One day a week or so ago I was in my favorite bookshop just wandering around and chatting with the owner when I asked what was new.... He said that William Bayer had just dropped into the shop with his wife and they had had a lovely visit. I'd never heard of William Bayer and made the shop owner tell all (nosey??? not me!). He's long been a Bayer fan so I got the full scoop and walked out with Wallflower. It finally surfaced on my 'read me next pile' and ... wow. It's a GREAT story. New York Police Detective Janek is just off his latest case - a landmark one that and resting on vacation when he gets a call that his goddaughter has been killed. And killed in what looks to be the latest in one of the most bizarre string of murders. She was stabbed with an ice pick and, like the other victims, then had her genitals glued shut. Like most other of my favorite mystery books, I do NOT want to see this movie, but the book is great! Now I need to go back and get more Bayers! ( )

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