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When two women linked with charismatic late-night TV personality Marshall Fox are found brutally slain in Central Park, Fox becomes the prime suspect and is charged with the murders. At the tabloid trial, one of Fox’s ex-lovers, Robin Burrell, is called to testify–and is instantly thrust into the media’s harsh spotlight. Shaken by a subsequent onslaught of hate mail, Robin goes to Fritz Malone for help. Malone has barely begun to investigate when Robin is found sadistically murdered in her Upper West Side brownstone, hands and feet shackled and a shard of mirror protruding from her neck.
But it’s another gory detail that confounds both Malone and Megan Lamb, the troubled NYPD detective officially assigned to the case. Though Fox is in custody the third victim’s right hand has been placed over her heart and pinned with a four-inch nail, just as in the killings he’s accused of. Is this a copycat murder, or is the wrong man on trial?
Teaming up with Detective Lamb, Malone delves deeper into Fox’s past, unpeeling the layers of the media darling’s secret life and developing an ever-increasing list of suspects for Robin’s murder. When yet another body turns up in Central Park, the message is clear: Get too close to Fox and get ready to die.
And Malone is getting too close.
In Cold Day in Hell, Richard Hawke has again given readers a tale about the dark side of the big city, a thriller that moves with breakneck speed toward a conclusion that is as shocking as it is unforgettable.
Praise for Richard Hawke’s Speak of the Devil
“Richard Hawke has managed what some writers spend a lifetime trying to accomplish: He has come up with a character and place that should entertain in countless stories to come.”
–Rocky Mountain News
“Fast-moving, first-rate . . . Hawke’s plot grabs us by the throat. . . . He keeps the suspense mounting.”
–The Washington Post
“[A] bang-bang thriller . . . We are absolutely powerless to stop reading.”
–Chicago Tribune
“Mr. Hawke’s [novel] tours the city . . . with unusual streetwise panache . . . but this isn’t a book that coasts on its urban geography. It lives by its wits, and its wits would work anywhere.”
–The New York Times
“A deftly paced debut that crackles and pops from page 1.”
–Booklist (starred review)
“Thrill-a-minute pacing and inspired plot twists.”
–Newsday
“[An] amazing thriller . . . Hawke’s dialogue is sharp and snappy and the plot moves with all the energy of New York City.”
–Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Hawke razzle-dazzles us with . . . bada-bing narration and quirky, well-drawn characters.”
–The Boston Globe
“[Packed] with a breathless pace and hair-pin turns.”
–South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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December 11, 2006
Hawke's intriguing second crime thriller, a considerably darker book
\t\t than his debut, Speak of the Devil, which
\t\t introduced New York City PI Fitz Malone, solidifies the wisecracking Fitz's
\t\t place in the upper ranks of big-city series detectives. Devastatingly handsome,
\t\t late-night TV star Marshall Fox has been arrested and jailed for the murder of
\t\t two women with whom he was having affairs. The case looks pretty solid until
\t\t two more bodies show up, both connected to Fox and the earlier murders. But how
\t\t could Fox have committed the last two while he was behind bars? Fitz involves
\t\t himself because one of the murdered women had asked him for help before her
\t\t death, and though the police are, as always, reluctant to allow civilians in on
\t\t an investigation, they're quite willing to use the clues he unearths. It's a
\t\t tale replete with kinky sex practiced by beautiful people, conflicted cops with
\t\t tragic backstories and a cold-hearted villain who leaves no obstacle alive in
\t\t his attempt to cover up his heinous crimes. 5-city
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March 1, 2007
This second outing, following "Speak of the Devil", from the pseudonymous Hawke (Tim Cockey) brings back P.I. Fritz Malone in a darker, slower-paced venue. Marshall Fox is the star of a New York City-based late-night TV show, but his star has fallen since his arrest for the murder of two women with whom he was having affairs. While he's jailed, two more murders occur, causing speculation regarding Marshall's guilt and the possibility of a copycat killer. The newest victim was a neighbor of Fritz's girlfriend, Margo; prior to her murder, Fritz had been investigating some hate mail she had received. NYPD detective Megan Lamb isn't quite up to par since both her police and her life partner were killed, so the police department is happy to have Fritz investigating the murders alongside her, as long as he shares his findings. Despite an attempt on his life, Fritz keeps digging through Quaker meetings, Marshall's clandestine affairs, kinky sex, and the backstage maneuverings of the late-night TV show. Fritz is a great character, and the story line is interesting, entertaining, and twisty enough to make this a very worthy sequel. Recommended for larger fiction collections. [See Prepub Alert, "LJ" 11/1/06.]Stacy Alesi, Palm Beach Cty. Lib. Syst., Boca Raton, FLCopyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Starred review from January 1, 2007
After his promising debut (" Speak of the Devil," 2005), Hawke seals the deal in PI Fritz Malone's second intelligent and well-turned mystery. Homespun late-night TV star Marshall Fox--a hipster Will Rogers and catnip to the ladies--awaits a contentious jury's verdict on whether he's a serial murderer, when what should appear under the Christmas tree but a fresh corpse, trimmed identically to Fox's two alleged victims. As the proceedings veer toward a potential mistrial, the cops bring Fritz on board to help detective-with-a-past Megan Lamb round up a likely copycat killer. Hawke excels at characters, with even walk-ons given a convincing heft, and as the cast of potential doers and victims grows by leaps and bounds, the complex plot is carefully meted out to confound the reader. Sticklers for procedural realism may cry foul at the likable Malone's role as extralegal pinch hitter for the NYPD, but Hawke's smart prose, easy wit, and unforced pathos make this a great suggestion for readers mourning the loss of Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar or Stephen Greenleaf's John Marshall Tanner--and near the top of any armload of titles proffered to voracious Robert Parker fans awaiting their next fix.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)
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