Murder by Masquerade — D.R. Meredith

A murderer's run amok in Amarillo.

The cops have dubbed him "The Boulevard Butcher." His calling cards are a written invitation and a taste for mutilation. His prey are the prostitutes plying their trade on the night streets of the Texas panhandle's sleaziest district.

With two women slaughtered, all the police have to go on is a taunting letter from the maniac and a missing witness--who finally turns up as corpse number three. But one of the victims had the good sense to be a client of Texas lawyer extraordinaire John Lloyd Branson.

With his usual brilliant aplomb--and the eager assistance of lovely law student Lydia Fairchild--Branson finds a familiar method in the madness: that of one of history's most notorious serial killers. And if Branson's hunch is right, the last murder will be the most unspeakable. Unless Branson can set a trap using Lydia as bait....