As twisted and gory as Montanari's previous two suspense outings (The Violet Hour; Deviant Way), this no-holds-barred thriller once again features Cleveland homicide detective Jack Paris, this time pitted against a man who mutilates and...
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Richard Montanari, Author . Ballantine $23.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-345-47095-9
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THE ROSARY GIRLS
Richard Montanari
. Ballantine
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Richard Montanari, Author . Ballantine $24.95 (395p) ISBN 978-0-345-47097-3
In this high-body-count chiller from the author of The Rosary Girls
, Philadelphia homicide detectives Jessica Balzano and Kevin Byrne are up against a savagely inventive serial killer with a yen for stomach-churning cinema verité. Copycat...
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Richard Montanari, Author . Ballantine $26 (381p) ISBN 978-0-345-49242-5
Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano take on a high-profile cold case in Montanari's superior thriller, which combines a genuinely creepy villain with fully fleshed-out victims. The dead-end inquiry into the drowning
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Richard Montanari, Author Simon & Schuster $22 (288p) ISBN 978-0-684-80357-9
In his first novel, Montanari gives the serial-killer theme an original spin but fails to follow it through. A team of one man (``Pharoah'') and one woman (``Saila'') is working the yuppie bars of Cleveland, ensnaring female victims with whom they...
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Richard Montanari, Author Avon Books $15.95 (356p) ISBN 978-0-380-97592-1
A serial killer takes long-delayed revenge on the friends whom he blames for his girlfriend's heroin overdose in this consistently surprising if somewhat implausible novel of suspense. When Cleveland freelance reporter Nicky Stella hears from his...
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Richard Montanari, Author Ballantine Books $24.95 (399p) ISBN 978-0-345-49240-1
Philadelphia detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano trail another serial killer in Montanari's undistinguished third novel of suspense (after 2006's The Skin Gods). Byrne's chance encounter in a diner with Anton Krotz, a violent thug, ends...
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Richard Montanari. Mulholland/Little, Brown, $26 (416p) ISBN 978-0-316-24470-1
In Montanari’s gripping seventh Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano mystery (after 2012’s The Killing Room), the two Philadelphia detectives investigate the murder of Robert Freitag, whose past links him to the city’s now-closed psychiatric hospital,...
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Richard Montanari. Little, Brown/Mulholland, $26 (496p) ISBN 978-0-316-24473-2
Montanari’s compelling eighth crime novel featuring Philadelphia police detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano (after 2014’s The Stolen Ones) opens with the particularly gruesome murder of a prostitute that some readers may find off-putting....
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Richard Montanari. LB/Mulholland, $26 (432p) ISBN 978-0-316-24477-0
In Montanari’s exceptional ninth procedural featuring Det. Kevin Byrne and ADA Jessica Balzano (after 2015’s The Doll Maker), Kevin investigates a series of odd, violent home invasions scattered throughout Philadelphia. While the victims appear to...
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