Satan's Lambs A Novel Author:Lynn S. Hightower Lena Padget was a mild-mannered grad student in a quiet Kentucky town until her sister was brutally murdered, and everything changed. Over the seven years that the killer has been in prison, Lena has honed her anger to a razors edge, working as a private-eye for women too scared to help themselves. But with her sisters killer out of... more » jail -- and high on the twisted beliefs of the religious cult that raised him -- Lena is suddenly her own most desperate client. Lena could give any of the tough chicks in mystery fiction and not a few of the guys a run for their money: While she may not carry a gun, she packs a lethal baseball bat. But on this go-round, shell need every weapon she can muster to avoid becoming another lamb to the slaughter. Winner of the Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye Novel of 1993.« less