Roadside Crosses
Kathryn Dance Book 2
$36.53
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2010
Summary
A highway patrol trooper notices something strange on the side of the road: a homemade cross, fashioned as a memorial. Except the date being ‘remembered’ is the following day - the day the police find a kidnapped teenage girl in the trunk of a car, left for dead.
Special Agent Kathryn Dance, kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation, is on the case. The teenage victim points her to an online community where criticism is vicious. It looks as though one teen has finall…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340994047 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340994045 |
| Author: | Jeffery Deaver |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2010 |
| Weight: | 327g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 31mm |
| Series: | Kathryn Dance thrillers |
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Deaver’s expert and devious plotting makes it a challenge to stay only a couple of steps behind him - Publishers Weekly
Ever the master at combining properly drawn characters with jaw-dropping twists, Deaver proves he doesn’t need his best-known detective, Lincoln Rhyme, to be a bestseller - Independent on Sunday, Books of the YearROADSIDE CROSSES is a gripping story peopled with memorable characters. No surprise. Jeffery Deaver is grand master of the ticking-clock thriller. - Kathy ReichsDeaver’s heroine’s complex private life gives an addictive soap-opera appeal to an engaging who-dunnit that revolves around the way in which social networking websites can end up spreading poison - The TimesEver the master at combining properly drawn characters with jaw-dropping twists, Deaver proves he doesn’t need his best-known detective, Lincoln Rhyme, to be a bestseller. - Independent on Sunday, Books of the YearDeaver’s familiar complex plotting always allows for strong character and the blend remains as potent and chilling as ever. One of the most reliable thrill merchants on the scene. - BooksellerDeaver is a master of the narrative twist - and he doesn’t let us down here. - Heat on ROADSIDE CROSSESIt’s always wise to expect the unexpected from Jeffery Deaver, whose techology-driven mysteries are the most fiendishly plotted in the genre. - New York TimesAbout The Author
Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver is the author of two collections of short stories and 25 suspense novels. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellers The Vanished Man, The Twelfth Card and The Cold Moon, as well as The Bone Collector which was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. The first Kathryn Dance novel, The Sleeping Doll, was published in 2007 to enormous acclaim. He has been nominated for an Anthony Award and six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He won the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award in 2001 and in 2004 won the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller with Garden of Beasts, and their Short Story Dagger for The Weekender from Twisted.
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