McFadyen's outstanding sequel to his debut, Shadow Man
(2006), provides a chilling reminder: "However bad things may become, evil men only triumph in the most important ways when we let them." FBI Special Agent Smoky Barrett is barely back in fighting form six months after killing the man who murdered her family and best friend before she must deal with another threat. "The Stranger," a serial killer seeking revenge for a miscarriage of justice, has targeted 16-year-old Sarah Langstrom, who asks for Smoky's help after the Stranger kills Sarah's latest foster family. The Stranger's murder spree actually began on Sarah's sixth birthday with her biological parents and dog. Smoky's crackerjack L.A. Violent Crimes Unit whirls into action to catch a monster who inflicts pain on Sarah by systematically killing anyone she loves. Smoky's fierce first-person narrative and Sarah's eerie diary excerpts, supplemented by a great cast, lift this scary thriller far above the usual serial-killer norm. (May)
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Reviewed on: 03/26/2007
Genre: Fiction
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-1-4233-3878-9
Compact Disc - 13 pages - 978-1-4233-3879-6
Compact Disc - 978-1-4233-3880-2
Hardcover - 487 pages - 978-0-340-84008-5
MP3 CD - 978-1-4233-3881-9
MP3 CD - 978-1-4233-3882-6
MP3 CD - 978-1-5012-9554-6
Mass Market Paperbound - 624 pages - 978-0-553-58994-8
Open Ebook - 424 pages - 978-0-553-90377-5
Paperback - 551 pages - 978-0-340-84010-8
Paperback - 505 pages - 978-84-89367-35-7
Paperback - 670 pages - 978-84-15139-65-2
