The Killing Lessons
A brutally compelling serial killer thriller
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The Killing Lessons
Narrated by:
Christina Delaine
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Christina Delaine
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Saul Black
About this listen
For San Francisco homicide detective Valerie Hart, their trail of corpses - women abducted, tortured and left with a seemingly random series of objects inside them - has brought her from obsession to the edge of physical and psychological destruction. And she's losing hope of making a breakthrough before that happens.
But the slaughter at the Cooper farmhouse didn't quite go according to plan. There was a survivor, Rowena's 10-year-old daughter Nell, who now holds the key to the killings. Injured, half-frozen, terrified, Nell has only one place to go. And that place could be even more terrifying than what she's running from.
Read by Christina Delaine
(p) 2015 Macmillan Audio©2015 Glen Duncan
Critic Reviews
'Brutally compelling serial killer thriller... told at blistering pace.'
'Explosively exciting... The sheer brilliance of the prose and the pace of the action sweeps you up into a utterly believable world.'
Do not read this. No reader deserves to be terrified like this (Linwood Barclay)
'Duncan/Black's superior scene-painting and psychological probing translate the mundane into the memorable. Similarly, the cliché of a serial-killing spree with a hidden logic is redeemed by the freshness of his characterisation of the seedy duo responsible.'
Unbelievably good...this one has it all (Lee Child)
'The book is chilling and compulsive. It is exceptionally well written, with an excellent plot.'
This is a firecracker of a tale that whips along so fast , it's tempting to skip lines in eagerness to see where the plots heading. What stops you is the turn of phrase, which is so bright it can take your breath away.
'Intelligent and moving as well as knuckle-whiteningly terrifying.'
This novel breaks brilliant. It's hard to tell what's the best part of The Killing Lessons: the sweaty-palm plot that races along like a squad car on a high-speed pursuit, the breath-taking depictions of the characters, good and bad, or author Black's inimitable style. My vote? All three (Jeffery Deaver)
Completely mesmerizing! Black delivers a powerhouse of a thriller: two terrifying villains versus one damaged cop with numerous lives in the balance. Not to be missed (Lisa Gardner)
'I loved this book. I loved the way I was taken through the story with no holds barred...The pace left me breathless, the characters are convincing and the story is a real adrenalin rush.'
I found parts of the novel unbearable to read, but its pull is undeniable.
'Like rubbernecking at an accident, you can't tear your eyes away from this shockingly violent but compelling thriller.'
The Killing Lessons
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