In a strange series of coincidences, young women start dying in Barnstow. Detective Jimmy Delaney doesn't believe in coincidences - and he's doubly suspicious when his irresistible nemesis Diana hires him to solve the murders. But can he stop the killer before they strike again? Read on to see who’s “Killing Them Softly.” “Killing Them Softly" is a detective story with sci-fi elements, and the fifth in the Detective Jimmy Delaney series. It’s also available in “Downtown Blues: Detective Jimmy Delaney Collection #2.”