Fall from grace / Clyde Phillips

When Homicide Inspector Jane Candiotti is assigned to the brutal killing of beautiful San Francisco socialite Jenna Perry, she finds that the investigation demands more than just her formidable detective skills. Pulled into the vortex of this dark and disturbing murder, Jane will have to answer for the choices she has made in her life that have left her nearing forty and very much alone." "Jane is still reeling from the dissolution of yet another unfulfilling love affair when she meets the victim's estranged husband. David Perry is a handsome, successful, and caring man who has an exceptionally loving relationship with his young daughter, Lily, and is just the person to fill the widening gap of disillusionment in Jane's personal life." "As Jane grows more involved with David and Lily, Jenna Perry's murderer closes in, Jane is forced to battle face-to-face with Barton Hubble, a sadistic psychopath who thrives on violence. Jane races against time, relentlessly pursuing Hubble - over, under, and through the streets of San Francisco. In the end, Jane risks her life for the man she loves - and triumphs." "But all is not as it seems and the nightmare is far from over."--BOOK JACKET.