Book description
Locking your door won't help. He's already inside…
America in 1968 is in turmoil and the leafy Holloman suburb of Carew is
being silently terrorised by a series of vicious and systematic rapes.
When finally one victim finds the courage to speak out and go to the
police, the rapist escalates to murder.
For Captain Carmine Delmonico, it seems to be a case with no clues. And
it comes as the Holloman Police Department is troubled: a lieutenant is
out of his depth, a sergeant is out of control, and into this mix comes
the beautiful, ruthlessly ambitious new trainee, Helen MacIntosh,
daughter of the influential president of Chubb University.
As the killer makes his plans, Carmine and his team must use every
resource at their disposal - including a highly motivated neighbourhood
watch, the Gentlemen Walkers… Praise for Colleen McCullough:
'Very much in the tradition of P. D. James…McCullough is a tremendous
storyteller.' The Times
'Compelling, passionate and gritty.' She
'McCullough piles on the drama.' Daily Mail
'Absorbing.' Sunday Telegraph
'Probes the depths of the human heart in a haunting, multi-layered
novel.' Good Book Guide
'This experienced writer knows how to grab attention and keep it.'
Literary Review
'As an artful storyteller, McCullough has more than a few tricks up her
sleeve.' Sydney Morning Herald Colleen McCullough was born in
Austalia. A neurophysiologist, she worked in Australia and the U. K.
before joining the department of Neurology at the Yale University School
of Internal Medicine, where she remained for ten years.
Publication of The Thorn Birds, her second novel, in 1977, saw the end
of her scientific career. She moved to Norfolk Island in the South
Pacific, where she lives with her husband, Ric Robinson.
