by Lisa Gardner (Author)
For three summers, the residents of Atlanta have been gripped by terror when the temperature creeps up to a hundred. For with the relentless heat comes a vicious killer. Each time, he takes two girls. When the first body is discovered, it contains all the clues investigators need to find the second victim, who waits, prey to a slow but certain death. The police are never in time; the bodies always found months later in remote and dangerous places. As a heatwave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two girls disappear and the clock is ticking. Rookie agent Kimberly Quincy stumbles across the first body in the grounds of the FBI training facility at Quantico. She's been face-to-face with a serial killer before and knows only too well why the killer has chosen Quantico to start the chase. This time he's raising the stakes; he wants the FBI's finest to come out and play...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Orion
Published: 05 Feb 2004
ISBN 10: 0752859382
ISBN 13: 9780752859385
Book Overview: This is Lisa Gardner's breakthrough novel which will place her firmly in the major league of crime and thriller writers THE KILLING HOUR introduces a wonderful new crime heroine in FBI agent Kimberly Quincy, daughter of THE NEXT ACCIDENT'S Pierce Quincy THE SURVIVORS CLUB has been optioned by production Lawrence 'Pulp Fiction' Bender THE OTHER DAUGHTER was selected as a W H Smith Thumping Good Read Praise for Lisa Gardner: 'A high-octane, nerve-jangling tale of suspense' Harlan Coben 'Tough, gripping and oozing suspense ... a brilliant thriller from an author who looks set to wipe the floor with the competition' Crime Online 21 'Bestselling author Lisa Gardner is a force to be reckoned with ... good stuff and cements Gardner's place as a writer of great suspense tales' Crime Time 'A nail-biting novel packed with tension and ... building up to a terrifying denouement' Good Housekeeping 'Sheer terror... a great read' Iris Johansen 'A dark, powerful tale of nerve-shattering suspense' Tami Hoag