An axewielding psychopath carves young Dora Suarez into pieces and smashes thehead of Suarezs friend an elderly woman. On the same night in the West Enda firear... » 

An axewielding psychopath carves young Dora Suarez into pieces and smashes thehead of Suarezs friend an elderly woman. On the same night in the West Enda firearm blows the top off the head of Felix Roatta partowner of the seedyParallel Club. The unnamed narrator a sergeant in the Metropolitan PolicesUnexplained Deaths division develops a fixation on the young woman whosemurder he investigates. And he discovers that Suarezs death is even morebizarre than suspected the murderer ate bits of flesh from her corpse andejaculated against her thigh. Autopsy results compound the puzzle Suarez wasdying of AIDS but the pathologist cant tell how the virus was introduced.Then a photo supplied by a former Parallel hostess links Suarez to Roattaand inquiries at the club reveal how vile and inhuman exploitation can become. «