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"On a steamy, overcast September evening, Dr. Maslow Atkins, a promising young New York psychiatrist, goes into Central Park for a quick run and doesn't come out. When April Woo receives the missing persons report, her usually flawless cop instincts prompt her to investigate immediately, even if it means going outside her jurisdiction and outside her authority. But when the high-profile K-9 search she orders yields nothing, the media whips into a frenzy, bringing the fury of the entire police department down upon April. Still, she can't shake her belief that Maslow is alive, and refuses to give up." "When a second victim is found dead, the case kicks into high gear - the circle of suspects widens, the file of evidence grows, and the pressure on April to crack it intensifies. Working against time, April grapples with a lethal tangle of family secrets and unveils a deadly adolescent rage from which now one can escape unscathed. For no family, including Maslow's, truly knows its own story or is as innocent as it seems."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author Notes
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 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.
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Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Six books into Glass's April Woo series (Stealing Time; Judging Time; etc.), the NYPD detective remains one of the more promising yet frustrating characters in crime fiction. Woo is caught between three culturesÄher native Chinese, her adopted American and that dictated by the Job. Woo lives at home with her parents, tethered by Chinese morality and lifestyle, yet she is one of the most hard-driving, career-minded detectives on the force. Despite such unusual qualities, she is not particularly companionable. In her latest outing, she's cold and standoffish, stranded in a so-so plot in which she just barely takes center stage. Woo is on the hunt for a missing psychiatrist, Maslow Atkins, who disappears in Central Park during an evening jog. Chief among the suspects is Allegra Caldera, one of Atkins's patients, who may be stalking him. Unknown to Woo, Allegra is also the victim of foul play, kidnapped by the same hoods who snagged Atkins. Together, they are imprisoned in a tiny cave in Central Park, not quite dead but badly beaten. Their tormentors are two spoiled, thrill-seeking teens, David Owen and Brandy Fabman, products of privileged Manhattan backgrounds. Woo struggles through the case, worrying about her minor missteps, fretting about how she's perceived by the higher-ups, wringing her hands over her failings as a daughter and lover. The search ends predictably and without much punch, yet the strength of Glass's story lies in her cultivation of themesÄbroken families, culture clash, ambition and prideÄas well as her strong portrayals of secondary characters. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Chinese silences are full of meaning, thinks Detective Lieutenant Mike Sanchez. Actually, its a Chinese-American silence that worries him, the one emanating from his ladylove, Detective Sergeant April Woo. Is she truly ready to forgive him for (a) his mild peccadillo involving a girl with long, tan legs, and (b) his pulling rank in the case of Dr. Maslow Atkins, who has disappeared into the leafy depths of New Yorks Central Park? April, recalling how often Skinny Dragon, her mother, has advised that too much happiness is not good for a man, keeps her own counsel. Besides, she has a preoccupation of her own. Unlike almost everyone else, shes convinced Atkins is still alive, despite the heavy weight of hours now arguing against it. Desperate to find him before its too late, she calls on an old ally: Peaches, undisputed star of the K-9 corps. At the same time, she works on a different, non-olfactory, lead, though she alone believes it will prove productive. Brandy and David, a couple of rich private schoolkids, are sufficiently bratty to be immensely annoying, but (leapin Leopold and Loeb!) murderous ? No way, conventional wisdom insists. So while Mike does some obligatory groveling, Peaches sniffs around the park and April sniffs around the suspects. It all comes together in a suspenseful climax that tingles and untangles most satisfactorily. Colorful characters enliven a well-plotted story. As for Aprilfrequently inscrutable even to herself (Stealing Time, 1999, etc.)she remains an appealing original.