Methods of Execution

By Frederick D. Huebner

Book Overview

"A hard-edged, absorbing story with shocking twists." --The Sunday Oregonian Robert Polhaus abuses women for his own sexual gratification. That violent history helps convict him of murdering two prostitutes, putting him on death row as a serial killer. "A thought-provoking story expertly written and fused with the twists and turns of an imaginative suspense/thriller." --Mystery News Seattle lawyer Matthew Riordan hoped to leave law forever, but returns when his ex-girlfriend, attorney Elizabeth Kleinfeldt, shares her startling conviction that Polhaus was unjustly convicted. Now Riordan is appealing the sentence of the ice-hearted criminal. "Nail-gnawing suspense...Startling and wholly unpredictable events erupt regularly." --Lexington Herald-Leader To find answers, Riordan sinks fast into the shadowy scene of sex for sale and cold-blooded corruption--to discover a murderer whose methods are even more chilling than those of Riordan's client.... "A well written, well-constructed legal mystery...Surprising twists... Deft characterization and plotting." --Publishers Weekly

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449149390
• ISBN13: 9780449149393
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.8" x 4.3"