''The Man Who Cast Two Shadows'' is the second book in the Kathleen Mallory series written by

Carol O'Connell Carol O'Connell (born May 26, 1947, in New YorkElizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, ''Great Women Mystery Writers'', 2nd ed., Greenwood Press, 2007, p. 192, ) is an author of crime fiction, including a series of a dozen mysteries featuring a sociopathic b ...

, published as ''The Man Who Lied to Women'' in the UK. Mallory is a detective in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

's Special Crimes Unit. Her colleagues fear she has been killed when a body is found in a park, similar in appearance and wearing a blazer embroidered with her name. Mallory quickly identifies the victim (whose fingers have been destroyed to hamper a positive ID) and she is given the case. The detectives only have three clues to work with including an unpublished manuscript, a missing computer file and a cat who knows the murderer. The clues point to three possible suspects who all live in the same building. Mallory starts baiting the killer with computer messages, but ends up becoming bait herself.

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1995 American novels Kathleen Mallory (novel series) Novels set in New York City {{1990s-crime-novel-stub