John Case

The Murder Artist John Case

Publisher Marketing: As a television news correspondent, Alex Callahan has traveled to some of the most dangerous corners of the globe, covering famine, plague, and war. He s seen more than his share of blood and death, and knows what it means to be afraid. But what he s never known is the terror that grabs him when, on a tranquil summer afternoon, he ceases to be an observer of the dark side and, to his shock, becomes enmeshed in it. Separated from his wife, and struggling not to become a stranger to his six-year-old twin sons, Alex is logging some all-too-rare quality time with the boys when they vanish without a trace amid the hurly-burly of a countryside Renaissance Fair. Then the phone call comes. A chilling silence, slow, steady breathing, and the familiar, plaintive voice of a child Daddy? complete the nightmare and set in motion a juggernaut of frenzy and agony. The longer the police search, exhausting leads without success, the deeper Alex s certainty grows that time is running out. And when, at last, telltale signs reveal a hidden pattern of bizarre and ghoulish abductions, Alex vows to use his own relentless investigative skills to rescue his children from the shadowy figure dubbed The Piper. Whoever this elusive stranger is, the profile that slowly emerges from previous crimes involving twins, from the zealously secret world of professional magicians, and from the eerie culture of voodoo suggests that The Piper is a predator unlike any other. A twisted soul hell-bent on fulfilling an unspeakably dark dream. A fiend with a terrifying true calling. What Alex Callahan is closing in on is a monster with a mission." Review Citations: Ingram Paperback Advance 07/01/2005 pg. 18 (EAN 9780345464729, Mass Market Paperbound) Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2004 pg. 101 (EAN 9780345464712, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2004 pg. 702 (EAN 9780345464712, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 08/01/2004 pg. 1904 (EAN 9780345464712, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 09/20/2004 pg. 46 (EAN 9780345464712, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 10/01/2004 pg. 66 (EAN 9780345464712, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 10/15/2004 pg. 80 (EAN 9780345464712, Hardcover) Library Journal 06/01/2004 (EAN 9780345464712, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Case, John John Case is the pseudonym of an award-winning investigative reporter and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Genesis Code and The First Horseman, as well as two nonfiction books about the U. S. intelligence community. He lives in Afton, Virginia. "From the Hardcover edition."Contributor Bio:  Hill, Dick Reader of over four hundred audiobooks, Dick Hill has won three coveted Audie Awards and been nominated numerous times. He is also the recipient of several "AudioFile" Earphones Awards. "AudioFile" includes Dick on their prestigious list of Golden Voices.