Bücher von Andrew Klavan

?A compelling moral fable in the shape of a gritty, twist-filled thriller.??Wall Street Journal John Shannon is a petty thief on the run. A three-time loser framed for murder, he knows that he's facing life in prison?or death by lethal injection. Then, a bizarre text message draws him to a meeting in the dark of night. A foreigner who calls himself the Identity Man offers Shannon an incredible chance to start again: a new face, a new home, a new beginning. In a ruined city trying to rebuild, he gets work as a carpenter, and falls in love. It seems too good to be true?and it is. It turns out this city is crawling with crooked politicians, gangsters, and dirty cops?all of whom seem to want Shannon dead. Moving through the shambles of a town, he's got to ferret out the secret of his new life?and fast?if he wants to be left with any life at all. ?A gripping thriller.??Entertainment Weekly ?A work of intense realism pervaded by sorrow, mercy, hope?and ultimately, transcendence.??Washington Times

They are two sworn enemies with a single obsession: a woman on the run from them both. Scott Weiss is a private detective. John Foy is a profes­sional killer. The woman is Julie Wyant, a hooker with the face of an angel. Julie spent one night with Foy?a night of psycho­pathic cruelty that Foy called love. Desperate to get away from him, she vanished without a trace. And Foy wants her back. There's only one man who can find her: Weiss, the best locate operative in the business. She's begged him not to look for her, fearing he'll bring the killer in his wake. But Weiss can't stay away. Now, from a town called Paradise, through a wilder­ness that feels like hell, Weiss searches for Julie?and the killer follows, waiting for his chance. They are two expert hunters matching move for move?until it ends on Damnation Street.