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Richard Jay Parker
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Publisher | Allison & Busby | ||
ISBN | 978-074900707 | ||
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Gareth
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Synopsis
Forward this email to ten friends. Each of those friends must forward it to ten friends. Maybe one of those friends of friends of friends will be one of my friends. If this email ends up in my inbox within a week, I won't slit the bitch's throat. Can you afford not to send this onto ten friends? Vacation Killer Leo Sharpe's life is shattered when his wife Laura suddenly disappears. His desperate need to find her turns to obsession when he becomes convinced she's the latest victim of The Vacation Killer who has claimed eleven lives already - is Laura going to be the twelfth? The MO is the same every time - a woman disappears and within hours inboxes around the world receive a threatening email. A few days later, grim evidence of the victim's death is delivered to the police. But in Laura's case, nothing is sent. Has the killer spared her life? Why? And for how long? For Leo, the clock is ticking - he needs to do everything in his power to stop the killer before it's too late
Review
An interesting premise for first time novelist Richard Jay Parker as he explores the seamy world of internet "fame" and stalking. A taut and fast paced thriller, the reader is catapulted into the lies and double crosses. This novel looks at the twin phenomena of serial killers, and the fascination today's society has for them; and the cult of internet stardom, as the protagonist, Leo Sharpe, finds himself embroiled in a world where there is no borders between the killers and the innocent; the sane and the insane.
If you like your novels gritty and chilling then you will enjoy this one - a very tense read with a great hook!
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