Stephen Bentley

The Rose Slayer

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Produktbeschreibung

A killer with a signature, a city on edge, and detectives racing against time. For three years, the 'Rose Slayer' has haunted Los Angeles, leaving behind a chilling pattern: middle-aged women, living alone with their cats, executed with a single shot, a red rose left as a macabre calling card. But when the seventh victim is found with her fingers severed, Detectives Bill Pawson and Sean Wells realize the killer is evolving-and the stakes are higher than ever. Their investigation takes an unexpected turn when all the victims are linked to a popular online book community. Behind the screen names and reviews lies a web of grudges, egos, and unrelenting obsession. Suspects emerge and fall away, and tensions run high as Pawson battles his own demons while Wells fights to hold his family together. In a final chilling confrontation, they face the mind behind the murders, unraveling a twisted psyche that blurs the line between genius and madness. 'The Rose Slayer' is a gripping thriller that explores the dark side of internet communities, the fragility of ego, and the resilience needed to fight back against evil. Fans of gritty mysteries and chilling psychological drama won't want to miss this deadly game of cat and mouse. Adapted from the award-winning murder mystery short story of the same title by Stephen Bentley.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hendry Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9798230519461
• Artikelnr.: 73544926

Autorenporträt

Stephen Bentley is an award-winning author. Of his first true crime novel, UNDERCOVER, screenwriter and novelist, writer of 'Julie' BBC Drama, Rob Gittins, said, "The fascinating and extraordinary inside story from the man who was actually there." Of his later fiction works, British crime author, Pat MacDonald said, "I knew when I read the author's first book 'Undercover: Operation Julie' although non-fiction that he could make the transition to writing fiction; I was right. He has an ease of language that lends itself to storytelling; he tells it as if he was there in the plot and why shouldn't he having been an undercover cop in the real world? Not that Steve Regan is meant to be him, but having the experience means he can do whatever he wants with his fictional characters, and they will always be believable." Like some other authors, his life experience is broad and unconventional. He spent 30 years in the legal system, first as a detective for 15 years then as barrister plying his trade as "a wig for hire" in London and the English provinces. He was a pioneering undercover cop on Operation Julie and as a barrister defended in trials involving murder, rape, drug importation, other serious crimes and defended soldiers at courts-martial. He worked in a warehouse. Rode a big motorbike as a London courier. He drove big articulated trucks and taught how to drive them. He also worked as a hospital porter twice. He drove chilled delivery vans in London in the 1990s to fund his law degree and bar school studies. He spent the last two years of his working life driving plant and operating heavy filtration machinery for Europe's largest water company. His work mates soon recognised his advocacy skills and elected him as their shop steward. He has now written over twenty books. Two of them have been optioned and in development; one as a TV drama series, and one as a drama doc. You can find Stephen at stephenbentley.info His wife is a better person than him in all regards and is a source of support in his goal of entertaining readers. She has also made him a better person.