Book description
The next in the bestselling series of psychological thrillers featuring
Carson Ryder, the detective with a unique perspective on serial killers
Soon after witnessing the escape of violent psychopath Bobby Crayline
from prison, Alabaman detective Carson Ryder takes a rare break in the
mountains. But his vacation is interrupted when an anonymous phone call
summons him to the scene of a grisly murder.
With more savage killings, and the heavy-handed FBI only inflaming the
situation, Ryder and local detective Donna Cherry sift through the
increasingly bizarre clues. Is there more than one killer on the loose?
And how does Carson's clinically insane brother, Jeremy, now on the run,
fit into the picture?
It is down to Ryder to unearth horrors from the past that others
believe should remain buried… Praise for the Carson Ryder series:
'Superb stuff' Independent on Sunday
'Kerley will truly scare the pants off his readers. This one's another
winner from a writer moving towards the top of the thriller heap'
Publishers Weekly
'Kerley, who writes like a house fire, has a boundless and truly
ghastly imagination that'll keep you awake long after you turn the last
page' Kirkus
'A fascinating and frightening take on the genre' Independent on Sunday
'A chilling journey into a pitch-black mind' Michael Marshall, author
of The Straw Men trilogy
'A sturdy hero with a clearcut mission and a setting that holds
possibilities for fresh adventure. Kerley writes in a thrusting style
that pushes the action from crime scene to autopsy table' New York Times
Book Review
'Superb… fantastic' Sunday Express Jack Kerley worked in advertising
and teaching before becoming a full-time novelist. He lives in Newport,
Kentucky, but also spends a good deal of time in Southern Alabama, the
setting for his Carson Ryder series, starting with 'The Hundredth Man'.
He is married with two children.
