The Fever Kill - Softcover

Tom Piccirilli

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097692174X ISBN 13: 9780976921745

Publisher: Creeping Hemlock Press, 2008

Synopsis

Crease is going back to Hangtree.
It's where his father met ruin in the face of a scandal involving the death of a kidnapped girl. It's where Crease was beaten, jailed, and kicked clear of the town line ten years earlier.
Now he's back. He's been undercover for so long that most days he feels more like a mobster than a cop. He doesn t mind much; the corrupt life is easier to stomach than dealing with a wife who can't understand him, a son who hates him, and half-dozen adopted kids he can t even name anymore.
He's also just gotten his drug dealing, knife-wielding, psycho boss Tucco s mistress pregnant. A fine time to decide to settle old scores and resolve a decade-old mystery.
With Tucco hot on his tail, Crease has to find his answers fast. Who kidnapped little Mary? Who really killed her? Was his own father guilty? And what happened to the paltry fifteen grand ransom that might spell salvation to half the desperate population of Hangtree?
The town still has a taste for his blood and secrets it wants to keep. But Crease has other plans, and he trusts that his raging fever for revenge will get him through...

Featuring an introduction by Ken Bruen.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

“A wondrous blazing talent... Intense and astonishing!” From the introduction by Ken Bruen Crease is going back to his quaint, quiet hometown of Hangtree. It’s where his father the sheriff met ruin in the face of a scandal involving the death of a kidnapped little girl and her missing ransom. It’s where Crease was beaten, jailed, and kicked clear of the town line ten years earlier. Now Crease is back. He’s been undercover for so long that most days he feels more like a mobster than a cop. He doesn’t mind much; the corrupt life is easier to stomach than a wife who can’t understand him, a son who hates him, and a half-dozen adopted kids he can’t even name anymore. He’s also just gotten his drug-dealing, knife-wielding, psycho boss Tucco’s mistress pregnant. A fine time to decide to settle old scores and resolve a decade-old mystery. With Tucco hot on his tail, Crease has to find his answers fast. Who kidnapped little Mary? Who really killed her? Was his own father guilty? And what happened to the paltry fifteen grand ransom that seems to spell salvation to half the population of Hangtree? The town still has a taste for his blood and secrets it wants to keep. Crease has a single hope: a raw and raging fever driving him toward the truth that might just burn him up along the way...“A rattlesnake-mean noir... powerful, hard-hitting, fearsome stuff.” Ed Gorman, author - The Day the Music Died Tom Piccirilli has left a trail of addicts in his literary wake. He is an International Thriller Writers Award finalist and one of the hottest rising stars in crime fiction.FIND OUT WHY.“It’s the rare crime novel that pulsates with the nightmare intensity of THE FEVER KILL. Piccirilli pulls it off masterfully.” Charles Ardai, Editor of Hard Case Crime From the acclaimed author of Headstone City, The Midnight Road and The Cold Spot comes a white-knuckle novel of lust, betrayal, corruption, greed and, with any luck, redemption. So many sins laced with salvation could only be brought to you by the Big Easy’s favorite new genre publisher, Creeping Hemlock Press.www.creepinghemlock.com

About the Author:

Tom Piccirilli lives in Colorado where, besides writing, he spends an inordinate amount of time watching trash cult films and reading Gold Medal classic noir and hardboiled novels. He's a fan of Asian cinema, especially horror movies, pinky violence, and samurai flicks. He also likes walking his dogs around the neighborhood. Are you starting to get the hint that he doesn t have a particularly active social life? Well to heck with you, buddy, yours isn't much better. Give him any static and he'll smack you in the mush, dig?
Tom also enjoys making new friends. He's the author of seventeen novels including The Cold Spot, The Midnight Road, The Dead Letters, A Choir of Ill Children, and Headstone City. He's a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a final nominee for the World Fantasy Award and the International Thriller Writers Award.
To learn more, check out his official website, Epitaphs, at tompiccirilli.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Creeping Hemlock Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 097692174X
• ISBN 13: 9780976921745
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224