Frist in a series: A comic book artist is drawn into an elaborate game of murder when he visits an isolated country estate in Woodstock. Lawrence Lariar was one the most popular cartoonists of the twentieth century. But from the 1940s through the 1960s, he also crafted a line of lean and mean detect
The Death Pictures
β Scribed by Simon Hall
- Publisher
- Accent Press
- Year
- 2011;2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1907726128
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β¦ Synopsis
A dying artist creates a series of ten paintings β The Death Pictures β which contain a mysterious riddle, leading the way to a unique and highly valuable prize. Thousands attempt to solve it. But before the answer can be revealed, the painter is murdered.
A serial rapist is working through a series of attacks. He isnβt shy to make clear his hatred of women, and taunting of the police. He leaves his calling card, a witchβs hat at the houses he breaks into, each numbered from a pack of six.
The detectives face baffling questions. Why kill the artist when he would die naturally in just a few weeks time? What to make of the attempted break in at his house just before his death? Could it be connected with the rapes, all of which have been carried out in the area around his home?
The media interest in the cases is intense, and Detective Chief Inspector Adam Breen again turns to his friend, TV Crime reporter Dan Groves to help him handle...
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