Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather (UK 2012) From the Publisher: With private security firms supplying bodyguards in every theatre of war, who will notice the emergence of a sexual psychopath from the ranks of the mercenaries? Reuters correspondent Connie Burns is no stranger to the world's troublespots, including the vicious civil unrest in Sierra Leone and the war in Iraq. But as she begins to suspect that a foreigner is using the chaos of war to act out sadistic fantasies against women, her efforts to bring him to justice leave her devastated. Degraded and terrified, she goes into hiding in England and strikes up a friendship with Jess Derbyshire, a loner whose reclusive nature may well be masking secrets of her own. Connie draws from the other woman's strength and makes the hazardous decision to attempt a third unmasking of a serial killer... Knowing he will come looking for her... Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather. Pan, ISBN: 9781447208075 (July, 2012), 496 p., £8.99.
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Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather (UK 2008) From the Publisher: With private security firms supplying bodyguards in every theatre of war, who will notice the emergence of a sexual psychopath from the ranks of the mercenaries? Reuters correspondent Connie Burns is no stranger to the world's troublespots, including the vicious civil unrest in Sierra Leone and the war in Iraq. But as she begins to suspect that a foreigner is using the chaos of war to act out sadistic fantasies against women, her efforts to bring him to justice leave her devastated. Degraded and terrified, she goes into hiding in England and strikes up a friendship with Jess Derbyshire, a loner whose reclusive nature may well be masking secrets of her own. Connie draws from the other woman's strength and makes the hazardous decision to attempt a third unmasking of a serial killer... Knowing he will come looking for her... Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather. Pan eBook, ISBN: 9780330463119 (September, 2008), 685 KB (ca. 496 p.), £6.99.
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Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather (USA 2007) From the Publisher: Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather. Vintage Books, ISBN: 0307277070 (July, 2007), 338469 p., $13.95.
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Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather (USA 2006) From the Publisher: In 2002, five women are discovered barbarously murdered in Sierra Leone. Reuters Africa correspondent Connie Burns suspects a British mercenary: a man who seems to turn up in every war-torn corner of Africa, whose reputation for violence and brutality is well-founded and widely known. Connie's suspicions that he's using the chaos of war to act out sadistic, misogynistic fantasies fall on deaf ears -- but she's determined to expose him and his secret. The consequences are devastating. Connie encounters the man again in Baghdad, but almost immediately she's taken hostage. Released after three desperate days, terrified and traumatized by the experience -- fearing that she will never again be the person she once was -- Connie retreats to England. She is bent on protecting herself by withholding information about her abduction. But secluded in a remote rented house -- where the jealously guarded history of her landlady's family seems to mirror her own fears -- she knows that it is only a matter of time before her nightmares become real... With its sinuous plot, its acutely drawn characters, and its blistering suspense, The Devil's Feather keeps us riveted from first to last. It is a dazzling reminder of why Publishers Weekly has dubbed Minette Walters "Agatha Christie with the gloves off." Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather. Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN: 0307264629 (August, 2006), 349 p., $24.00.
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Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather (UK 2006) From the Publisher: Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather. Pan, ISBN: 0330436481 (June, 2006), 560 p., £6.99.
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Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather (UK 2005) From the Publisher: Minette Walters: The Devil's Feather. Macmillan, ISBN: 1405050985 (September, 2005), 356 p., £17.99.
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