A Clean Kill is the June 2005 paperback entry in Leslie Glass's April Woo police procedural series.

April is the American Born Chinese [ABC] New York City detective, daughter of the infamous 'Skinney Dragon' [who is guaranteed to make your mom look good], and newlywed wife of hunky Hispanic precinct captain Mike Sanchez.

Maddy Wilson, wife of a celebrity chef, is found slashed to death in the shower of her fashionable town house; the next day her best friend is murdered. The obvious suspects? their nannies.

I didn't find this one to be up to Glass's usual standard: the characterizations were very shallow, lots of threads were left hanging, and it was one of those 'wham, bang, thank you ma'am' endigs.

Some of the books in this series are quite good. If you're looking for a good police porcedural with a strong female main character, I suggest that you start with one of the earlier books. ( )

This is from a series featuring NYPD detective April Woo. I really must find at least one more book in this series to determine if it's the author I like or just this particular story.

Two young wealthy women are murdered, both are found by their nannies (er--the nannies of their children, not the women's nannies).

It was a nice mystery, and I liked the detective. ( )