The Poison Artist

An electrifying read I havent read anything so terrifying since Red Dragon. Stephen King "Patient stylish and incredibly suspenseful"Lee Child Magnificent thoroughly unnerving...I dare you to look away." Justin Cronin A gripping tale of obsession and deadly mystery where the secrets of salvation and the most devastating desires are all written in blood Dr. Caleb Maddox is a San Francisco toxicologist studying the chemical effects of pain. After a bruising breakup with his girlfriend hes out drinking whiskey when a hauntingly seductive woman appears by his side. Emmeline whispers to Caleb over absinthe gets his blood on her fingers and then brushes his ear with her lips as she says goodbye. He must find her. As his search begins Caleb becomes entangled in a serial-murder investigation. The police have been fishing men from the bay and the postmortems are inconclusive. One of the victims vanished from the bar the night Caleb met Emmeline. When questioned Caleb cant offer any information nor does he tell them hes been secretly helping the citys medical examiner an old friend study the chemical evidence on the victims remains. The search for the killer soon entwines with Calebs hunt for Emmeline and the closer he gets to each the more dangerous his world becomes. From the first pages up to the haunting unforgettable denouement The Poison Artist is a gripping thriller about obsession and damage about a man unmoored by an unspeakable past and an irresistible woman who offers the ultimate escape.