Jeffery Deaver: Twisted (UK 2016) From the Publisher: 'I can make good bad and bad badder, and most fun of all, really bad seem good.' Jeffery Deaver And that is exactly what he does in this superb collection. In 'Beautiful' former supermodel Kari's stalker has followed her through retirement to her new small town home. The police can do nothing. The only thing that will end the nightmare is the stalker's death or her own. In the Edgar-nominated 'Triangle' Pete finds a true crime book - and uses the lessons contained therein to kill Mo's lover. The award-winning 'Without Jonathan' introduces us to Marissa, about to go on the first date of her life since she married Jonathan, with a man she met through the personals. As she wonders whether she will ever truly fall in love again, the man she is about to meet is killing a housewife in another part of town... And in the brand-new 'The Christmas Present', we see a side of Lincoln Rhyme we've never met before. Jeffery Deaver: Twisted. Hodder Paperbacks, ISBN: 9781473632080 (December, 2016), 432 p., £8.99.
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Jeffery Deaver: Twisted (USA 2004) From the Publisher: Jeffery Deaver: Twisted. The Collected Stories of Jeffery Deaver. Pocket Books, ISBN: 0743491599 (November, 2004), 447 p., $7.99.
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Jeffery Deaver: Twisted (UK 2004) From the Publisher: Jeffery Deaver: Twisted. The Collected Stories of Jeffery Deaver. Coronet Books, ISBN: 0340833890 (October, 2004), 418 p., £6.99.
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Jeffery Deaver: Twisted (UK 2004) From the Publisher: And that is exactly what he does in these sixteen superb short stories. In "Beautiful" former supermodel Kari"s stalker has followed her through retirement to her new small town home. The police can do nothing. The only thing that will end the nightmare is the stalker"s death or her own. In the Edgar-nominated "Triangle" Pete finds a true crime book - and uses the lessons contained therein to kill Mo's lover. The award-winning "Without Jonathan" introduces us to Marissa, about to go on the first date of her life since she married Jonathan, with a man she met over the Internet. As she wonders whether she will ever truly fall in love again, the man she is going to meet is killing a housewife in another part of town... And in the brand-new "The Christmas Present", we see a side of Lincoln Rhyme we've never met before. This collection of short stories is instantly gripping and impossible to put down, taking your breath away time and time again. Nothing is as it seems in the twisted world of Jeffery Deaver. Jeffery Deaver: Twisted. Sixteen Stunning Stories of Suspense. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340833882 (January, 2004), 383 p., £16.99 (?).
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Jeffery Deaver: Twisted (USA 2003) From the Publisher: A beautiful woman goes to extremes to rid herself of her stalker; a daughter begs her father not to go fishing in an area where there have been a series of brutal killings; a contemporary of the playwright William Shakespeare vows to avenge his family's ruin; and Jeffery Deaver's most beloved character, criminalist Lincoln Rhyme, is back to solve a chilling Christmastime disappearance. Diverse, provocative, eerie and inspired, this collection of Jeffery Deaver's best stories exhibits the amazing range and signature plot twists that have earned him the title "master of ticking-bomb suspense" (People). With nods to O. Henry and Edgar Allan Poe, these beautifully crafted pieces, never before compiled in one volume, pulse with subtle intrigue and Deaver's incomparable imagination. Jeffery Deaver: Twisted. The Collected Stories of Jeffery Deaver. Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0743260953 (December, 2003), 383 p., $24.95.
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