The Poison Artist by Jonathan Moore PDF

By Jonathan Moore

ISBN-10: 0544520564

ISBN-13: 9780544520561

“An electrifying read… I haven’t learn whatever so terrifying for the reason that purple Dragon.” —Stephen King

"Patient, trendy and particularly suspenseful"—Lee Child

“Magnificent, completely unnerving...I dare you to seem away." —Justin Cronin

A gripping story of obsession and lethal secret, the place the secrets and techniques of salvation and the main devastating wishes are all written in blood

Dr. Caleb Maddox is a San Francisco toxicologist learning the chemical results of soreness. After a bruising breakup along with his female friend, he’s out consuming whiskey whilst a hauntingly seductive girl seems to be via his aspect. Emmeline whispers to Caleb over absinthe, will get his blood on her hands after which brushes his ear along with her lips as she says see you later. He needs to locate her.

As his seek starts, Caleb turns into entangled in a serial-murder research. The police were fishing males from the bay, and the postmortems are inconclusive. one of many sufferers vanished from the bar the evening Caleb met Emmeline. whilst wondered, Caleb can’t supply any info, nor does he inform them he’s been secretly supporting the city’s health worker, an previous pal, examine the chemical facts at the victims’ is still. the hunt for the killer quickly entwines with Caleb’s hunt for Emmeline, and the nearer he will get to every, the extra harmful his global becomes.

From the 1st pages as much as the haunting, unforgettable denouement, The Poison Artist is a gripping mystery approximately obsession and harm, a few guy unmoored through an unspeakable earlier and an impossible to resist lady who bargains the last word get away.

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Exclaimed the professor, pounding his hand on the desk. Johnny was startled and utterly bewildered. "What... " The professor giggled some more. Then he picked up the figurine and held it so Johnny could see the label. "Here, have a look! This is funny, it really is! See—right there. " Johnny looked. There was printing on the faded brown label, old-fashioned Victorian ornamental printing. It said: SOUVENIR OF CAIRO, ILLINOIS CHAPTER FOUR Johnny felt crushed. He felt cheated and humiliated and angry.

The professor looked startled, and then he waved his hand in an irritated way. "Oh, chains! Yes... hmm, yes, I suppose I should have thought of them! But I have so many things on my mind these days... hmmm... chains... yes. By the way, Henry, don't call me Rod. I hate to be called Rod. " "Sorry," said Grampa, shrugging apologetically. " "Think nothing of it," said the professor brusquely. "Can I come into your house and get something strong to drink? Some booze, I mean. " Johnny gasped. He had always had it drummed into his head when he was little that you never, never invited yourself into other people's houses.

Johnny did not know the professor quite as well. He had seen him a few times on the street, and he was—to tell the truth—a bit scared of him. But when he saw his Grampa smiling in such a friendly way, he figured the professor must be an okay person. " said Grampa, still grinning. "Are you gonna start with the two of us and then work your way down the block? From the way things look," he added, pointing to the shovel, "you've already got started. Who was it? Mrs. Kovacs? " "Oh, shut up," muttered the professor.

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