num_pages: 231
description: When the nude, throttled corpse of a childhood friend is discovered shortly after a chance meeting, San Francisco homicide chief Frank Hastings is determined to catch the killer
language: English
title: A Death Before Dying
titlecomplete: A Death Before Dying (Lt. Hastings, #16)
ratings_count: 20
series: Lt. Hastings
publisher: Henry Holt & Co