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A Killing Gift (April Woo)
Author: Leslie Glass
Book Information
Publisher: Onyx Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Rating: 21

ISBN-13: 9780451410917 - ISBN-10: 0451410912
Publication Date: 6/3/2003
Pages: 368

Book Description:
Just when NYPD lieutenant Bernardino was ready to retire, he won the lottery. But when word of his good fortune gets out, the sharks start circling... and one of them wants to collect on an old debt.

Now, April Woo must track her friend's murderer by searching her own tightly knit family of fellow officers for motives-and a suspect. A suspect who's enraged, elusive-and who's driving April in a terrifying search for the truth...

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Sherry C. (sherryinmo) from MARSHFIELD, MO wrote on 1/25/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This has been one of my favorite series featuring April Woo.

From back of book:

For NYPD detective April Woo, the retirement party for her former boss and mentor, Lieutenant Bernardino, is bittersweet. As they commemorate Bernardino's thiry-eight years on the job, cops and friends wish him well with bad jokes and good memories. Then they send him out into the night -- and into the hands of a cold-blooded killer....

....When April follows her friend with his forgotten retirement gifts, she finds his lifeless body. But the nightmare has just begun. Even as she mourns his death, she must track Bernadino's killer and investigate her own tightly knit family of police officers for a motive -- and a suspect. When a second victim is struck down, the hunt turns deadly in a tense and terrifying search for the truth.


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Judy B. (jdyinva) from VIRGINIA BCH, VA wrote on 2/3/2008...


Love Leslie Glass; loved this book. Great read.

Jessica B. from ALBUQUERQUE, NM wrote on 2/14/2007...


Suspenseful. Good writer.

R. E. (re) wrote on 12/20/2006...


Another good Lieutenant April Woo Sanshez suspense story.

Margaret S. (Formor) from BOERNE, TX wrote on 7/28/2006...


NYPD detective April Woo attends the retirement party of her former boss and mentor. They commemorate Lt. Bernadino's thirty eight years on the job and wish him good luck. Then they send him out into the night and into the hands of a cold blooded killer...

Pat N. (pjn57) from PHOENIX, AZ wrote on 4/27/2006...


This is a great mystery. Very entertaining.

Karen W. (Ilvbooks) from MARIETTA, GA wrote on 4/1/2006...


For NYPD detective April Woo, the retirement party for her former boss and mentor, Lt. Bernadino is bittersweet. They send him out into the night and into the hands of a cold blooded killer. Aoril must track the killer and investigate her own tightly knit family of police officiers for a motive and suspect.

Michelle H. (MightyChelle) from POINT, TX wrote on 2/23/2006...


I am now a fan of April Woo! I had read The Silent Birde & thought it was good, but after this one I am now hooked. I love the way Leslie Glass is able to present the characters & their life woven in with the "who done it" plot without it taking away from the story line.

Kari C. (ozmommy) from CORONA, CA wrote on 12/5/2005...


A good read right up to the very end!

Margie P. from MOAB, UT wrote on 10/23/2005...


For Detective April Woo, the retirement party for her mentor Lt. Bernardino is bittersweet. Then she finds his lifelesws body. And the nightmare has just begun....