Book description
In each soul, a secret ...
Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica
Balzano's first assignment from the Cold Case files is the brutal
murder of a young runaway. The lifeless body of Caitlin O'Riordan was
found carefully posed in a glass display case in the desolate
Philadelphia Badlands but, as Byrne and Balzano rapidly discover, she
was just the first pawn in the killer's twisted game...
A mysterious phone call leads them on a scavenger hunt for a second
victim. This time a young girl has been dismembered, her body parts
left in three boxes in the basement of a deserted house. More clues
lead to other victims and, as the body count rises, it becomes clear
that there is a serial killer on the loose, hell-bent on completing
the 'performance' of a lifetime.
As more runaways vanish, Byrne and Balzano come to realize that the
homicidal mastermind plans to complete seven depraved tricks in his
dark and dangerous magic act. With Balzano increasingly obsessed by a
case that haunts her, and Byrne struggling with a loss of his own, the
stakes are mounting. But this is one game they can't afford to lose...
Richard Montanari is the
Sunday Times
top ten
bestselling author of
The Echo Man
,
The Devil's Garden
,
Play Dead
,
The Rosary Girls,
The
Skin Gods
and
Broken Angels
, as well as the internationally acclaimed thrillers
Kiss of Evil
,
Don't Look Now
(previously published as
Deviant Way)
and
The Violet Hour
. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio. To find out more about Richard Montanari
visit his website at www. richardmontanari. com
