NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series, her stunning first thriller!
A beautiful young woman s corpse is found dumped in a garbage-strewn alley. Now laid out in the office of medical examiner Kat Novak is an unidentified body that betrays no secrets except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the streets, using a deadly drug to do his dirty work. The police are skeptical. The mayor won t listen. One of the town s most prominent citizens, with a missing daughter of his own, is also Kat s chief suspect. As the death toll rises, Kat races to expose a deadly predator who is close enough to touch her.
Praise for Tess Gerritsen
[The author] has a knack for creating great characters and mysterious plots that seem straightforward but also dazzle with complexity and twists. Associated Press
[Gerritsen] has an imagination that allows her to conjure up depths of human behavior so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft seem like goody-two-shoes. Chicago Tribune
One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today. The Providence Journal
Previously published as Peggy Sue Got Murdered
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A beautiful young woman s corpse is found dumped in a garbage-strewn alley. Now laid out in the office of medical examiner Kat Novak is an unidentified body that betrays no secrets except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the streets, using a deadly drug to do his dirty work. The police are skeptical. The mayor won t listen. One of the town s most prominent citizens, with a missing daughter of his own, is also Kat s chief suspect. As the death toll rises, Kat races to expose a deadly predator who is close enough to touch her.
Praise for Tess Gerritsen
[The author] has a knack for creating great characters and mysterious plots that seem straightforward but also dazzle with complexity and twists. Associated Press
[Gerritsen] has an imagination that allows her to conjure up depths of human behavior so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft seem like goody-two-shoes. Chicago Tribune
One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today. The Providence Journal
Previously published as Peggy Sue Got Murdered
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.