An Hour to Kill
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: HarperTorch
Published: May 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780060542795
Subjects: Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural; Fiction; Fiction - Espionage / Thriller; Mystery/Suspense; Suspense; Fiction / Suspense; Mystery & Detective - General
First sentence: "I'm uncomfortable talking about it."
Description: In the dreary, dreadful gray of a New York winter, two bodies are discovered in Central Park.  The first is horribly burned beyond recognition.  The second, once a prominent psychiatrist, and apparent suicide, is taking his last breath behind the wheel of a '51 Mercedes Gullwing, an unfired .25 caliber automatic at his side.

These grisly findings resonate deeply within the personal lives of Detectives James Gurson and Didi Kane.  As the dirty truth begins to surface, so too will the psychological wreckage.  To solve these complex and interconnected crimes, they must embark on an investigation that takes on noir undertones, immersing them in a labyrinth of Freudian reverie, Jungian dreams, unconscious truths and conscious deceptions, graphic sex, and sadistic violence.