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Another good book. McBain seems to keep you in wondering all the way to the end.

Someone wants Emma Bowles dead - someone obsessively determined...and as close as a kiss. Terrified, the wealthy, beautiful blonde turns to a stranger for protection - and unwittingly places her fragile life in the bloodstained hands of a killer.

A dedicated cop wants Emma alive. But his own future is in serious jeopardy. For a devastating tragedy has shattered his world...and he's trapped in the machinery of a defective legal system that upholds the law at the expense of justice. (from back cover)

This is an 87th Precint mystery about a weathy, beautiful blond who someone is trying to kill. She is terrified and places her life in the hands of a stranger for protection - and unwittingly places her fragile life in the bloodstanied hands of a killer.