The fifth in J.A. Konrath's mystery series (Whiskey Sour‚ Bloody Mary‚ Rusty Nail‚ and Dirty Martini are the previous four) featuring Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels‚ the Chicago cop who solves some of the city's most heinous crimes. This time Jack is locked up in her mother's home‚ along with her fiancé‚ her mom‚ and one of the scariest psychos ever to escape from prison. They're being held hostage by a group of vigilantes on a murderous spree‚ who've gone from offing bad guys to wanting to take down a cop. The suspense is killing everyone... J.A. Konrath continues his terrific series with a great combination of knockout humor‚ edge-of-the-seat almost-misses‚ and a memorable‚ funny heroine.
