Strip Search A Novel
Strip Search, a novel by William Bernhardt, is published by Ballantine Books in 2007 and spans 355 pages. This narrative follows Susan Pulaski, an unconventional Las Vegas police behaviorist who faces the challenges of a city rife with danger. As a serial killer targets victims with hidden secrets, Pulaski finds herself drawn into a web of intrigue and terror, where the killer leaves behind cryptic mathematical formulas written in blood. With her career on the line and her life in jeopardy, Pulaski must confront her own demons while unraveling a complex mystery.
Readers will encounter a gripping tale that intertwines elements of mystery, suspense, and the unique dynamics of Las Vegas. The story introduces Darcy O’Bannon, a young woman with autistic savant abilities, who becomes crucial in deciphering the killer’s codes. As Pulaski navigates the treacherous landscape of the Strip, she faces not only the external threat of the murderer but also the internal struggles of her own psyche. This edition presents a vivid exploration of the darker sides of human nature and the lengths one will go to in the pursuit of justice.
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She likes the sudden seconds of sheer terror. The neon dreams fit perfectly with the dreams that wake her up at night: about the man she loved and lost, about the constant temptations in her life, and about the odds that inevitably she’ll be in the right place at the right time to look naked, human madness in the eye.
Welcome to the world of Susan Pulaski, an unconventional and unusually subversive Las Vegas police behaviorist who’s already been canned once and has never been needed more. In the Sin City, someone is ritually murdering handpicked victims, each with dirty secrets in their past. The killer’s gimmick: Not only does he leave behind parts of the victims’ bodies, he also writes obscure mathematical formulas–in their blood. Pulaski doesn’t have a clue what the codes mean. But she knows someone who will.
Darcy O’Bannon is a twenty-six-year-old whose autistic savant skills are perfect for unraveling such mysteries as how many rivets are in the Eiffel Tower and how many Elvis impersonators there will be in the year 2020. As it turns out, innocent Darcy can also think along the arcane lines of Vegas’s most savage serial killer, peering into a numerological mystery that stretches back hundreds of years.
With her own life one spark away from going off the rails, her department turned against her, and the lives of those she cares most about in jeopardy, Pulaski hunts for dangerous prey in the shadow of the Strip–with herself as the perfect bait. And the closer she gets, the more terrifying and intriguing the case becomes, for the person she’s tracking possesses truly ingenious powers–and a heart full of hate.
The incomparable William Bernhardt brings to life America’s most fascinating city and the people who police it, while he invites the reader to join one woman’s fight to stay sane, stay alive, and keep a killer from making the most shocking score of all.
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