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 innocent. 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"