Mark of Murder — Dell Shannon

MENDOZA WANTS BLOOD...

Lt. Luis Mendoza of the Los Angeles Police Department was vacationing in Bermuda with his wife when the call came. His friend, Sgt. Art Hackett, had been forced over the edge of a mountain road in a murderous automobile attack.

Rushing back to L.A. to take charge of the investigation, Mendoza discovers another horror awaiting him: a serial killer who has already done four grisly murders in ten short days...

Always impeccable dressed and exquisitely suave, Lt. Luis Rodolfo Vincent Mendoza combines Latin charm and sensuality with a fondness for racy cars and high-stakes poker. His tender affection for Bast, his Abyssinian cat, only hints at the romanticism that colors his every move and makes him irresistible to women.