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'Stone's trademark imagination runs riot as the traditional spooky chiller meets hardcase crime head-on. Intriguing, smart and very entertaining.' Paul Finch
'A novel that is dark, disturbing and utterly tremendous entertainment.' Ken Bruen
'Confidently blends the supernatural and the Gothic with the crime novel. Satisfyingly gruesome; genuinely spooky.' Mike Ripley
An acclaimed supernatural crime novel by USA TODAY Bestseller Samantha Lee Howe (writing as Sam Stone), re-edited and in the author's preferred edition.
It was Annabel, and something was wrong with the features ... He thought he saw a triangle, not an irregular jigsaw shape after all. And it was missing from her face. As if a sharp pastry cutter mould had been stamped through her skull.
Someone is killing young girls in New York. Horrific murders where the bodies are being mutilated and parts harvested for unknown reasons. Detective Jake Chandler has a mystery on his hands, and even though there seems to be a connection to the Russian artist Avgustin Juniper, Juniper himself seems innocent and as confused as everyone else as to what is happening.
So why is Juniper painting all the murdered women, and what is stalking the artist? Something wants to return ... something which was also known to Pablo Picasso ... and only Chandler can stop it.
Sam Stone
Sam Stone writes high-stakes military, espionage, and transnational law enforcement thrillers grounded in real-world operational experience. A seventh-generation Texan, he served more than three decades with one of Texas' largest law enforcement agencies, including an FBI Gang Task Force and intelligence assignments, before finishing his career commanding a Special Operations Division that oversaw SWAT and other tactical programs.
He lives in the Texas Hill Country with his wife and two dogs. When he is not writing, he is usually traveling, floating a Central Texas river, or spending fall Saturdays at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
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