Dark Lady

b" In Dark Lady, Richard North Patterson displays the mastery of setting,\npsychology, and story that makes him unique among writers of suspense, and one\nof today's most original and enthralling novelists. \nIn Steelton, a struggling Midwestern city on the cusp of an economic turnaround,\ntwo prominent men are found dead within days of each other. One is Tommy\nFielding, a senior officer of the company building a new baseball stadium, the\ncity's hope for the future. The other is Jack Novak, the local drug dealers'\nattorney of choice. Fielding's death with a prostitute, from an overdose of\nheroin, seems accidental; Novak is apparently the victim of "