America s greatest writer of police novels tells a shocking story of innocence and guilt， of lives shattered. As sixteen-year-old Rebecca Patton takes an apparently ordinary driving lesson， tragedy strikes when she runs down and kills a woman who has just stepped off a curb. When detective Katie Logan appears on the scene， she discovers that the driving instructor， Andrew Newell， is behaving incoherently and appears to be drunk. The apparent negligent homicide certainly warrants an arrest. But when the victim s handbag is retrieved， and the woman is identified as Newell s wife， Logan fears that something far more sinister may have occurred. Praise for Ed McBain: "He is， by far， the best at what he does. Case closed." - People; "A master." - Time; "The author delivers the goods: wired action scenes， dialogue that breathes， characters with heart and characters who eat those hearts， and glints of unforgiving humor.... McBain owns his turf." - New York Times Book Review; "The best crime writer in the business." - Houston Post.