Mortal Fear - Softcover

Iles, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451180410 ISBN 13: 9780451180414

Publisher: Penguin, 1998

Synopsis

By day, Harper Cole trades commodities from his farmhouse in the isolated Mississippi Delta. But at night, Harper serves as system operator for E.R.O.S., a highly exclusive, sexually explicit on-line service whose clients range from the glitterati of Hollywood to the literati of New York. Shielded by a guarantee of absolute anonymity, these clients pour their secrets into the digital confession box of E.R.O.S. Only "sysops" like Harper - the high priests of the system - know and see all. When six female clients inexplicably drop off the network, Harper suspects that something is amiss. But when a world-famous New Orleans author - and E.R.O.S. client - is decapitated in her mansion, Harper breaks the code of silence and contacts the police. They are as shocked as Harper to learn that all six women have been brutally murdered, each with a different weapon, and in a different city. And each time the killer has claimed the same bizarre trophy. Horrified to find himself the prime suspect in the murders he reported, Harper is swept into a secret manhunt led by the FBI's Investigative Support Unit. While the FBI uses the technology of the future and the psychology of the past to trap the brilliant killer, Harper realizes that he alone stands a chance of luring the elusive madman into the open.

About this title

Review:

"An exuberant, relentlessly readable thriller with a high degree of stay-up-all night suspense."--Kirkus Reviews

"The talented Iles uses rich first-person narration and clever plotting to tell a sizzler of a thriller."--Publishers Weekly

Book Description:

This early and internationnally acclaimed thriller returns, repackaged and revamped to coincide with the huge 2006 promotional campaigns for TURNING ANGEL and BLOOD MEMORY.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0451180410
• ISBN 13: 9780451180414
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 624