Lawrence Sanders: The Anderson Tapes / The Fourth Deadly Sun / The Tenth Commandment

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The Anderson Tapes When John "Duke" Anderson a recently released ex-con goes home with wealthy divorcee Agnes Everleigh he assumes hes in for a run-of-the-mill one-night stand. Instead their lurid night of passion leads to the heist of his dreams. But he cant do it alone so in need of financial backing and the right men Anderson delves into the seedy crime netherworld of New York City reestablishing old ties with Mafia bosses petty thieves electronic wizards and his favorite S&M vixen. The Fourth Deadly Sin If the fourth deadly sin is anger then whoever bashed in the head of eminent New York psychiatrist Simon Ellerbee transgressed with a vengeance. With the murder making headlines and without even a hint of a lead the NYPD is under pressure to close the file on Ellerbee fast. So they do what they have to do: They call in Edward X. Delaney Chief of Detectives Retired. The Ellerbee killing as Delaney sees at once is an odd kind of crime - refined and discreet yet hideous - and the hunt for the killer is on. The ensuing investigation of the doctors former patients leads Delaney down the back alleys of their anguish into regions of the heart hes never glimpsed and brings him eye to eye with aberrations that make him question his own sanity. What could drive someone to turn searing private pain to rage in a brilliantly plotted act of horror challenging even the matchless skills of Edward X. Delaney? The Tenth Commandment Little man Josh Biggs chief private investigator of the law firm of Tabatchnick Orsini Reilly and Teitelbaum thinks hes got just another con man on his hands when hes called to investigate Marvin Reape. Reapes demanding $50 000 for a piece of information pertaining to the multi-million-dollar estate of Tabatchnicks close friend - and recent suicide - Sol Kipper. But when another prominent citizen disappears and the wills of both men go missing Biggs figures its the least he can do to ask around. When Reape turns up under a local subway and his wife joins him a couple of days later the stakes get higher as lives - and millions - hang in the balance. The mystery turns to horror as Biggs realizes he must track a team of killers who have turned religion into a racket for revenge....