Roadside Crosses: Kathryn Dance Book 2 - Tapa dura

'Deaver hardly needs an introduction. He's one of the giants among thriller writers ... One of the world's best plotters - his intricate twists and turns catch out even the hardened thriller reader ... Eerie, superbly drawn and with a deft insight into the world of the cyberspace inhabited by millions of young people, it races from page to page at a speed that leaves you almost breathless. This is a true master at work - elegant, assured, supremely crafted thriller writing at its very best.' -- Daily Mail 'Ever the master at combining properly drawn characters with jaw-dropping twists, Deaver proves he doesn't need his best-known detective, Lincoln Rhyme, to be a bestseller.' -- Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year 'A cracking read' **** -- News of the World 'This is Deaver on cracking form, employing the usual helter-skelter pace with adroitly marshalled multiple plot strands and relentlessly ticking clock. Ratcheting up tension is something at which Deaver has few equals' -- Daily Express 'ROADSIDE CROSSES is a gripping story peopled with memorable characters. No surprise. Jeffery Deaver is grand master of the ticking-clock thriller.' -- Kathy Reichs 'A masterclass in the art of misdirection. Jeffery Deaver dangles his red herrings artfully as he explores the dangerous overlap of the real world and the web. The eventual unmasking of the killer - after a double-twist - comes as a complete surprise' -- Evening Standard 'More trademark Deaver brilliance ... Read it, love it, blog it, spread the word - ROADSIDE CROSSES is undoubtedly destined for its rightful place at the top of the best-seller lists' -- Daily Record, Scotland 'He writes the kind of fast-paced plot-driven novel which, as Tom Leonard might say "gets you from Glasgow to Saltcoats without noticing". The very pace of it means you rarely stop to appreciate the fluency of the writing, the vivid character sketches, the careful plotting involved in his twists, turns and cliffhangers.' -- Scotsman 'Deaver is a master of the narrative twist -- and he doesn't let us down here.' -- Heat 'An engaging who-dunnit that revolves around the way in which social networking websites can end up spreading poison' -- The Times

A highway patrol trooper notices something strange on the side of the road: a homemade cross, fashioned as a memorial. Except the date being 'remembered' is the following day - the day the police find a kidnapped teenage girl in the trunk of a car, left for dead. Special Agent Kathryn Dance, the kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation, is on the case. The teenage victim points her to an online community where accusations fly and the criticism turns from impartial to personal - and vicious. It looks as though the bullying went too far, and one teen has finally snapped. Then further crosses appear. Now Dance must race against the clock to find the attacker before he can carry out his deadly plans for revenge ...in the cyber world and the real.