Savage Lane - Hardcover

Starr, Jason

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1940610648 ISBN 13: 9781940610641

Publisher: Polis Books, 2015

Synopsis

EVERY TOWN HAS ITS SECRETS

In Savage Lane, Jason Starr has crafted a searing tale of suspense that proves the adage: Love thy neighbor, but don’t pull down your hedge. Karen Daily, recently divorced, lives with her two kids in a quaint suburb of New York City. She’s teaching at a nearby elementary school, starting to date again, and for the first time in years has found joy in her life. Mark Berman, Karen’s friend and neighbor, wants out of his unhappy marriage, and so does his wife, Deb, but they have stayed together for the sake of their children.

Unbeknownst to Karen, while Mark’s marriage has deteriorated his obsession with her has grown. And as Mark’s rich fantasy life takes on a more sinister edge, rumors begin to spread about Karen and a bigger secret is uncovered. And soon Karen finds that Mark is not the only one who has taken an undesired interest in her

Jason Starr is one of our most accomplished writers of the darkness that lies within the human heart, and Savage Lane is his most riveting and intimate novel yet a dark, domestic thriller and an honest, searing satire of a declining marriage, suburban life, and obsessive love.

About this title

About the Author:

Jason Starr is the internationally best-selling author of many crime novels and thrillers, and his books have been published in over a dozen languages. He has also cowritten several novels with Ken Bruen for Hard Case Crime, and his work in comics for Marvel, D.C, Vertigo, and Boom! Studios has featured Wolverine, The Punisher, Batman, Doc Savage, The Avenger, Ant-Man, and The Sandman. Many of his books are in development for film and TV. Starr's best-selling crime novels include Nothing Personal, Hard Feelings, Tough Luck, Twisted City, Lights Out, The Follower, and Panic Attack. He is one of only several authors who have won the Anthony Award for mystery fiction multiple times. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, and lives in Manhattan, NY.

Review:

Praise for SAVAGE LANE

Savage Lane is a wickedly smart and twisted look at suburbia - a tense thriller and searing satire.”
Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel

"Who but Jason Starr could render suburban vice pitch black, sneakily endearing and wickedly funny all at once? Like James M. Cain meets Tom Perrotta, SAVAGE LANE shows, in grand style, how twisted the hearts of All-American families can be, and how those picket white fences can be dangerously sharp.”
Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me and The Fever

"A work of twisted genius; deliciously dark and funny. VERY highly recommended."
Mark Edwards, bestselling author of Because She Loves Me and The Magpies

"SAVAGE LANE is a next-level kind of crime novel. The kind of book that gets in your head and stays there for a long time, and makes you look at yourself and everyone else differently. "
Ed Brubaker, Eisner Award winning author

"One of the best books of 2015, and Starr is one of the greatest writers now working in the United States. Reminiscent of Rick Moody’s THE ICE STORM and Tom Perrotta’s LITTLE CHILDREN, SAVAGE LANE is a novel of our lives and times that is a must-read on multiple levels."
Bookreporter

A satirical and chilling portrait of a very bent side of suburbia.” Booklist

"A hard-to-put-down book - you are likely to find yourself repeatedly thinking I’ll read just one more chapter'. One of the best crime fiction books of the year." The Telegraph (UK)

"(A) deadly tale of dysfunctional people living on a cul-de-sac in an upscale suburb...mix two distrustful teenage daughters, a psychopathic killer and a likable gay detective, and you get a fun, trashy domestic thriller."
Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"A surfeit of toxic behavior surrounds the aptly named Savage Lane...Starr has some startling plot twists up his sleeve." Publishers Weekly

"A fantastic thriller that makes the reader face hard questions of fantasy versus reality, SAVAGE LANE is one of the best books I’ve read all year."
CrimeSpree Magazine

"A thrilling noir that offers up a searing satire of a declining marriage, suburban life, and obsessive love."
Criminal Element

"A terrifically tense psycho-thriller and an all-too-convincing satire of the modern domestic dream."
The Herald (Scotland)

"Jason Starr’s devilish wit and zealous style gives Savage Lane a unique sense of irreverence and some blackly hilarious moments, helping distinguish it in the busy thriller landscape."
Crime Fiction Lover

"Packed with thrills, Starr has crafted a thriller that also manages to be a hilarious satire on urban America, and a careful character study. Carefully crafted and constantly thrilling, Savage Lane is a rapid and enjoyable read."
The Book Bag (UK)

"Stripping away the genteel facade of suburbia until the pace becomes truly frenetic, sordid and dark, this ingenious thriller manipulates the heartstrings like a deranged keyboard. The secret life of middle-class suburbia has never been this disturbing."
Maxim Jakubowski, Lovereading (UK)

"Read this if you liked pretty much anything by Patricia Highsmith. Savage Lane is a fun, darkly humorous ride that you’re going to want to take." LitReactor

Named one of PopSugar's Best Fall Reads!

Phenomenal praise for the novels of Jason Starr

"Jason Starr’s got a hip style and an ear for crackling dialogue... characters so real we feel we know them." Jeffery Deaver

Starr once again shows a real gift for satiric humor and capturing the contemporary New York scene." Publishers Weekly on The Pack

"PANIC ATTACK is the ultimate page turner a thriller that brilliantly blends psychological and physical suspense. It's rare that you get either one in a book, but Jason Starr delivers them both in spades." Michael Connelly

"Lights Out has the New York sound, the energy, dialog that's on the beat... Read it and you'll go hunting for Jason Starr's other books, I promise." Elmore Leonard

Jason Starr's prose is as taut, vicious, relentless and elegant as a jewelled hand tightening around your throat.” Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight

This generation's Looking for Mr. Goodbar and a crackling-hot beach read."
The New York Post on The Follower

"Jason Starr is the link between Richard Prather and Albert Camus.... It's almost impossible to do Fake I.D. its proper justice other than to tell you that you need to read this book before today's sun sets." Bookreporter

"A throwback to the spare, snappy crime writing of Jim Thompson and James M. Cain."
Entertainment Weekly on Hard Feelings

About this edition

• Publisher: Polis Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1940610648
• ISBN 13: 9781940610641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336