Eight in the Box Book

A dark, lightening-paced debut thriller from an author with an insider's view of criminal law.

They call him the Blood Bath Killer--a man who has killed two Boston women by sneaking into their homes, brutally murdering them, and taking their bodies. Two cops are out to stop him, and a tem of young prosecutors is waiting in the wings, ready to bring about justice. But as the bodies continue to disappear, the case becomes more dangerous.

Publishers Weekly

Defense attorney Yessayan's promising debut nicely juggles a large cast of attorneys and cops, though at times it comes close to sounding like a legal spinoff of the TV show Friends. Someone is killing young women in Boston, or at least young women are disappearing, leaving behind no trace except bathtubs full of blood. The police are pretty sure the victims must be dead, but no bodies have been found. The killer, who's identified for the reader as Richter, is doing something with the bodies that involves embalming, but it remains unclear what he's up to until the very end. Extended forays into race relations, the plight of the poor and questions of legal responsibility tend to slow the action. Hopefully, Yessayan, who doesn't stray beyond the conventional bounds of the legal thriller/serial killer subgenre, will strike out in his own direction next time. (June)

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