Deux villes, deux meurtres et deux grands écrivains (le mari et la femme) pour les raconter.

Santa Fe, Noël. Les inspecteurs Darrel Deux-Lunes, un Indien qui cherche ses racines, et Steve Katz, un ancien du NYPD, s'attendent aux bagarres inter-gangs habituelles à cette époque de l'année lorsque l'appel arrive : un galeriste réputé vient d'être tué par un objet contondant de bonne taille. Peu de suspects, mais des indices qui poussent les inspecteurs à entamer une enquête au cœur d'un hiver qui ne fait pas plus de cadeaux que les sinistres individus qu'ils vont rencontrer.

A Boston, le basket suscite de chaudes émotions, même en hiver. La faute d'un joueur lors d'un match universitaire conduit ainsi à un échange de coups de feu, dont est victime une jeune star du basket. Toute la ville exige des inspecteurs Dorothy Breton et Michael McCain de retrouver l'assassin au plus vite.

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Two short novels by a couple who've each gone it alone very successfully in their previous literary efforts make for a double treat for fans of both authors--Faye, whose mysteries feature a similarly uxorious couple in Rina and Peter Decker, and Jonathan, whose Alex Delaware novels starring a thoughtful child psychologist who's luckier in crime-busting than in love are even more popular. Not as satisfying as each author's full-length efforts,Double Homicidenonetheless offers a tasty side dish for their fans, and their protagonists venture beyond Los Angeles to tread new geographical territory, too. In Boston, a popular college athlete is slain in a busy nightclub, but what seems like an open-and-shut case turns out to hinge on forensic evidence that points to a very different conclusion. Detectives Michael McCain and Doris Breton unravel the mystery in Beantown, while two other new characters, Darryl Two Moons and his partner Steve Katz, discover that gallery owner Larry Olafson's brutal slaying has repercussions that resonate far beyond Santa Fe's trendy Canyon Road. Neither of these novellas makes the most of either author's gifts at character development, which lend themselves to a longer format, but that won't stop their dedicated readers from snapping them up and savoring them until the Deckers or Dr. Delaware turn up in their next adventures.--Jane Adams