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Play Dead Book

Since exploding onto the UK scene with his first novel, The Rosary Girls, in 2005, Richard Montanari has just got better and better. Play Dead, is his fourth Byrne/Balzano adventure which features yet another sick and twisted killer who gets his kicks from playing games and setting puzzles. The stands of this novel are once again expertly weaved together by Montanari, to produce a chilling, cohesive thriller that you won't dare to put down. Read More

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In each soul a secret ...Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano's first assignment from the Cold Case files is the brutal murder of a young runaway. The lifeless body of Caitlin O'Riordan was found carefully posed in a glass display case in the desolate Philadelphia Badlands but as Byrne and Balzano rapidly discover she was just the first pawn in the killer's twisted game...A mysterious phone call leads them on a scavenger hunt for a second victim. This time a young girl has been dismembered her body parts left in three boxes in the basement of a deserted house.More clues lead to other victims and as the body count rises it becomes clear that there is a serial killer on the loose hell-bent on completing the 'performance' of a lifetime. As more runaways vanish Byrne and Balzano come to realize that the homicidal mastermind plans to complete seven depraved tricks in his dark and dangerous magic act. With Balzano increasingly obsessed by a case that haunts her and Byrne struggling with a loss of his own the stakes are mounting. But this is one game they can't afford to lose.
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In each soul, a secret ...Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano's first assignment from the Cold Case files is the brutal murder of a young runaway. The lifeless body of Caitlin O'Riordan was found carefully posed in a glass display case in the desolate Philadelphia Badlands but, as Byrne and Balzano rapidly discover, she was just the first pawn in the killer's twisted game...A mysterious phone call leads them on a scavenger hunt for a second victim. This time a young girl has been dismembered, her body parts left in three boxes in the basement of a deserted house.More clues lead to other victims and, as the body count rises, it becomes clear that there is a serial killer on the loose, hell-bent on completing the 'performance' of a lifetime. As more runaways vanish, Byrne and Balzano come to realize that the homicidal mastermind plans to complete seven depraved tricks in his dark and dangerous magic act. With Balzano increasingly obsessed by a case that haunts her, and Byrne struggling with a loss of his own, the stakes are mounting. But this is one game they can't afford to lose.
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Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano's first assignment is the murder of a young runaway. The lifeless body of Caitlin O'Riordan was found carefully posed in a glass display case in the desolate Philadelphia Badlands...

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