FBI agent Mary Cantrell has been ordered to Minneapolis, her
home town, to help solve a couple of cases involving the disappearance of young
women.
There is a problem, however. Mary’s sister, Gillian, works
for the Minneapolis PD’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and is a good friend
of Gavin Hitchcock, who’s spent time in prison for murdering Mary’s best friend
Fiona.
To make matters worse, Gavin has recently been released from
prison and is a prime suspect in the new murders. And, the two sisters have
maintained an estranged relationship ever since Gillian became jealous of
Mary’s and Fiona’s close friendship.
Along with her good friend and FBI partner, Agent Anthony
Spence, Mary plunges into the new cases, swimming through reunions with her
mother, Blyth (a flower child who has refused to transition to yuppiness), and
Gillian. Not to mention Gavin.
More than once, sibling love and sibling rivalry clash. They
eventually find the killer; or so they think, but it’s just past the middle of Sleep Tight, so we know that can’t be
right. So … if HE’S not the one, then
who is?
That’s where the story turns Hitchcockian – evoking
recollections of his iconic movie, Psycho.
The real killer (who’s not on anybody’s suspect list) strikes again, this time
with Gillian as his victim.
In conclusion, all I can say is if you can hear the dice
clicking as he plays with them in his pocket, be wary. They’re not dice.
Sleep Tight (2003)
Anne Frasier
Onyx (Paperback, $12.45)
ISBN-13: 978-0451410771
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