The Poison Artist

von Jonathan Moore

'I haven't read anything so terrifying since Red Dragon' Stephen King

Imagine an updated Vertigo: darker, more scary but just as hypnotically seductive. A dark psychological crime thriller for fans of Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island.

Selected for BBC Radio 2 Book Club with Simon Mayo.

Toxicologist Caleb Maddox has two puzzles to solve. What connects the series of dead bodies found floating in San Francisco Bay? And why is Emmeline, the strange and beautiful woman he met in a secluded bar, so secretive about her past? One thing is certain: finding the the answers could be the last thing Caleb ever does.

Everyone is talking about The Poison Artist - a gripping psychological thriller:'Incredibly suspenseful' Lee Child

'A magnificent, thoroughly unnerving psychological thriller' Justin Cronin

'I haven't read anything so terrifying since Red Dragon' Stephen King

'As dark and intoxicating as the bars where the mystery begins' Sunday Mirror

'As satisfying as it is deeply unsettling...highly recommended' Guardian

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