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Let the Devil Sleep
Nov 8, 2024 12:59 AM

Author:John Verdon

Let the Devil Sleep

Let The Devil Sleep is the gripping third crime novel by John Verdon in the David Gurney series.

Ten years ago a serial killer went quiet - now he's back.

Dave Gurney, a retired NYPD homicide detective, agrees to meet a young woman making a documentary on The Good Shepherd. A decade ago a series of roadside shootings made The Good Shepherd killer headline news. But then the killings stopped, and nobody could say for sure why.

Finding himself drawn back into the case, Gurney soon discovers new facts the original investigation missed and literally stakes his life on finding The Good Shepherd. He makes himself a target so that the killer will come for him.

The latest puzzle masterpiece from the internationally bestselling author of Think of a Number and Shut Your Eyes Tight. John Verdon returns with another instalment in the David Gurney Series.

Following the success of Think of a Number and Shut Your Eyes Tight comes John Verdon's latest masterpiece Let The Devil Sleep. Fans of Tess Gerritsen and James Hayman will love this series.

Praise for John Verdon:

'The best thriller I've read in a long, long time' Tess Gerritsen

'Wow! Totally absorbing, brilliantly written. The best book I've read this year' The Sun

John Verdon, a former Manhattan advertising executive, lives with his wife on a small hilltop in upstate New York. His first two Dave Gurney novels are Think of a Number and Shut Your Eyes Tight.

Reviews

The best thriller I've read in a long, long time

—— Tess Gerritsen

Wow! Totally absorbing, brilliantly written. The best book I've read this year

—— Sun

Astonishingly accomplished

—— Daily Mail

Brainy and well-written . . . a remarkable debut

—— Sunday Times

Verdon has nailed another one

—— Booklist

This thriller flows at a tremendous speed, the gripping subject matter making for compulsive reading

—— North East Lifestyle

The Doll Princess is a very assured and well written debut, fitting neatly into the urban noir category, with an appropriately ambiguous hero/anti-hero in Bane

—— Laura Root , Eurocrime

The Doll Princess is a crime novel unlike any other; the voices of real people can be heard throughout its pages.

—— We Love This Book

The Doll Princess carries the unmistakably pungent air...of deftly invoked squalor and menace, and is an impressive genre effort

—— Lee Monks , Chimp Magazine

Tom Benn's debut novel is a long overdue good thing in many senses... and there is much to recommend, not least Benn's sturdy grip on vernacular... What's more , he's a good writter of action - a scene in the top room of a nightclub on Deansgate early in the novel is particularly good

—— Bookmunch

The Doll Princess is a promising, foul-mouthed debut in which gangsters and good guys fight for supremacy in a Manchester that resembles a war zone

—— Julia Handford , Seven (Supplement to Sunday Telegraph)

immerse yourself in the language and the rhythm of the narrative and you're in for a fast and consuming ride through dark territory

—— Keith Walters , Booksandwriters

a crime novel unlike any other; the voices of real people can be heard throughout its pages

—— Kathryn Flagner , We love this book
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