cover image Half a Mind

Half a Mind

Wendy Hornsby. Onyx Books, $3.99 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-451-40245-5

Homicide detective Lt. Roger Tejeda, on medical leave because of partial amnesia, investigates a murder he fears is linked to a series of killings five years earlier. This is ``a sharp-witted thriller that leans hard on coincidence,'' said PW . ``The pace is smart, the humor sly and the robust characters . . . spar with the dexterity of old friends.'' (Apr.)