The Fourth Deadly Sin- 9780450059032

Delighting in the city, he strode down Second Avenue. Edward X, Delaney, retired now from New York's finest, knew he could never ever move away from the city he knew and loved so well. The food summed it all up: the variety of delis, patisseries, ethnic grocers. Just shopping, now he had time, was a pleasure to be savoured. But it was that detailed knowledge of city and people that was about to bring him out of retirement. Psychiatrist Dr Simon Ellerbee had been killed - beaten to death in his own fashionable consulting rooms. He and his beautiful wife came from old-money families with political clout and connections. The case was headline news, one that would make or break careers. A lot of people were getting jumpy and a lot of deeply disturbed patients had to be investigated. - Edward X. Delaney was needed once more.