Book description
The fourth in the bestselling series of psychological thrillers
featuring Carson Ryder, the detective with a unique perspective on
serial killers.
Children are disappearing in Mobile, Alabama, the latest snatched from
her own bedroom. There are no clues - and, as yet, no bodies.
Homicide Detective Carson Ryder is called in to investigate the
abduction of little LaShelle Shearing only to find the case getting
tangled up in murky departmental and civic politics. And with his
partner Harry Nautilus fighting for his life after being viciously
attacked, Carson is feeling increasingly isolated.
Public rage is now reaching dangerous levels, and Ryder's bosses turn
for help to ex-Detective Conner Sandhill whose uncanny ability to spot
connections and details missed by others is legendary - but who left the
department under a cloud.
Ryder and Sandhill form an uneasy alliance in the hunt for the missing
children, a hunt which becomes all the more urgent for tragic personal
reasons. But at the root of these disappearances is something truly
evil… and its source is closer to home than either could have imagined.
Praise for Jack Kerley:
'A fascinating and frightening take on the genre' Independent on Sunday
'Superb… fantastic.' Sunday Express
'The master of the macabre' Guardian
'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
'Kerley jacks up the tension effectively, building to an all-stops-out
climax. The plot is a treasure chest of interlocked pieces.' Booklist
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.
