Murder in a small town, a secret life, and a world of illusion where the real and the unreal collide.

A policeman is killed in a brutal stabbing and the man who killed him may not even know he did it. Can evil hide from itself? Other crimes follow. Meanwhile, the dead cop's partner is hot on the trail of the wrong man-a witness to the murder who had his own score to settle with the dead detective.

(PRWEB) January 11, 2004 --In this suspenseful psychological mystery, C.C. Canby, a retired professor of social-psychology, probes the many facets of the human mind and the blurry margin between appearance and reality. Things are not what they seem in this intricately woven plot. Detective Lanslow, the protagonist, begins to grow skeptical of the theory of how and why his partner was murdered. Acting on the advice of a famous criminologist, the case takes a turn that even Lanslow cannot believe-and comes to a crashing, jaw-dropping conclusion.

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Title Summary:
Masks of Murder by C.C. Canby, ISBN 1-930922-04-3, LCCN 2003009509
5.5x8.5 trade hardcover, 245 pages, $24.95
Publication Date: October 2003
Publicity: national print, radio, and electronic campaign, Web promotion