'V' As In Victim

Routine hit-and-run case ties freakishly in with murder; ploding third grade detective Mitch Taylor and intellectual lab technician Jub Freeman dovetail the answer. In this contrasted team Mr. Treat has created the most believable police professionals in American detective fiction; in its unpretentious way, this may be an epoch-making book, marking a fresh, new, realistic approach to police procedure.