Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deaver

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Jeffery Deaver
• Title: Roadside Crosses (A Kathryn Dance Novel)
• Publisher: ‎ Simon & Schuster; First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition (June 2009)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 399 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1416549994
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1416549994
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.34 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.75 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Good (Used book that is in clean condition without any missing pages and spine is intact. Minimal discoloration to the page edges.) Good condition is defined as a copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages and cover are intact and the cover is in good condition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Edition: First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition

Synopsis:

From the author People magazine has hailed the New York Times bestselling author as “a master of ticking-bomb suspense,” comes the third addition to the Kathryn Dance series, a chilling tale of a vigilante seeking revenge—in both the cyber world…and the real.

The Monterey Peninsula is rocked when a killer begins to leave roadside crosses beside local highways—not in memoriam, but as announcements of his intention to kill. And to kill in particularly horrific and efficient ways: using the personal details about the victims that they've carelessly posted in blogs and on social networking websites.

The case lands on the desk of Kathryn Dance, the California Bureau of Investigation's foremost kinesics—body language-expert. She and Deputy Michael O'Neil follow the leads to Travis Brigham, a troubled teenager whose role in a fatal car accident has inspired vicious attacks against him on a popular blog, The Chilton Report.

As the investigation progresses, Travis vanishes. Using techniques he learned as a brilliant participant in MMORPGs—Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games—he easily eludes his pursuers and continues to track his victims, some of whom Kathryn is able to save, some not. Among the obstacles Kathryn must hurdle are politicians from Sacramento, paranoid parents, and the blogger himself, James Chilton, whose belief in the importance of blogging and the new media threatens to derail the case and potentially Dance's career. It is this threat that causes Dance to take desperate and risky measures…

With Jeffery Deaver's signature style, Roadside Crosses is filled with dozens of plot twists, cliff-hangers, and heartrending personal subplots that take a searing look at the accountability of blogging and life in the online world.

About the Author:

Jeffery Deaver is the #1 international bestselling author of more than forty novels, three collections of short stories, and a nonfiction law book. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. His first novel featuring Lincoln Rhyme, The Bone Collector, was made into a major motion picture starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie, which is currently being adapted for television by NBC.

He's received or been shortlisted for a number of awards around the world, including Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers and the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers' Association in the United Kingdom. In 2014, he was the recipient of three lifetime achievement awards. A former journalist, folksinger, and attorney, he was born outside of Chicago and has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University.