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In this Edgar Award-winning debut novel, a dedicated cop becomes the ultimate prey when a serial killer gets out on bail It begins when New York Police Department Detective Second-Grade Christie Opara arrests a man on the subway for indecent exposure. Within hours, Murray Rogoff, a burly giant, his crazed stare concealed behind thick glasses, is out on bail. Soon after, the body of a young dancer is found stashed behind the stairway of a Bronx apartment building. The girl was brutally show more raped and strangled, and a clue links her with two previous murders. The killer takes a signature trophy: a hacked-off lock of the victim's hair. A few days later, Christie starts to get strange, late-night phone calls. Although Rogoff never spoke when he was in lock-up, the detective's instincts tell her that Rogoff's the serial killer they're hunting. With the reluctant approval of her boss, Assistant District Attorney Casey Reardon, Christie prepares to become the bait of a deadly psychopath. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy Uhnak including rare images from the author's estate. show lessTags
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Dorothy Uhnak was born in the Bronx, New York on April 24, 1930. She attended City College and then joined the New York City Transit Authority Police. She won two awards for bravery during her 14 years with the force, 12 of them as a detective. She resigned due to sexual discrimination and in order to complete her college education at John Jay show more College of Criminal Justice. Her first book, Policewoman: A Young Woman's Initiation Into the Realities of Justice, was published in 1964. Her debut novel, The Bait, won the Edgar Award as the best first mystery novel of 1968. Her other novels include The Witness, The Ledger, Law and Order, and The Ryer Avenue Story. The Investigation was the basis for the 1987 television movie Kojak: The Price of Justice. She died from a deliberate drug overdose on July 8, 2006 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Bait
- Original publication date
- 1968
- Related movies*
- The Bait (1973 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- This book is for my daughter, Tracy--just as I promised.
- First words
- Christie Opara sat in the small seat outside the empty motorman's cab of the nearly deserted, post-rush hour, downtown IRT local.
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