Rumpelstiltskin Author:Ed McBain Rumpelstiltskin. An old fairy tale. Straw spun into gold, a dwarf with a wicked temper. A dwarf who covets a child. A woman is found murdered, her daughter is missing. Who is madman enough to kill the mother and steal away the the child? Matthew Hope is a lawyer whose quiet style belies a caustic wit and perceptive intelligence. He is Thirt... more »y -seven, divorced, and at loose ends with himself. Vicky Miller is an appealing woman, a singer who made it big as a rock star in the sixties and is trying desperately for a comeback. For Hope it is a casual affair. He does not heed Vicky's urgent plea to stay the night He is thinking of the morning, when Vicky's six-year-old daughter will wake to find him there, But the next day Vicky is found brutally murdered, and her little girl is missing. The cops are on the case, but so is Hope, determined to bring the killer to justice.« less