Community of mourners
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Community of mourners
When yesterday is the key to a better today and a perfect tomorrow...
Bounty hunter Colter Shaw travels to Washington State on the trail of two young men who allegedly vandalised a Baptist sanctuary in Gig Harbor and shot the preacher and church minister. The experienced tracker quickly disposes of the sneaky competitor and the hot-blooded law enforcement officers and intends to take the found pair of youngsters safely to their loved ones. Suddenly, one of the refugees commits suicide in front of his eyes. The remorseful Shaw decides to investigate the sectarian community to whose mountain headquarters the persecuted couple were headed. Under a false identity, he infiltrates the camp of the Osiris Foundation, which, through its founder Master Eli, promises the mourners a major life change - for a hefty fee, of course. In a heavily guarded compound filled with fanatical followers of a mysterious guru, can he reveal the true nature of the community while concealing his true identity? The organization's slogan "the best is yet to come" soon takes on a threatening undertone...
The second in a series of crime thrillers featuring the cold-blooded investigator Colter Shaw, protagonist of the Hitchhiker series. However, the opponent of unnecessary risk, which he always manages to calculate well, must this time run with the wolves to save the sheep of the self-proclaimed saviour.
They wrote about the book:
A thoughtful and gripping tale of a greedy con man in the womb of the American wilderness.
- The Times
Perfectly balanced suspense, believable narrative... A perfect stepping stone for those who are just beginning to discover the work of one of the best contemporary thriller authors.
- Publishers Weekly
Deaver is a master at building plot and controlling the pace of the story. It draws the reader into the plot from the first sentence.
- Irish Independent
Jeffery Deaver
The American writer began writing in a drawer at the age of eleven. He also tried his hand at country music, playing and singing in clubs in San Francisco and Chicago. He was a published journalist while studying journalism at the University of Missouri and aspired to be a court reporter for the elite Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. He also studied law, then practiced corporate advocacy on Wall Street, but since 1990 he has been exclusively engaged in writing. He has written thirty novels and several short story collections. He became particularly famous for his series featuring the original character of Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic detective, the first episode of which was made into a film in 1999 - the investigator was played by Denzel Washington and his assistant by Angelina Jolie.
