An Hour to Kill

by Karin Yapalater and George Harmon Coxe

Book Overview

Karin Yapalater's pulsating debut novel, An Hour to Kill, is an unforgettable psychosexual thriller set in the dark heart of New York City When a series of brutal murders takes place in the desolate... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688165990
• ISBN13: 9780688165994
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent debut novel

Among the many "debut" authors the reading public sees each year, I found Ms. Yapalater's novel quite interesting. It is pretty much a police procedural/murder mystery with a couple of interesting characters. The plot grabs you and keeps you interested to last page. It is one of those books where you have to read just one more chapter to find out what happens next. A well done mystery, I look forward to more of Ms. Yapalater's work.

Read in about an Hour

Teehee, I exagerated a little. Truth be told though this is a fast paced impressive debut. I started this novel with an impression that the authoress could be the literary love child of Larry Brooks and Karin Slaughter, but quickly appreciated Ms. Yapolenter's prose comparision free.Two bodies are found in Central park a young woman burnt, and a man who is the victim of apparant suicide. Two tenacious cops are unwilling to let the cases close so patly as some would wish and investigate to discover the truth.This novel is gritty, without being graphic, and while there are parts I suspected before the author revealed the plot twists I was kept guessing more than in many I have read in the genre.This book zooms along while Yapolenter adds surprises, delves into her characters psyches and basically writes an excellent all around police proceedural thriller whose dialogue rings true and characters' motivations kept secret until the thrilling end.

Truley a fast hour

This book is unbelievable!!One of the best first-year mystery novelists to come around in quite a while. Exellent character develpment.

Asuperb psychological police procedural

In Central Park Police Detectives James Gurson and Didi Kane investigate the burned body of former cop Charlene Leone found in the Brambles and the apparent asphyxiation suicide of Dr. Orrin Gretz in his Mercedes buried in the snow. Charlene used to be Didi's lover and partner before being fired for drug use. Orrin's chosen weapon of death mirrors that of James' father, a cop who did his job well until the unfair charges that could have led to jail time did lead to his suicide in the family garage.Soon Gurson, a psychology major, and Kane find themselves making inquiries amongst Manhattan's analyst world, a close mouthed group unable to answer as opposed to asking questions. As they dig deeper, ties to their personal lives surface beyond the already known obvious. However, Kane begins to wonder if her funky partner, as a means of enacting vengeance on the former ADA who played his father false, might be orchestrating one link.AN HOUR TO KILL is a superb psychological police procedural that rips into the world of analysts especially those who use patients for sexual pleasure. The key is the believability of the cast from the dedicated but emotional hurting cops to the analysts pulling the wagons around in a siege mentality even though one who may have committed malpractice is dead and connected to a homicide. Though the very end feels more like a couch trip, readers, except psychoanalysts, will appreciate Karin Yapalater's strong debut.Harriet Klausner