Dead Run

Erica Spindler

Dec 2011 · MIRA

About this ebook

A divorced family councilor relocates to Key West to investigate her sister’s disappearance in this thriller by a New York Times–bestselling author.

“I’m in trouble, Liz. I’ve uncovered something . . . They’re watching . . .”

That panicked message on her answering machine is the last time Liz Ames hears from her sister Rachel, pastor of Paradise Christian Church in Key West, Florida.

Compelled to uncover the truth about her sister’s disappearance, she heads to Key West. Within hours of her arrival a successful banker jumps to his death. Then a teenage girl whom Rachel was counseling is found brutally murdered. The ritualistic style of the killing is hauntingly similar to that used by the notorious “New Testament” serial killer—now on death row.

Could the teen’s murder be related to Rachel’s disappearance? Is a copycat killer at work? And why do the police refuse to help?

For answers, Liz turns to Rick Wells, a former Miami cop who worked the fringes of the “New Testament” investigation. Together they peel away layers of deception to reveal a terrifying adversary—and the unspeakable evil at the heart of this island paradise.

Praise for Dead Run

“Troubled teenagers, a satanic cult, a serial killer and hurricane-force evil disturb the island paradise of Key West in Spindler’s latest chiller. . . . A classic confrontation between good and evil.” —Publishers Weekly

Ratings and reviews

Would have been a fantastic read until I got yo chapter 3. Why the smut? Do all fun mysteries these days have to be laced with sex? To the writer, editors and publishers- you ruined it. I was warned at a rack of books at FleetFarm by another reader that almost all books have this disgusting sidetrack. It adds no literary value to the storyline or plot. I hate adultery and fornication... In life, in film and in books. Great books rise above this trash_ they don't need it. This book will never be literature.

This is the first book l have read by this author, kept me interested from beginning to end.

amazing!

About the author

A New York Times and International bestselling author, critics have called Erica Spindler's stories, "terrific twisted tales." She received the prestigious Daphne du Maurier award for Excellence in 2002 for the novel, Bone Cold, and she is a two-time Kiss of Death award winner. She lives in the New Orleans area with her husband, an advertising executive, and their two sons.