Author:Richard Montanari
No one can hear you scream. The second spell-binding, unputdownable thriller in the Byrne and Balzano series from the Sunday Times besteller.
The streets of Philadelphia are blistering in the summer heat, the homicide rate is soaring and the nights belong to the mad. Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are prowling the streets with a growing sense of unease. Where next will evil rear its ugly head?
When a series of seemingly unrelated crimes shatter the restless silence of the city, their worst fears are confirmed. A beautiful secretary is slashed to death in a grimy motel shower. A street hustler brutally murdered with a chainsaw. Piece by piece, a strange and sickening puzzle presents itself: someone is meticulously recreating Hollywood's most well-known and horrifying murder scenes, capturing them on film and inserting the clips into videos - for an unsuspecting public to find.
While Kevin Byrne begins furtive investigations of his own, Jessica Balzano goes undercover to work the steaming back alleys of Philadelphia, entering a violent world of underground film, pornography and seedy nightclubs, hidden to all but the initiated. Discovering that none of The Actor's victims are as innocent as they appear to be, the two detectives arrive at a terrifying reality: They are not just chasing a homicide suspect. They are stalking evil itself ...
'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'A no-holds-barred thriller that thrusts the reader into the black soul of the killer . . . those with a taste for Thomas Harris will look forward to the sure-to-follow sequel'
—— Library Journal'Ambitious, large-scale adventure...Sussman's fastidious research into the novel's setting grants everything a plausibility...his millennia spanning plot functions as a colourful backdrop'
—— GOOD BOOK GUIDE'A rollicking, feel-good adventure set among the murky and convulsive politics of the present-day Middle East'
—— JEWISH CHRONICLE'An exciting page-turner...unusual and intriguing'
—— WESTERN DAILY PRESSThere's a stark immediacy to his prose...frenetically paced thriller
—— Daily MailRunning jokes and consciously ludicrous moments come thick and fast
—— GuardianThe taut dialogue buzzes with snappy ventriloquism. Welsh is one of our most interesting writers on the minutiae of human consciousness
—— Sunday TelegraphEssentially a stunning exploration of the darkest parts of the human psyche, one which will haunt the reader
—— Socialist ReviewThere is no doubt that Crime is a page-turner
—— New StatesmanReacher fans will love it - it's all storming compounds, breaking hearts and not bothering to take names, taking justice into his own hands and to hell with the wos'name... a solid inter-Bond-film substitute
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