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From an acclaimed “master
of suspense”(New York Times Book Review) comes a thriller in which
Thorn must confront an assassin whose victims and methods are taken directly
from the script of a popular TV show
April Moss writes obituaries for the Miami Herald. Her son,
Sawyer, also a writer, has been scripting a cable TV series called “Miami
Ops” and has been using his mother’s work as a central element of the show's
storyline. In “Miami Ops,” a serial killer is using obituaries published in
the local paper as a blueprint for selecting his next victims.
But midway through the season, a copycat appears off-screen, a real-life
killer who is using the same strategy to select victims. When this serial
killer crosses paths with the reclusive Thorn, he has no choice but to leave
his sanctuary in Key Largo and join forces with a young policewoman from
Oklahoma who is investigating the murders.
In addition to the show’s head writer, April’s other son, Sawyer’s twin
brother, works on “Miami Ops” as the lead actor. Could one of them be
involved in the killings? Or are they orchestrated by the director of the TV
series, an aging mogul who badly needs a hit? And what about the female star
of the show, a deliciously strange young woman who seems willing to do
anything to promote her career.
Thorn walks into this hotbed of
entertainment business intrigue totally unprepared for the life-altering
shocker he’s about to face. This loner from Key Largo has brought down his
share of killers, but he's never confronted one that was his own flesh and
blood.
With the pacing of a thriller, and the lyrical prose for which Hall is
renowned, this story pits Thorn against a killer—or killers—whose motives
are as elusive as their identities.
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