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The Skin Gods
The Skin Gods: A Novel of Suspense | Richard Montanari
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Richard Montanari's The Echo Man. With the breakneck pacing and intricate plotting of his most recent novel, The Rosary Girls, Richard Montanari established himself as one of the most exciting suspense writers working today. Now he proves himself a virtuoso with The Skin Gods, an explosive new thriller featuring Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano. It is the steaming heart of summer in the City of Brotherly Love. Back on the force after taking a bullet during the arrest of a sadistic murderer, Detective Kevin Byrne warily returns to police headquarters. He cannot shake the memory of the Rosary Killer s innocent victimsor his growing sense that the evil has not been vanquished. And when he and his partner, Detective Jessica Balzano, are called in on a bizarre case, Byrnes gravest suspicions are confirmed. A madman, dubbed The Actor by the homicide unit, is meticulously re-creating Hollywoods most famousand most gruesomedeath scenes. The first murder is caught on film, spliced into a rented VHS edition of the Hitchcock black-and-white masterpiece Psycho. But in place of Janet Leigh is a real-life woman, and this time, the blood is red and the knife is real. Soon, more thrilling classics are turned into terrifying snuff films and placed on video store shelves for an unsuspecting public to find. The key to this horrific puzzle could lie with any of The Skin Gods supporting cast: the A-list Hollywood director, the ruthless executive assistant, the convicted mass murdereror perhaps someone else who has made a sinister art of gruesome violence. Hot on the psychopaths trail, Balzano and Byrne descend into the mouth of madness and beyond, deep into the depraved underworld of S&M clubs and the porn industry, where the worship of flesh leads to malevolent evil. Before the final credits roll, the investigators will discover that none of The Actors victims are as innocent as they appear to be, and that the clue the police need to prevent future murders might be found in Detective Byrnes own dark past.
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Amazing!!! An “actor” is recreating some of Hollywood‘s most gruesome murder scenes. Kevin and Jessica of the PPD must catch him before it costs one of them dearly.

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Maggie1

This is the second book in a new (for me) series. Just finished The Rosary Girls which was a pretty good psychological thriller.

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