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Primal Fear
  • Published: 2 July 2001
  • ISBN: 9780099435853
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $25.00

Primal Fear



A legal battle equal to Presumed Innocent. A nightmare of terror and psychopathology worthy of The Silence of the Lambs.

Martin Vail, Chicago's most brilliant lawyer, has been set up by his enemies to defend a case he cannot win. Young Aaron Stampler was caught red-handed after a murder that had the city reeling. He looks bound to fry, but he swears he's innocent. In a desperate gamble for justice, Vail must reach deep into the recesses of a killer's mind, to flush out a monster of infinite cunning and evil. Explosive, haunting and brilliantly suspenseful, Primal Fear is a truly terrifying read.

  • Published: 2 July 2001
  • ISBN: 9780099435853
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $25.00

About the author

William Diehl

William Diehl is the author of the international bestsellers Sharky's Machine, Thai Horse, 27, Primal Fear, Show of Evil and Reign in Hell. Several of his novels have been filmed. He lives in Woodstock, Georgia, with his wife, Emmy Award winner Virginia Gunn.

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