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Naked Cruelty

by Colleen McCullough

Delmonico, carmine (fictitious character), fictionFiction, suspenseFiction, thrillers, generalCarmine Delmonico (Fictitious character)FictionHomicideMurderPolice

America in 1968 is in turmoil and the leafy Holloman, Connecticut, suburb of Carew is being silently terrorized by a series of vicious and systematic rapes. When finally one victim finds the courage to speak out and go to the police, the rapist escalates to murder. For Captain Carmine Delmonico, it seems to be a case with no clues.

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Book data: Open Library