Following on from the quite brilliant The Straw Men comes another high calibre, tense and chilling serial killer tale with those who survived still in the sights of the powerful strawmen. It’s the lonely and desperate against the unknown, something Michael Marshall is particularly good at. I cannot praise it enough. I don’t know if Science Fiction thrillers are to your taste but you might be interested to know that Michael Marshall is also Michael Marshall Smith, the author of four outstanding futuristic works of which I would particularly recommend Only Forward - and he is British.
Comparison: Harlan Coben, Thomas Harris, Michael Connelly.
Similar this month: Lee Child, Chris Ryan.
The stunning new serial killer thriller from the bestselling author of The Straw Men
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The stunning new serial killer thriller from the bestselling author of The Straw Men A guilty man walks alone into the cold mountain forests of Washington State, aiming never to return. What he finds there starts a chain of events that will quickly spiral out of control.
Lonely Dead features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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Lonely Dead was written by Michael Marshall Smith and published by Harpercollins Publishers
Lonely Dead has 485 pages
Yes it is part of The Straw Men Trilogy series
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