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Manhattan's Upper East Side isn't a neighbourhood that NYPD detective April Woo and Precinct Captain Mike Sanchez associate with grisly crimes - until the wife of a celebrity chef is slashed to death in her fashionable townhouse. The obvious suspect is her long-time nanny. Then the victim's best friend is murdered as well. The suspect in the case - the nanny. As April's investigation unfolds, so do the victims' privileged secrets...and each one of them cuts like a knife.Tags
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A Clean Kill is the June 2005 paperback entry in Leslie Glass's April Woo police procedural series.
April is the American Born Chinese [ABC] New York City detective, daughter of the infamous 'Skinney Dragon' [who is guaranteed to make your mom look good], and newlywed wife of hunky Hispanic precinct captain Mike Sanchez.
Maddy Wilson, wife of a celebrity chef, is found slashed to death in the shower of her fashionable town house; the next day her best friend is murdered. The obvious suspects? their nannies.
I didn't find this one to be up to Glass's usual standard: the characterizations were very shallow, lots of threads were left hanging, and it was one of those 'wham, bang, thank you ma'am' endigs.
Some of the books in this series are show more quite good. If you're looking for a good police porcedural with a strong female main character, I suggest that you start with one of the earlier books. show less
April is the American Born Chinese [ABC] New York City detective, daughter of the infamous 'Skinney Dragon' [who is guaranteed to make your mom look good], and newlywed wife of hunky Hispanic precinct captain Mike Sanchez.
Maddy Wilson, wife of a celebrity chef, is found slashed to death in the shower of her fashionable town house; the next day her best friend is murdered. The obvious suspects? their nannies.
I didn't find this one to be up to Glass's usual standard: the characterizations were very shallow, lots of threads were left hanging, and it was one of those 'wham, bang, thank you ma'am' endigs.
Some of the books in this series are show more quite good. If you're looking for a good police porcedural with a strong female main character, I suggest that you start with one of the earlier books. show less
This is from a series featuring NYPD detective April Woo. I really must find at least one more book in this series to determine if it's the author I like or just this particular story.
Two young wealthy women are murdered, both are found by their nannies (er--the nannies of their children, not the women's nannies).
It was a nice mystery, and I liked the detective.
Two young wealthy women are murdered, both are found by their nannies (er--the nannies of their children, not the women's nannies).
It was a nice mystery, and I liked the detective.
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Leslie Glass, who grew up in New York, has worked as a journalist, a playwright, and a novelist. She studied music at Mannes College and received a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. Glass started writing the April Woo series in 1995. The stories presented in the novels are all based on real police cases. In 1991, she started the Leslie Glass show more Foundation, which grants graduate research fellowships in the criminal justice and mental health fields. Since 1998, she has been a trustee of the New York City Police Foundation and is actively involved in the Crime Stoppers program. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- A Clean Kill
- Original publication date
- 2005
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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