Murder Artist - Softcover

Case, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0434012033 ISBN 13: 9780434012039

Publisher: William Heinemann, 2004

Synopsis

There's nothing in the glorious summer day to suggest anything even remotely sinister. In fact, Alex Callahan, a news correspondent, surprises himself by enjoying the Renaissance Faire that his six-year-old twins, Kevin and Sean, have dragged him to. The boys are delighted by the jugglers and magicians, jesters and food mongers dressed in full Elizabethan costume. But it's the joust that the boys have really been waiting to see. Alex sits in the amphitheatre, watching the joust while keeping half an eye on the twins, who have clamoured to join the children assembled to cheer on the Green Knight. After watching the Green Knight despatch the Black Knight, he turns to see how the boys have enjoyed the joust, but at first he can't see them. And then: he really can't see them at all. The perfect day has turned into to a nightmare. There's no sign of Sean and Kevin, and eventually the police arrive. They're initially suspicious of Alex - after all, it's common knowledge that most children are abducted by their fathers - but no one can explain the small origami figure he finds after he returns to his empty house. Or the bowl of water that has been left on the top shelf of the wardrobe. Or, more sinisterly, the t-shirt soaked in blood. Alex's investigations uncover a sinister, underground world that he never dreamed existed. A world where reality is illusion, and where the reason behind the twins' disappearance is more terrifying than anything Alex can imagine.

About this title

Product Description:

The Murder Artist

Review:

PRAISE FOR JOHN CASE
"The Eighth Day
"Deliciously sinister . . . A breakneck yarn of good vs. evil."
-"People (Page-turner of the week)
"John Case . . . has outdone himself. "The Eighth Day is a harrowing novel of suspense."
-"Tampa Tribune & Times
"The Syndrome
"A glass-shattering, diesel-fueled, hard-charging thrill ride of a read . . . [John Case is] a confident master working at peak performance."
-LORENZO CARCATERRA
Author of "Paradise City and "Sleepers
"A top-notch yarn . . . The always-intriguing John Case is back. . . . Filled with fascinating details on the research and history of behavior control, "The Syndrome delivers the thrills."
-"Chicago Tribune

"From the Hardcover edition.

PRAISE FOR JOHN CASE
"The Eighth Day
"
"Deliciously sinister . . . A breakneck yarn of good vs. evil."
-"People" (Page-turner of the week)
"John Case . . . has outdone himself. "The Eighth Day "is a harrowing novel of suspense."
-"Tampa Tribune & Times
"
"The Syndrome
"
"A glass-shattering, diesel-fueled, hard-charging thrill ride of a read . . . [John Case is] a confident master working at peak performance."
-LORENZO CARCATERRA
Author of "Paradise City" and "Sleepers"
"A top-notch yarn . . . The always-intriguing John Case is back. . . . Filled with fascinating details on the research and history of behavior control, "The Syndrome "delivers the thrills."
-"Chicago Tribune"

"From the Hardcover edition."

PRAISE FOR JOHN CASE
"The Eighth Day
"
"Deliciously sinister . . . A breakneck yarn of good vs. evil."
-"People" (Page-turner of the week)

"John Case . . . has outdone himself. "The Eighth Day "is a harrowing novel of suspense."
-"Tampa Tribune & Times

"
"The Syndrome
"
"A glass-shattering, diesel-fueled, hard-charging thrill ride of a read . . . [John Case is] a confident master working at peak performance."
-LORENZO CARCATERRA
Author of "Paradise City" and "Sleepers"

"A top-notch yarn . . . The always-intriguing John Case is back. . . . Filled with fascinating details on the research and history of behavior control, "The Syndrome "delivers the thrills."
-"Chicago Tribune"
"From the Hardcover edition."

PRAISE FOR JOHN CASE

"The Eighth Day
"
Deliciously sinister . . . A breakneck yarn of good vs. evil.
"People" (Page-turner of the week)
John Case . . . has outdone himself. "The Eighth Day "is a harrowing novel of suspense.
"Tampa Tribune & Times
"
"The Syndrome
"
A glass-shattering, diesel-fueled, hard-charging thrill ride of a read . . . [John Case is] a confident master working at peak performance.
LORENZO CARCATERRA
Author of "Paradise City" and "Sleepers"
A top-notch yarn . . . The always-intriguing John Case is back. . . . Filled with fascinating details on the research and history of behavior control, "The Syndrome "delivers the thrills.
"Chicago Tribune"

"From the Hardcover edition.""

PRAISE FOR JOHN CASE

The Eighth Day

"Deliciously sinister . . . A breakneck yarn of good vs. evil."
-People (Page-turner of the week)

"John Case . . . has outdone himself. The Eighth Day is a harrowing novel of suspense."
-Tampa Tribune & Times

The Syndrome

"A glass-shattering, diesel-fueled, hard-charging thrill ride of a read . . . [John Case is] a confident master working at peak performance."
-LORENZO CARCATERRA
Author of Paradise City and Sleepers

"A top-notch yarn . . . The always-intriguing John Case is back. . . . Filled with fascinating details on the research and history of behavior control, The Syndrome delivers the thrills."
-Chicago Tribune

From the Hardcover edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Heinemann
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0434012033
• ISBN 13: 9780434012039
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448