Part of Series
"Infierno! Another one dead! This means a trip to records to look for a special kind of killer—the ones with pedigrees in rape and assault." A housewife raped and murdered in her own kitchen, a streetwalker killed in a sleazy hotel room, a plundered corpse discovered in a back alley; one after another the victims ended up cold and quiet on the morgue trays. It was Sodom and Gomorrah all over again. It was L.A., the day the official report from the office of Homicide Lt. Luis Mendoza was rain with violence.
Author
Pseudonym of Elizabeth Linington. Barbara "Elizabeth" Linington (March 11, 1921 – April 5, 1988) was an American novelist. She was awarded runner-up scrolls for best first mystery novel from the Mystery Writers of America for her 1960 novel, Case Pending, which introduced her most popular series character, LAPD Homicide Lieutenant Luis Mendoza. Her 1961 book, Nightmare, and her 1962 novel, Knave of Hearts, another entry in the Mendoza series, were both nominated for Edgars in the Best Novel category. Regarded as the "Queen of the Procedurals," she was one of the first women to write police procedurals—a male-dominated genre of police-story writing. Besides crime, Linington also took interest in archaeology, the occult, gemstones, antique weapons and languages. Linington was also a conservative political activist who was an active member of the John Birch Society
