Broken Angels - Hardcover

Montanari, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0434016047 ISBN 13: 9780434016044

Publisher: William Heinemann, 2007

Synopsis

When the first body is found, mutilated and strangled on the riverbank, homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano suspect yet another random case of urban violence. Until it happens again. And again. One by one, women are lured to the old Schuylkill River, their violent and increasingly staged deaths the only clues to the killer's twisted imagination. All are wearing oddly old-fashioned dresses, holding a prop of some kind. And each one seems to have a story to tell, speaking of nightmares that are not just the stuff of fairy tales ...

Desperately, Byrne and Balzano try to uncover the fragile link between the murders, until they realise they are up against two different kinds of evil. A ruthless killer is preying upon the citizens of Philadelphia. And someone else is killing the suspects.

About this title

Review:

"'A relentlessly suspenseful, soul-chilling thriller that hooks you instantly'" (Tess Gerritsen)

"'Readers of this terrifying page-turner are in the hands of a master storyteller. Be prepared to stay up all night'" (James Ellroy)

"'A specialist in serial killer tales . . . a wonderfully evocative writer'" (Publishers Weekly)

From the Publisher:

The new spell-binding, unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of The Rosary Girls and The Skin Gods. Please note that Merciless is the US title for Broken Angels.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Heinemann
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0434016047
• ISBN 13: 9780434016044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400