Silent Victim - C. E. Lawrence [0]
“Criminally compelling, Silent Screams by C. E. Lawrence nails you to your seat with a fascinating NYPD profiler who’s hurled into the case of his lifetime. This journey into violence and the soul is unforgettable.”
—Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Coil and The Book of Spies
“Pulse-racing, compelling, first rate. Lawrence knows how to build and hold suspense with the best of them. Once you get into this one, you can’t get out.”
—John Lutz, New York Times bestselling author of Mister X
“C. E. Lawrence delivers finely honed suspense, with unique twists, and accurately captures the logic and intuition of a profiler under pressure.”
—Katherine Ramsland, professor of forensic psychology, and author of The Forensic Psychology of Criminal Minds
“C. E. Lawrence’s Silent Screams is so compulsively readable, you won’t just tear through the pages, you’ll scream through them.”
—Chris Grabenstein, Anthony and Agatha awards winner, and author of Rolling Thunder
“Authentic, realistic. If you want to read a serial-killer thriller that’s solidly based on frightening reality, this is the one.”
—Louis B Schlesinger, PhD, Professor of Forensic Psychology, John Jay college of Criminal Justice
“Lawrence assembles a quirky group of detectives and experts, all strong characters who can support future books in the series. Fans of Keith Ablow will enjoy this dark, intriguing thriller.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Wickedly brilliant … where the roles of hunter and hunted are skillfully blurred … an escalating torrent of murder you won"t soon forget.”
—Gregg McCrary, author of The Unknown Darkness: Profiling the Predators Among Us
“A sophisticated knowledge of forensic investigations … Silent Screams beckons C. E. Lawrence to become a repeat offender in the thriller genre.”
—Marina Stajic, PhD, DABFT, president of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology
ALSO BY C. E. LAWRENCE
Silent Screams
SILENT
VICTIM
C. E.
LAWRENCE
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eISBN-13: 978-0-7860-2591-6
eISBN-10: 0-7860-2149-7
First printing: December 2010
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Contents
Loud Praise for C. E. Lawrence and SILENT SCREAMS
ALSO BY C. E. LAWRENCE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
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