BLOOD WORK **AWARD WINNER** by Connelly, Michael - 1998

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1998. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket. Nominated for the 1997 MWA Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. WINNER of the GRAND PRIX, ANTHONY and MACAVITY AWARDS for Best Novel. The first novel introducing ex-FBI investigator Terrell McCaleb. The basis for the film starring Clint Eastwood. "Connelly follows up Trunk Music with a tautly paced, seductively involving thriller about a murder that is less random than it seems. Ex-FBI agent Terry McCaleb is recuperating from a heart transplant when beautiful Graciela Rivers walks up to his San Pedro houseboat, tells him that the donor of his new heart, her sister Gloria, was murdered in a convenience-store robbery and asks him to find the killer. Although his doctor warns him against it, McCaleb can't resist the case (any more than he could resist the serial-murder cases that caused his heart attack in the first place). With no license and little cooperation from the police, McCaleb reviews the evidence and connects a second murder to Gloria's killer. But it's only when he discovers that souvenirs have been taken from the victims that McCaleb realizes he is dealing with a type of killer with which he is all too familiar. Even working with seemingly shopworn material, Connelly produces fresh twists and turns, and, as usual, packs his plot with believable, logical surprises. He adds a moral twist by establishing a frightening bond between the hunter and the hunted, intimately connecting his detective to the criminal's guilt. Fans of Connelly's Harry Bosch novels will feel right at home with this beautifully constructed, powerfully resonating thriller, and newcomers will see right away what all the fuss has been about." Publishers Weekly. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.