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Master of suspense James W. Halls Hells Bay sends Thorn deep into the wilds of South Florida, in a story with all the haunting atmosphere of Deliverance and the sheer terror of Cape Fear.. Descended from pioneer stock, the Bateses are an aristocratic Floridian family with vast holdings in real estate and mining. When matriarch Abigail Bates is discovered drowned in the Peace River, a chain of events is set into motion, embroiling Thorn with a family he never knew he had and a fortune he doesnt necessarily want. . Thorn is leading a fishing expedition into the isolated lakes and mangrove swamps of Hells Bay when Abigails son and beautiful granddaughter arrive, claiming Thorn as a long-lost relative and asking him to solve the womans murder. Little do they know that the killer is already on their trail. Soon their houseboat becomes a precarious island of safety in a landscape of escalating violence. What does the killer want? And why is their predator so enraged, determined to kill them all no matter what the cost? . As Marilyn Stasio said in The New York Times, "If violence can be poetic, Hall has the lyric voice for it." In this tour de force of fear and suspense, Hall shows how one familys dark past comes back to haunt its most remote member---and may ultimately cost him his life.
About the Author
James Wilson Hall is an Edgar and Shamus Award-winning author whose books have been translated into a dozen languages. He has written eighteen novels, four books of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a collection of He also won a John D. MacDonald Award for Excellence in Florida Fiction, presented by the JDM Bibliophile. He has a master??s degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate in literature from the University of Utah.
