Richard Helms

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Pat Gallegher's back in action!Someone is stalking and killing strippers in the French Quarter, and the latest victim is Lucy Nivens, the new girlfriend of Shorty the bartender, Pat Gallegher's employer. Against his better judgment, Gallegher agrees to draw on his experience as a forensic psychologist and help NOPD detective Farley Nuckolls find the killer, when a retired FBI profiler is reluctant to be associated with the case. At first, Gallegher is only supposed to act as the mouthpiece for the profiler, but as the case becomes more complex he finds himself drawn deeper into the twisted mind of his quarry. When the killer sets his sights on Gallegher and his girlfriend Merlie Comineau, the case becomes extremely personal, very quickly. Retired forensic psychologist Richard Helms once again keenly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the French Quarter, in a fast-paced, pulse-pounding race against time, as Gallegher has to find the Stripper Ripper and put him out of business, before Merlie becomes his next victim!Richard Helms' Pat Gallegher stories have won or been finalists for the PWA Shamus Award, ITW Thriller Award, SMFS Derringer Award, and MRI Macavity Award.