description: The Sweatshop Boutique in Manhattan's trendy SoHo is one of those places where outrageously garbed mannequins sport fright wigs and lots of heavy metal, all the better to arrest passersby. A mannequin bleeding from the head, however, strikes the residents as taking punk a bit far. They're right; the blood is real and so is the mannequin. Lots of long-time SoHo residents don't approve of the transformation the art crowd has brought to the area. But Fortune Fanelli, ex-cop turned private investigator (thanks to a smart investment) and single parent of two, likes his old neighborhood in its chic and glitzy guise. He also like to work, and so sets himself to the task of finding your Jennifer Baker's killer, whose trail snakes along the underbelly of arty SoHo where drug smuggling, runaway children, kiddie pornography, and legions of hustlers crowd. Surprise after surprise assures a fast paced and suspenseful foray into the darker reaches of New York's hottest art scene. For Fortune Fanelli---off-beat, infinitely likeable, and thoroughly modern---and his creator, Jack Early, A CREATIVE KIND OF KILER marks an impressive and memorable debut.
language: English
title: A Creative Kind of Killer
titlecomplete: A Creative Kind of Killer
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
ratings_count: 70
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best First PI Novel, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: F. Watts