โ Scribed by Spindler, Erica
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters failed to wash away evil in bestseller Spindler's grim vision of New Orleans. In the storm's aftermath, police discover a refrigerator stocked with severed right hands, evidence in a string of bizarre murders attributed to The Handyman. A shallow grave containing a hand-less body and the badge of Sammy O'Shay, an NOPD captain shot and killed during the hurricane, convinces Capt. Patti O'Shay that the Handyman is responsible for her husband's death. Meanwhile, exotic dancer Yvette Borger claims to have received cryptic, obsessive love notes signed The Artist, but the NOPD questions her motives and credibility. When O'Shay picks up on similarities between her Handyman and Borger's Artist, the by-the-book captain finds herself bending the rules to get to the heart of the stripper's story. While strong female leads compete for space, overwritten backstory and subplot sometimes drag on the investigation's urgency. Spindler (Cause for Alarm) hints throughout at the killer's psychology, but nothing prepares for the ludicrous diagnosis offered at the end. (Oct.)
Copyright ยฉ Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
"A classic confrontation between good and evil." -- Publishers Weekly on Dead Run
"Addictively suspenseful." -- New Mystery Reader on Copycat
"Another spine-tingling thriller . . . with a twisted ending. Copycat will keep you on the edge of your chair and up for hours turning page after page." -- Writers Unlimited
"Creepy and compelling, In Silence is a real page-turner." -- Times Picayune
"If you enjoy the suspense of the classic 'woman in jeopardy' mystery, See Jane Die makes perfect beach reading." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Spindler's latest moves fast and takes no prisoners. An intriguing look into the twisted mind of someone for whom murder is simply a business." -- Publishers Weekly on Cause for Alarm
All Fall Down is "shocking, emotional, an engrossing read." -- Stella Cameron, author of Kiss Them Goodbye
Spindler "is able to effectively weave a web of suspicion over a great number of characters, gradually eliminating suspects -- by mortality or otherwise -- but making it almost impossible to predict the outcome." -- Bookreporter.com on Killer Takes All
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES