The Straw Men

Name: The Straw Men
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Michael Marshall
ISBN: 9780006499985

Michael Marshall

07/04/2003
Harpercollins

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de The Straw Men par Michael Marshall

Résumé

Présentation de l'éditeur Michael Marshall's unique voice adds a chilling intensity to the serial-killer plot, combining dazzling narrative, a white-hot pace and a deeply disturbing backdrop of conspiracy. Sarah tries to struggle, but the man holds her. The scream never makes it out of her throat. 'Nobody watching,' the man says with hateful calm. 'I made it this way. I can walk where nobody sees.’ Sarah Becker is the fifth girl to be abducted by this maniac. Judging from the state of the bodies that have been found, her long hair will be hacked off and she will be tortured. She has about a week to live. Former LA homicide detective John Zandt has an inside track on the perpetrator – his own daughter was one of his victims two years ago. But the key to Sarah's whereabouts lies with Ward Hopkins, a man with a past so secret not even he knows about it. His parents have just died in a car accident, but they leave Ward a bizarre message that leads him to question everything he once believed to be true. As he begins to investigate his own past Ward finds himself drawn into the shadowy, sinister world of the Straw Men – and into the desperate race to find Sarah, before her time runs out. Biographie de l'auteur Michael Marshall is a full-time writer. His novels include ‘The Straw Men’, ‘The Lonely Dead’ and ‘Blood of Angels’, and he also writes short stories and screenplays. Two of his earlier novels written under the name of Michael Marshall Smith, ‘Spares’ and ‘One of Us’, have been optioned by major Hollywood studios. He lives in North London with his wife and their son and two cats.