The Ice Maiden: A Novel (Britt Montero Mysteries)
Miami crime reporter Britt Montero, the Cuban American with Latin  passion and Yankee perseverance, gets involved with members of the Cold Case  task force that's reopened an old case involving the murder of a high school  senior and the rape and near-death of his girlfriend, who's now a sculptor with  an unusual specialty--ice carving. Unmasking the killers requires Sunny  Hartley's cooperation, but even Britt's blandishments can't convince her to help  the task force bring her attackers and her boyfriend's murderers to justice. And  it doesn't help any that the head of the force, who has her own reasons for  pulling her men off the investigation, seems to have something romantic going  with homicide cop Kendall MacDonald, Britt's old (but hardly forgotten) lover.  As usual, Edna Buchanan delivers a denouement that's full of bittersweet tricks  and turns in this latest outing for her popular series heroine.--Jane  Adams--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.