Dead Gone
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
The young girl you have found isn’t the first experiment I’ve carried out. She won’t be the last.
A tense, unpredictable crime debut that will not only have you gripped, but will chill you to the bone. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride and Mark Billingham.
A serial killer is stalking the streets of Liverpool, gruesomely murdering victims as part of a series of infamous, unethical and deadly psychological experiments.
When it becomes apparent that each victim has ties to the City of Liverpool University, DI David Murphy and DS Laura Rossi realise they're chasing a killer unlike any they've hunted before – one who doesn’t just want his victims’ bodies, but wants their minds too.
With a series of psychological twists Dead Gone will keep you guessing until the very end.
Reviews
"A chilling début from a writer to watch…" Mark Billingham
“A darkly impressive first novel, disturbing and intelligent.” The Times
"Gripping, unpredictable, genuinely shocking and impossible to put down, Dead Gone is a remarkable début." Steve Mosby
“Tense and darkly playful, Dead Gone is a cleverly constructed début thriller that explores the twisted potential for psychological experimentation.” Chris Ewan
‘Chilling, unpredictable and compulsive, this is a thrill a page rip-roaring read - Luca Veste: a welcome new name to look out for.’ lovereading.co.uk
About the author
Luca Veste is a writer of Italian and Scouse heritage, currently living on the wrong side of the River Mersey. He is married with two young daughters, and is himself one of nine children.
He is currently a mature student, studying Psychology and Criminology in Liverpool.
He is the editor of the Spinetingler Award nominated charity anthology series 'Off The Record’, which raises money for children’s literacy charities. He also has short stories in numerous publications.
A former civil servant, actor, and musician, he now divides his time between home life, university work and writing.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Liverpool Det. Insp. David Murphy pursues a wily serial killer in British author Veste's craftily plotted debut. A note found on the first victim, college student Donna McMahon, indicates that the killer performed experiments involving drugs on the 20-year-old woman (she "wanted to die. She begged for an end. Not because she was in pain, or through fear. She believed she could see the afterlife"). Two more bodies surface in the next four days. As Murphy and his able assistant, feisty Det. Sgt. Laura Rossi, focus their investigation on the City of Liverpool University's psychology department, to which all the victims had some connection, pressure on the beleaguered detective mounts both from the press calling for his removal and a killer who seems to be targeting him as his next experiment. Though the murderer's grandiose scholarly claims for the carnage pale in the light of day, and the pivotal character of Murphy's now-estranged wife remains underdeveloped, Veste keeps this gritty procedural moving through the shocking final revelations.
