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  • Published: 1 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407008042
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 528

Broken Angels

(Byrne & Balzano 3)





Evil preys upon the fallen. The third thriller in the Byrne and Balzano series by the Sunday Times bestseller.

Evil preys upon the fallen. The third thriller in the Byrne and Balzano series by the Sunday Times bestselling author.

When the first body is found, mutilated and strangled on the riverbanks, Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano suspect yet another case of random urban violence. Then it happens again. And again.

Carefully dressed and posed, each victim seems to tell a story so gruesome that Byrne and Balzano struggle at first to make sense of the killer's dark and twisted imagination. But when they stumble upon a collection of old fairy tales, the fragile link between the murders suddenly becomes clear - and with it the terrifying conclusion of the killer's plan.

Desperately, they try to anticipate the madman's next move, but as the body count rises, the killing spree spirals out of control ...

  • Published: 1 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407008042
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 528

About the author

Richard Montanari

Richard Montanari is a Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author. Before becoming a full-time novelist, he worked as a freelance writer for many years, during which time he was published in more than two hundred publications - including the Chicago Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, the Seattle Times, and many others. An international bestseller his books have been published in over twenty-five languages. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

To find out more about Richard Montanari visit his website at www.richardmontanari.com

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Praise for Broken Angels

A no-holds-barred thriller that thrusts the reader into the black soul of the killer ... those with a taste for Thomas Harris will look forward to the sure-to-follow sequel

Library Journal

A relentlessly suspenseful, soul-chilling thriller that hooks you instantly

Tess Gerritsen

A specialist in serial killer tales . . . a wonderfully evocative writer

Publishers Weekly

Razor-sharp plotting with a powerful narrative ... thrills to its very satisfying end

Chicago Tribune

Readers of this terrifying page-turner are in the hands of a master storyteller. Be prepared to stay up all night

James Ellroy

Savvy and sharp ... as well-written a thriller as The Silence of the Lambs ... A winner

Nelson DeMille

The novel is, like the nameless killer's victims, well executed. And like the killer himself, fiendishly twisted. A real page turner

Booklist

Told at breakneck pace, with more than one truly frightening villain, and a protagonist whose tenacity in the face of evil makes him a hero for our times, you turn the pages as if your very life depends on it

Daily Mail

With this novel, Montanari's reputation is set in stone - or written in blood - alongside the likes of Connelly, Slaughter and Ellroy

Crime Time Magazine
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