Play Dead: (Byrne & Balzano 4) - Softcover

Montanari, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099538628 ISBN 13: 9780099538622

Publisher: Arrow, 2009

Synopsis

In each soul, a secret ...

Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano's first assignment from the Cold Case files is the brutal murder of a young runaway. The lifeless body of Caitlin O'Riordan was found carefully posed in a glass display case in the desolate Philadelphia Badlands but, as Byrne and Balzano rapidly discover, she was just the first pawn in the killer's twisted game...

A mysterious phone call leads them on a scavenger hunt for a second victim. This time a young girl has been dismembered, her body parts left in three boxes in the basement of a deserted house. More clues lead to other victims and, as the body count rises, it becomes clear that there is a serial killer on the loose, hell-bent on completing the 'performance' of a lifetime.

As more runaways vanish, Byrne and Balzano come to realize that the homicidal mastermind plans to complete seven depraved tricks in his dark and dangerous magic act. With Balzano increasingly obsessed by a case that haunts her, and Byrne struggling with a loss of his own, the stakes are mounting. But this is one game they can't afford to lose...

About this title

Review:

"[A] tale of mystery, death and good versus evil" (Press Association)

"Montanari's superior thriller...[is] a welcome change from the gore typical of the serial killer subgenre. Likewise, Byrne and Balzano possess a psychological depth all too rare in such fiction" (Publishers Weekly)

Book Description:

A serial killer is on the loose. No one is safe. The fourth thriller in the gripping Byrne and Balzano series by the Sunday Times bestseller.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0099538628
• ISBN 13: 9780099538622
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416