This riveting story is a classic race against the clock, police procedural thriller incorporating fascinating details about police forensics.
I enjoyed the realism. The intense gruesome killings made this book a real page-turner, with interesting and complex characters. The overall book is well-paced, well-written, and a joy to read.
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Goodbye Man, discover Jeffery Deaver's chilling thriller that inspired the film starring Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington and is now a major NBC TV series.
Their first case, their worst killer . . .
New York City has been thrown into chaos by the assaults of the Bone Collector, a serial kidnapper and killer who gives the police a chance to save his victims from death by leaving obscure clues. Baffled, the cops turn to the one man with a chance of solving them - Lincoln Rhyme.
A sequel that I enjoyed more than the original, which is a first for me.
The poetic story is about the war between good and evil, layered in a fantastical supernatural tale. The protagonist comforts the dying and prepares them for the afterlife while wrestling with his inner demons. The ultimate message is to embrace what makes us different.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor!
'By the end of this book your fingers will be mere stubs of their former selves . . . King's inventiveness and skill show no signs of slacking: Doctor Sleep has all the virtues of his best work' - Margaret Atwood, New York Times
An epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted readers of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.
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Following a childhood haunted by terrifying events at…
This book truly terrified me, more than any horror has.
The human mind and the capabilities without a conscience left me feeling mentally sick. It had my own mind doing somersaults long after reading. As disturbing as it was, I found it difficult to put the book down. It’s definitely one you won’t forget.
THE ADDICTIVE No.1 BESTSELLER AND INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON OVER 20 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE THE BOOK THAT DEFINES PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
Who are you? What have we done to each other?
These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on…
In this second installment, we pick up a year later with former Medical Examiner and Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Madison Fur Immer facing the fallout of the carnage she had caused.
The helplessness and hopelessness Madison felt after the tragedy, now shifts to the ones she loves most. Madison's mother, Jessie, finds out she's more like her daughter than she thought, when she discovers just how far a mother's love can go. Molly spirals into the deepest depths of darkness...where Madison is confronted with her faith.
In this thought-provoking, suspenseful, and gripping medical thriller, we see what happens when Madison decides to let all feelings disappear and what chaos it brings...
