June 2017. New York is suffering
under the worst heatwave in centuries, but it’s the barrage of grisly murders
that has city dwellers on edge. Since the homicides don’t fit a pattern, the
NYPD is treating them as unrelated, but Detective Grace Jarrod isn’t so sure.
Graffiti left at the crime scenes points to the crimes being linked and part of
a rampage.
The delivery of a cryptogram to
her precinct proves her theory correct. A group calling themselves CREEPZ takes
credit for the deaths and for the war they wage. They promise not to stop until
a societal revolution is achieved. Jarrod leads the investigation and goes
after the madmen that strike at will and profess to kill for love. Little does
she know that the group of homeless drifters is led by a genius who believes
himself God.
Excerpt:
PROLOGUE
“It’s the things right under your
nose—
the things you don’t notice
—that get you killed.”
—
Detective Grace Jarrod, NYPD
The express train thundered down
the subway tracks, speeding past the commuters huddled on the platform. The
breeze broke the solid wall of heat, giving the crowd on the underground
platform some relief from the steam bath they were caught up in.
A sigh rippled through the human
herd as they edged away from the mechanical beast clearing the station. When
the last car was swallowed up by the darkness of the tunnel, they eased back
into position and anticipated the arrival of a local that would stop at the
72nd Street station.
In the commuters’ minds, getting
home took precedence over everything, even the colorful graffiti spray painted
on the tiled wall. If only they’d divined the signs right before their eyes,
they could have prevented a war.
Author Bio and Links:
Ruth Bainbridge was born in the
idyllic, sleepy town of Ithaca, NY, and has been a lover of mysteries for her
entire life. Ever since a child, she’s consumed detective stories at regular
intervals, becoming enamored with all the superstars of crime. She loved
matching wits with Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Thomas Pitt, Lord Peter Wimsey,
Richard Jury and Edward X Delaney. In fact, she was so inspired by their
brilliance that she began trying to emulate her writing idol's achievements by
composing her own short stories. However, life interfered with her plans of
becoming the next hopeful to try a life of crime--on paper at least. But the
empty nest syndrome happened and gave her the impetus to return to her first
love--murder.
Her works include: THE CURT
SAVAGE MYSTERIES (a four-part series that should be read in order); DEADSPEAK,
a detective Twin Peaks; and ONLY ONE WILL FALL, the first in THE NICK CROSS
MYSTERIES. CREEPZ is her eighth published work. The most intense read of the
season, it’s a complex adrenaline rush that’s filled with suspense.
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