JOSEPH P. DESARIO

They call him El Castigo del Barrio, a savage psychopathic rapist who relentlessly haunts the avenues and alleyways of East L.A. Vicious, insatiable, he's elusive as a nightmare. Third-generation cop Detective Brenda Collins spends her nights walking steamy streets in fishnets and halter tops-warm bait for the eerie night. Fiercely determined, she stakes her career-and her life-on this bust.

Meanwhile, in El Barrio's St. John's Church, Father Cedric Anselm spends his nights baptizing the bloody remains from a neighborhood clinic. Compelled by a relentless calling, forged as a P.O.W. in Korea, he dispenses harsh penance to the faithful people of East L.A. Could his fanatic obsession with righteousness implicate him in the grisly crimes?

Ripe with evil sensuality, LIMBO is a taut and riveting shocker that takes you into a violent world where instinct is more useful than knowledge. This extraordinary novel introduces a magnetic new voice in thriller fiction.