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This murderer went after young courting couples in an attempt to save their souls. Nadia was killed by the first blow of the hammer. John survived, but was physically and psychologically scarred to an extent that few people could comprehend. He withdrew from society, hid in his apartment, and now only emerges to work as a crime researcher for a major newspaper. Damaged as he may be, no one in New Jersey knows more about serial killers than John Costello. So, when a new spate of murders starts--all seemingly random and unrelated--John is the only one who can discern the complex pattern that lies behind them. But could this dark knowledge threaten his own life?

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This is one of those police-procedural gems that come along once in a blue moon...And what a story it is!...This could be the one to put [Ellory's] name in lights in this country. Expect his name to be on every crime-fiction fan's lips in short order. &#8212 Booklist (Starred Review)

R.J. Ellory is a uniquely gifted, passionate, and powerful writer. -- Alan Furst <br> R.J. Ellory's remarkable talent for probing the unknown establishes him as the master of the genre. The perfect author to read late into the night. --Clive Cussler <br> R.J. Ellory will quickly rank with the best crime writers working today. --Otto Penzler <br> In this bleak examination of murder and hope, Ellory's herrings are as red and sticky as caramelized apples, more dead-ends than Manhattan riverside real estate. Fans of Ellory's A Quiet Belief in Angels will repeatedly take the wrong road, when trying to identify the Anniversary Man. Readers who expect the amazing success of that novel to be replicated by the Brit who sets his plots in the U.S. as though he intends to recolonize for the Queen will be thrilled with this epic crime fiction novel. Written as though by a native New Yorker, this novel needs to be read twice--- once for vice-grip-like details, again for nectar fro

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R.J. Ellory is the author of six novels, all of which will be published by Overlook. A Quiet Belief In Angels, was shortlisted for the American Barry Award. His other novels have been translated into twenty- two additional languages.

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