Blood Shot Eyes

by Patrick W. Picciarelli

RAY VALE, ex NYPD Lt., Vietnam veteran, grieving widower and private investigator is hired to investigate the nine-year-old brutal murder of a female college student in New York's Flushing Meadow Park. He enlists the help of the retired NYPD detective who originally investigated the case, Charlie Wright, a bitter ex-detective with a deep secret, who is at first reluctant to get involved. Yale and Wright are outcasts from the department; Yale for his outspoken defense of his cancer-stricken policewoman wife who was forcibly retired from the NYPD after she was diagnosed, and Wright is a self-imposed exile from society. Together they put aside their demons to unravel a seemingly perfect crime. They soon discover, through con man Tony Cippolone, that Leah Porter, a psychotic former cop, bounced from the NYPD for killing a civilian, is a prime suspect in the case. A Svengali-like radio personality, Wolfgang Steinger, controls the deranged Porter and has her do his violent bidding to stay on the top of the celebrity heap. The motive for the slaying is a damning videotape used in a blackmail scheme that threatens to bring down the power structure in the NYPD. More murders come to light as Yale threatens to delve deeper into the minds of his two prime suspects against a backdrop of the underbelly of New York and a finale that will leave even the most jaded crime fiction reader breathless.

300 pages, Paperback

First published July 4, 2000

Reviews

[Jill McCallion · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read!!!!

Patrick is an outstanding author. He is a master story teller. Intertwining fiction with elements of his life made for a riveting tale. I think everyone can at least somewhat relate to Ray Yale. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a story that keep you on the edge of your seat through the last word.