When a pale beauty accuses her hideous husband of battery, then turns up dead, the lawyer she d hired before her death is coerced into defending the accused man, so case closed only the beast may be incent. Praise for the Matthew Hope Mysteries: He is, by far, the best at what he does. Case closed. People McBain has a great approach, great attitude, terrific style, strong plots, excellent dialogue, sense of place, and sense of reality. Elmore Leonard