The Matt Scudder Mysteries: v. 1: Sins of the Fathers, In the Midst of Death, Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block
A murdered prostitute's father wants the investigation into her death reopened. For Matt Scudder this assignment means the unmistakable stench of sleaze and perversion, and lures him into a sordid world of phoney religion and murderous lust where children must die for their parents' most secret sins.