Black Lightning: A Novel

ISBN: 0449225046

Author: Saul, John

Condition: New

John Saul knows how to make the blood run cold and the heart race wild with fear. Now the author of the New York Times bestsellers Creature and The Homing delivers a chilling novel of a convicted serial killer sentenced to death-and hell-bent on revenge.For five years Seattle journalist Anne Jeffers has pursued the horrifying story of a sadistic serial killers bloody reign, capture, trial, and appeal-crusading to keep the wheels of justice churning toward the electric chair. Now the day of execution has come. A convicted killer will meet his end. Anne believes her long nightmare is over. But shes dead wrong. . . .Within days, a similar murder stuns the city. As the butcher stalks his next victims, creeping ever closer to her, Anne is seized by an icy unease, a haunting sense of connection to these unspeakable crimes. And, relentlessly, she hears the eerie echo of the dead mans last words to her: Today wont end it. How will you feel, Anne? When Im dead, and it all starts again, how will you feel?In Black Lightning, John Saul strikes with a novel as electrifying as a jagged bolt from a pitch-dark sky, proving once again his inimitable genius for suspense.Praise for Black LightningHis most effective thriller to date . . . [a] compelling read.-The Seattle TimesElectrifyingly scary.-San Jose Mercury NewsOne of Sauls best.-Publishers Weekly