The Rosary Girls
  • Published: 1 December 2006
  • ISBN: 9780099486886
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $37.99

The Rosary Girls

(Byrne & Balzano 1)

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1 May 2010
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1 Dec 2006
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Only a killer hears their prayers. The first thriller in Richard Montanari's Sunday Times bestselling
Byrne and Balzano series.

God Help Them ...

In the most brutal killing crusade Philadelphia has seen in years, a series of young Catholic women are found dead, their bodies mutilated and their hands bolted together. Each clutches a rosary in her lifeless grasp.

Veteran cop Kevin Byrne and his rookie partner Jessica Balzano set out to hunt down the elusive killer, who leads them deeper and deeper into the abyss of a madman's depravity. Suspects appear before them like bad dreams - and vanish just as quickly. While the body count rises, Easter is fast approaching: the day of resurrection and of the last rosary to be counted ...
  • Published: 1 December 2006
  • ISBN: 9780099486886
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $37.99
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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 The Rosary Girls

One of the most terrifyingly evil stories I have read. Yet, with all it's violence, it is balanced by much compassion and beauty. I just couldn't put it down. This could be the book of the year

Norman Goldman, Barnes & Noble

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

James Ellroy

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

Tess Gerritsen

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

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