langston Walker, the leader of a support group for families of murder victims. The last time they'd met, Walker told Gideon about a cold case he had reopened, making Gideon wonder if the detective's demise is the accident everyone believes. In this third book in Alan Russell's gripping cop-K-9 series, Gideon and Sirius race to save a young woman--and stop another killer from striking again.
Years ago, LAPD Detective Michael Gideon and his German shepherd K-9 partner, Sirius, walked through fire to save Los Angeles from serial killer Ellis Haines, known as the Weatherman. Now, they prepare for a final showdown with their mortal foe. It's been a year of change for Gideon and Sirius. Both are new parents, but for the two of them, the joys of fatherhood have to wait. After a few months of silence, the All-In Killer has begun his murderous spree again-and his latest victim died only miles from Gideon's doorstep. The All-In Killer has made it no secret that his homicidal countdown will end only with the deaths of Gideon and Sirius. When Gideon decides he can no longer hide the encroaching threat from his wife, they prepare together for the approaching storm. While Gideon chases down a new lead that might prove his suspicion that the All-In Killer has been communicating with Ellis Haines, an ecoterrorist bomber strikes California, and a recently retired deputy US marshal and her bomb-sniffing dog go missing. Gideon and Sirius join in that manhunt, doing what they do best-saving lives.
Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, c1996.
When LAPD detective Michael Gideon and his police-dog partner Sirius are assigned to tithe Special Cases Unit (SCU), Gideon knows their work lives will be anything but ordinary. SCO gets the cases no one else wants, the unusual and bizarre crimes that need special handling and special investigators. They are in the midst of trying to determine the identity of the "Reluctant Hero" who seemed to magically appear just moments after shots rang out at an elementary school. Braving gunfire, the hero tackled the shooter and then disappeared.
Nina Granville believes her business trip to Alaska will give her a short respite from the merry-go-round that came with her engagement to Congressman Terrence Donnelly. But instead of allowing her the peace she craves, Ninas getaway from the public eye means that no one witnesses her abduction into a very cold hell.