Criminalist Book

A brilliant chronicler of life in the urban darkness, Eugene Izzi has crafted an unforgettable novel of men who break the law, men who are broken by it, and those who have to pick up the pieces.

Terry Moran's promising future with the Chicago Police Department was destroyed when he was accused of butchering his brother's wife-an accusation that was never proven. Twenty years later, he is a pariah among his peers; a lost and broken soul operating from the depths of his despair. And now the mutilated body of a young woman has been discovered in a downtown alleyway-and the flames of suspicion have been fueled once again.

Veteran Homicide Detective Dominick DiGrazia sees this latest murder as a chance to put the final nail in Terry Moran's coffin. But Terry's brothers-street-level alcoholic Frank and selfless, heroic Tommy- are also connected to the recent slaying in bizarre and frightening ways. A slumbering, two-decades-old nightmare has suddenly reappeared, screaming in the night, to plague an already decimated family. And as DiGrazia and his tough but inexperienced partner Janice Constantine close in for the kill, the brothers Moran will have to confront their darkest demons-and take painful, inevitable steps toward salvation...or damnation.