Bücher von Jacob Stone

"A roller coaster ride between covers! A skillful blend of psychological and investigative thriller writing, Unleashed brings back the great Morris Brick and his crew, who have to stop a horrific series of murders in L.A"A roller coaster ride between covers! A skillful blend of psychological and investigative thriller writing, Unleashed brings back the great Morris Brick and his crew, who have to stop a horrific series of murders in L.A. Rarely is an author so skilled at portraying such unremitting evil and the poignant, human side of his characters in a single tale." -Jeffery Deaver There's a new demon in the City of Angels. The Cupid Killer targets couples in love. He mercilessly tortures women before killing them. He forces men to watch before leaving them beaten and broken-but alive-and wishing them "an especially wonderful day."L.A. detective Morris Brick has never hunted a psyc ho who's taken such sadistic pleasure in destroying people's lives. The surviving male victims have all identified the killer's snarling wolf tattoo. Now Brick knows he's on the trail of a brutal predator who's taunting him. But the danger is closer to home than he imagines . . . and the madman's Praise for Jacob Stone and His Novels "Jacob Stone is equal parts Thomas Harris, Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, and Stephen King. CRUEL will leave you shaking . . . with fear, excitement, and the uncontrollable compulsion to keep on reading."-Lee Goldberg on Cruel "A dark and different serial killer novel that will haunt the reader long after the book is closed." -John Lutz on Deranged "Los Angeles has seldom seen such grisly fun. It's James Ellroy meets Alfred Hitchcock on the psychotic side of the street." -Paul Levine on Deranged "One of the most compelling, thrilling, and truth be told, at times look-away-from-page-frightening serial killer novels I've read in a long, long time." -Vincent Zandri on Deranged "A fascinating and exciting blend of misdirection, topsy-turvy, and violence." -Reed Farrel Coleman on Deranged

"17." L.A. detective Morris Brick knows the number all too well. It was the gruesome signature the Nightmare Man left next to his victims' bodies. Brick's father was the first to investigate the killings. Five women were butchered before the perpetrator vanished. Seventeen years later he resurfaced-to kill again in the same depraved ways. Now another seventeen years have passed. Brick knows in his gut that it's time for the Nightmare Man to reawaken. But even Brick can't imagine the madman's true agenda. Or just how terrifying the sleepless nights are going to get in the City of Angels . . . Praise for DERANGED "A dark and different serial killer novel that will haunt the reader long after the book is closed." -John Lutz "Los Angeles has seldom seen such grisly fun. It's James Ellroy meets Alfred Hitchcock on the psychotic side of the street." -Paul Levine "One of the most compelling, thrilling, and truth be told, at times look-away-from-page-frightening serial killer novels I've read in a long, long time." -Vincent Zandri "A fascinating and exciting blend of misdirection, topsy-turvy, and violence." -Reed Farrel Coleman

“A dark and different serial killer novel that will haunt the reader long after the book is closed.” —John Lutz on Deranged L.A. detective Morris Brick has seen the face of evil. He has witnessed the grisly handiwork of a deranged sadist known as SCK—the Skull Cracker Killer. But Brick isn’t the only one watching. A crazed lunatic’s interest in the case has turned into a deadly obsession. This sicko vows to outdo SCK and reach new heights of macabre mayhem. The mounting body count is a personal challenge to Brick. But as he lays his trap, he can hardly imagine the evil he is about to face . . . Praise for Deranged,  the first Morris Brick thriller “A fascinating and exciting blend of misdirection, topsy-turvy, and violence.”—Reed Farrel Coleman  “Grisly fun. It’s James Ellroy meets Alfred Hitchcock on the psychotic side of the street.”—Paul Levine “Compelling, thrilling, and frightening.”—Vincent Zandri

"A fascinating and exciting blend of misdirection, topsy-turvy, and violence." -Reed Farrel Coleman"A dark and different serial killer novel that will haunt the reader long after the book is closed." -John Lutz"Los Angeles has seldom seen such grisly fun. It's James Ellroy meets Alfred Hitchcock on the psychotic side of the street." -Paul Levine"One of the most compelling, thrilling, and truth be told, at times look-away-from-page-frightening serial killer novels I've read in a long, long time." -Vincent ZandriIntroducing L.A. investigator Morris Brick, a former homicide cop on the trail of a murderous psychopath who gives a terrifying new meaning to the word DERANGED . . .They call him the Skull Cracker Killer. He drugs his victims. Breaks open their skulls with a hammer and chisel. The rest is inhuman. Five years ago he terrorized New York City, claiming twelve victims before the killing stopped. Now he's racking up victims on a fresh hunting ground. Where former LAPD homicide detective Morris Brick is working as a consultant on a serial-killer film. Where a desperate mayor pleads with Brick to take on the case. And where the only way he can stop the next wave of murders is by outsmarting a madman-before he strikes again, this time much too close to home . . .