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Destroying Angel

Richard Paul Russo

First published May 1992
Type Novel
Series Frank Carlucci #1

<i>Barnes&Noble:</i> In the crumbling San Francisco of tomorrow, a former narcotics-squad cop is reluctantly drawn into the investigation of a serial killer's return. Louis Tanner recognizes the ugly work of the Chain Killer, a maniac who dispatches his victims two at a time, welding the corpses together in a grotesque embrace and dumping them into a body of water. Tanner's troubled conscience from a previous case compels him to reunite with his former colleague, Frank Carlucci. Together, they enter the city's notorious red-light district, chasing a vicious drug dealer who forces them even deeper into the underworld — where police are powerless and the foulest criminals live in contempt of the law.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Science Fiction Novel Nominee/Finalist
1994 Nebula Award Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1992 Destroying Angel Headline Novel
July 1992 Cover Destroying Angel Ace Books Novel 1
September 2003 Cover Carlucci Ace Books Omnibus 3
September 2013 Cover Destroying Angel Blackstone Audio Novel
April 2019 Cover Destroying Angel Dover Publications Novel
April 2019 Cover Destroying Angel Dover Publications Novel