by SteveMosby (Author)
By the time they come face to face, the 50/50 Killer knows his victims all too well. After weeks of surveillance, he targets young couples and subjects them to a single night of hellish torture and manipulation, testing and destroying the love between them. Ultimately, he puts the choice in their hands - only one will be allowed to survive past dawn - and they must decide...Mark Nelson is a young police officer, newly assigned to the team of John Mercer - a legend in the force. It's a huge break for Mark, who has dedicated his life to his job since the death of his girlfriend years before. But on Mark's first day, he is thrust into the path of the killer. A man is found wandering the streets, badly tortured and with his memory in tatters. He knows only that his girlfriend is still being held in the woods he's escaped from. Mark knows that by fleeing, the man has sealed his girlfriend's fate. If they can't piece together his experience by daybreak then she will die in his place...The 50/50 Killer is an astonishing and terrifying novel of love, death and the choices in between.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 274
Publisher: Orion
Published: 19 Apr 2007
ISBN 10: 0752874136
ISBN 13: 9780752874135
Book Overview: Steve Mosby has always been a brilliant writer, but with THE DAMAGE DOOR he has come up with a striking concept that will take him to a whole new market of crime fans. Powerful, emotional and with a knock-out-twist, this new novel will put Mosby on the map It is very rare for UK writers to have this high concept approach so early on in their careers. Like Mark Billingham before him, Steve has the potential to be a commercial as well as a critical success Steve's other great strength is that he handles intense emotion extremely well. His novels are both disturbing and moving - all he needs is for that to be channelled in a more mainstream direction. This is the book to do that 'Mosby has packed a complex, sometimes bewildering plot with brilliant ideas. His book is fiercely orginal, truly intriguing. This is speculative fiction at its reckless best' Literary Review 'An excellent noir thriller ... Mosby manages to encompass intense emotion, intellectual musings and vicious violence' Guardian