Deadly Urges — Dorothy McMillan

A late night thief is found dead on the redwood deck of Elizabeth and Andy Rosemond's beach house. The thief is a victim of one of the most unusual deaths that the police and coroner have ever seen. The man apparently lost every ounce of his blood in only a few minutes. The autopsy shows his blood was pushed out of his body violently -- from the inside. Detective Ted Bearbower takes over the case and finds himself overwhelmed by the familiar area and circumstances which he feared mirrored those of the grisly Brownstone serial killer. Brownstone killed his partner. Ted killed Brownstone. Ted has trouble turning loose of the deep fear that Brownstone still existed and that his hideous killings were starting again.