Killing Season [Large Print]

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New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman delivers an electrifying novel of suspense as a young mans investigation into his sisters death draws him into the path of a sadistic serial killer.

He went searching for the truth. Now a killer has found him.

The more you know, the more there is to fear...

Four years ago, fifteen-year-old Ellen Vicksburg went missing in the quiet town of River Remez, New Mexico. Ellen was kind, studious, and universally liked. Her younger brother, Ben, could imagine nothing worse than never knowing what happened to heruntil, on the first anniversary of her death, he found her body in a shallow grave by the rivers edge.

Ben, now sixteen, is committed to finding the monster who abducted and strangled Ellen. Police believe she was the victim of a psychopath known as the Demon. But Bena math geek too smart for his high-school classescontinues to pore over the evidence at the local police precinct, gaining an unlikely ally in his schools popular new girl, Ro Majors. In his sisters files, Bens analytical mind sees patterns that dont fit, tiny threads that he adds to the clues from other similar unsolved murders. As the body count rises, a picture emerges of an adversary who is as cunning and methodical as he is twisted.

At first the police view Bens investigation with suspicion. Soon his obsession will mark him as a threat. But uncovering the truth may not be enough to keep Ben and those he loves safe from a relentless killer who has nothing left to lose.

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"Kellerman delivers a great story, some fine characters, and a disquieting, look-over-your-shoulder atmosphere that should keep readers turning the pages as fast as they can [...] Compelling and sharply written." -- Booklist

Author Bio

Faye Kellerman is the author of twenty-seven novels, including twenty New York Times bestselling mysteries that feature the husband-and-wife team of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. She has also penned two bestselling short novels with her husband, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman, and recently teamed up with her daughter Aliza to cowrite a young adult novel, Prism. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.