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* Entertainment et ^n& rMfflB jpWI f-:_S pffi. |?s -<:v 'mjm #l??_ - weicom ?Nf W Students packed Greene Street between 8:00 a enjoyed some of the free watermelon served. Even 1 NyS| Fa Lawrence Sanders creates an intriguing, modern Killer in The Third Deadly Sin. B- y j Student Government sponsored a ' Welcome H Back" party Tuesday night ' ' ' ' ?in mv\l bt the Kussell llSHIHn Wm House on Greene Street. mm T^e Party Matured live >J I W^^jenteilainmen^b^J^nie , T^^^^^^^^^M^Entertainers" (left) and the \ MM USC marching band ? at tm^m^m^Mm^ Bickham. (SUH Photos by BARRY NEWMAN andCHr LOWHl) . % %-.. /*!$? ^kIMShI 0 Back! mi fr / . / ^ v/"t ' .. ~J Li /I l_"I _ > < . ? ?- - - iiu miuiiigiu \nsuj, wmie neiai wenon and Cathy lhirkell the band seemed to have a good time. 1a**'** A 11? Jlie 9 M IT1U By CHRIS HANDAL SUN Writer Bizarre characters are a trademark of Lawrence Sanders novels. Zoe Kohler, the knife-wielding murderer in Sanders' new book, The Third Deadly Sin,is no exception. As in his past books, Sanders makes no attempt to hide the identity of the murderer from the reader. From the opening pages, we know that Zoe Kohler is the killer. What we don't know is exactly how or why she kills. Sanders, however, is not about to let these questions go unanswered. And in the process of answering them, he creates one of the most intriguing figures of his books to date. This is no easy feat for a man who has produced 11 previous novels, including several that have made the bestseller list (The First Deadly Sin, The Tenth Commandment). . THIS NOVEL'S murderer leads an invisible life by day. Zoe Kohler works in a security section of a New York City hotel. She is not pretty. She is not ugly. She is just there. Ms. Kohler takes numerous vitamins, kelp and various drugs each morning. She keeps her small apartment precise and nfint But at night, once a month, she delves into her secret wardrobe of lacy underware, clingy dresses, make-up.wigs ^HMpl * ^^P"^^5T^ip;^&"?iui3^^5^;?pWV-7!i;"j?*> '^i/ ^ 1 r: ' ' . :. 'lf:''-. i rJ-rT ^Hm- / dern Killer* " and a charm bracelet that reads, "WHY NOT?" She then prowls the night for her victim. Thp nnlipp srw*n rpnlivo fhov hava a pflruin> Irillaf wvta vuaiCiV V1IVJ IIUVV U 1 vpvui B\11AU1 l/ll UIC11 hands and out of retirement comes Edward X. Delaney. Delaney, who has appeared twice before in books by Sanders, is a grizzled ex-cop with a commitment to justice. But he finds that justice must sometimes conform to political needs. For Delaney, this will never do. His methods may not always be pleasant but in Delaney, Sanders fashions a realistic policeman that the reader dosen't have to like , but can't help auiiuring. THE THIRD DEADLY SIN is one of Sanders' best works. First and foremost, it is good escapist reading. The plot line rnrplv cactc ariri f V><> miip/lniw ?-? l. ?i L1 ?11 .?. uuu uiv iiiuiucio nic ucati iiim ^rupillt'illiy enough to satisfy even the blood-thirsty reader. But more than this, Sanders shows through Zoe Kohler what a savage world and the changing values of society can do to the human : I ? . ... iiiiuu, c?|KM.:iuuy ii mai inina is aireaay unbalanced. This creates a disquieting feeling throughout the novel. The image of sudden death is an ail-too-real one today. Random mnrHfir ic f?/? tpl- t* i- _ ' ^ ? " 1 1 * ?.v/v iiviujii. i nt; j nira ueaaiy din coutu nave come from any newspaper rather than Sanders' mind That is the appeal of this book and that is what will bother the reader when the book is finished.