Roadside Crosses: Kathryn Dance Book 2

Présentation de l'éditeur The chilling second Kathryn Dance novel from the bestselling author of The Bone Collector. A highway patrol trooper notices something strange on the side of the road: a homemade cross, fashioned as a memorial. Except the date being 'remembered' is the following day - the day the police find a kidnapped teenage girl in the trunk of a car, left for dead. Special Agent Kathryn Dance, kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation, is on the case. The teenage victim points her to an online community where criticism is vicious. It looks as though one teen has finally snapped. Then further crosses appear. Now Dance must race against the clock to find the attacker before he can carry out his deadly plans for revenge . . . in the cyber world and the real. Revue de presse ROADSIDE CROSSES is a gripping story peopled with memorable characters. Jeffery Deaver is grand master of the ticking-clock thriller. (Kathy Reichs) The best psychological thriller writer around. ( The Times) If you want thrills, Deaver is your man. ( Guardian) Deaver never disappoints. ( Independent on Sunday) A master of misdirection. ( Evening Standard) One of the world's best plotters. ( Daily Mail) Biographie de l'auteur Jeffery Deaver is the author of two collections of short stories and 25 suspense novels. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellers The Vanished Man, The Twelfth Card and The Cold Moon, as well as The Bone Collector which was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. The first Kathryn Dance novel, The Sleeping Doll, was published in 2007 to enormouse acclaim. He has been nominated for an Anthony Award and six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He won the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award in 2001 and in 2004 won the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller with Garden of Beasts, and their Short Story Dagger for The Weekender from Twisted.