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He must find her. As Caleb scours the city, he begins helping the city's medical examiner with a serial-murder investigation. Soon the search for the killer entwines with Caleb's hunt for Emmeline, and the closer he gets to each, the more dangerous his world becomes. \"A wicked mix of Poe, \u003cem\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eVertigo, \u003c\/em\u003e\"* \u003cem\u003eThe Poison Artist\u003c\/em\u003e spins a thrilling tale of obsession, damage, a man unmoored by an unspeakable past, and a woman who offers the ultimate escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A totally new take on the mystery-thriller genre . . . Fresh and unpredictable. The writing is top-notch . . . Grade: A.\" -- \u003cem\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Genuinely scary, in the very best way, and nastily twisty, also in the very best way . . . 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A wicked mix of Poe, \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVertigo, \u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eThe Poison Artist\u003c\/i\u003e spins a thrilling tale of obsession, damage, a man unmoored by an unspeakable past, and a woman who offers the ultimate escape.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e A totally new take on the mystery-thriller genre . . . Fresh and unpredictable. The writing is top-notch . . . Grade: A. \u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Genuinely scary, in the very best way, and nastily twisty, also in the very best way . . . Hypnotic. \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e JONATHAN MOORE lives in Hawaii with his wife and son, and is the author of five books. Before completing law school in New Orleans, he was an English teacher, a bar owner, a raft guide, a counselor at a Texas wilderness camp for juvenile delinquents, and an investigator for a criminal defense attorney in Washington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * William Landay\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369822159071,"sku":"9780544811829","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/NnqWA47VKO9780544811829.webp?v=1789146692"},{"product_id":"the-dark-room-paperback-2","title":"The Dark Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"If you like Michael Connelly's novels, you will gobble up Jonathan Moore's \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Room\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cbr\u003e --James Patterson\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Channels the moody intensity of Raymond Chandler's crime fiction.\"--\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gavin Cain, an SFPD homicide inspector, is at an exhumation when his phone rings. 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San Francisco has never been so menacing.\"--\u003cem\u003eKirkus, \u003c\/em\u003estarred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e *\u003cem\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/em\u003e starred review","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370354802911,"sku":"9781328745569","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/os_l4hGBcf9781328745569.webp?v=1789157479"},{"product_id":"the-night-market-paperback","title":"The Night Market - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The book's tone is Chandleresque, the conspiracy worrying Carver and Jenner expands to Pynchonian proportions, and the physical ick they encounter might have oozed out of a Cronenberg movie.\"--\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It's \u003cem\u003eMiami Vice\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Matrix\u003c\/em\u003e, and George Orwell is hosting the party.\"--\u003cem\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's late Thursday and Inspector Ross Carver is at a crime scene: a dead man covered in an unknown substance that's eating through his skin. 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