138 Main
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AN ADDRESS TO DIE FOR…
There’s a killer on the loose. And he’s targeting one specific address—138 Main Street. The problem? There are over 7,000 Main Streets in the USA. And the police and FBI have no clue which one will be next.
For FBI Special Agent Ben Walker and his rookie colleague, Officer Zoe Hill, the pressure to solve the case is unimaginable. There aren’t enough police officers to cover every house, and vigilante residents are attacking anyone who rings their doorbell. Main Street might be one of America’s most popular addresses, but for those living at number 138, it comes down to fight or flight.
Then a manuscript is sent to the New York Times, purporting to be the manifesto of the “Main Street Killer” and demanding radical social change. As the effect of the terror campaign takes hold across the nation, Walker and Hill find themselves in a race against time to stop the killer. But with their target always several steps ahead, and almost 3,800,000 square miles of ground to cover, they’ll have to find him first…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bell, author of the Carter Blake series as Mason Cross, debuts under his own name with an intriguing but undercooked serial killer thriller. A series of murders across the nation catches the attention of the FBI when a pattern emerges: each victim lives at a 138 Main Street address in a different city. While visiting a fresh crime scene, FBI Special Agent Ben Walker is impressed with the work of local police officer Zoe Hill and invites her to join his Main Street Killer task force. Then the mastermind of the attacks—a member of a cult known as the Family who is identified only as "the Professor"—sends a lengthy manifesto decrying the evils of modernity to the New York Times along with a blood-soaked memento from one of the homicides. As public pressure on the FBI increases, the Professor taunts Walker and Hill, seemingly aware of every move they make. Bell gracefully handles the stale trope of a rookie cop joining forces with a grizzled FBI agent, but his villain never really comes to life, and a sharp third act twist isn't enough to paper over his leads' implausible incompetence. Strong hook aside, it's a bit of a letdown.
