this is a mystery/murder novel. this is an older novel published before 1989. this is a detective trying to find the killer novel. a female detective is trying to find the muder to a string of crimes that are being commited. a young child early teens somehow becomes involved in the life of the female detective. He even appears to be falling in love with her. at the end of the book you find out he is really the killer and is now going to kill the female detective but he is stopped by her male partner. the murders are very very graphic and some are sexual in nature. i know its not a lot but hopfully somone will know what im talking about.