Book description
The streets of Philadelphia are blistering in the summer heat, the
homicide rate is soaring and the nights belong to the mad. Detectives
Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are prowling the streets with a
growing sense of unease. Where next will evil rear its ugly head?
When a series of seemingly unrelated crimes shatter the restless
silence of the city, their worst fears are confirmed. A beautiful
secretary is slashed to death in a grimy motel shower. A street
hustler brutally murdered with a chainsaw. Piece by piece, a strange
and sickening puzzle presents itself: someone is meticulously
recreating Hollywood's most well-known and horrifying murder scenes,
capturing them on film and inserting the clips into videos - for an
unsuspecting public to find.
While Kevin Byrne begins furtive investigations of his own, Jessica
Balzano goes undercover to work the steaming back alleys of
Philadelphia, entering a violent world of underground film,
pornography and seedy nightclubs, hidden to all but the initiated.
Discovering that none of The Actor's victims are as innocent as
they appear to be, the two detectives arrive at a terrifying reality:
They are not just chasing a homicide suspect. They are stalking evil
itself ...
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
