Snipers
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
The Carnival Sniper—as famous as Jack The Ripper. And like Jack The Ripper, never caught, his identity lost to history.
In 1913, the Carnival Sniper terrorized Vienna, murdering the famous and not-so-famous alike. Police Detective Johann Runge never caught the Sniper and his failure defined the rest of his life.
In 2005, bestselling crime writer Sofie Branstadter receives permission to use modern forensic investigative techniques on the Sniper’s victims. She believes she can figure out the identity of the Sniper, but she needs the help of Runge’s great-grandson, classical pianist Anton Runge.
Together the two of them plunge into a world of scientific evidence and fantastic clues, all leading to one unbelievable conclusion.
Chilling murders, mind-blowing suspense, a touch of time travel and a bit of romance combine to a thought-provoking, entertaining vacation from reality.
—RT Book Reviews
“…a fast paced whodunit …Snipers is an excellent amalgamation of history, thriller, mystery & science fiction.”
—Dave Dickinson, Astroguyz
“This is a fast-moving thriller, and the ending implies that a sequel is in the works. I'll be reading it.”
—Bill Crider, Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine
“Snipers is an excellent amalgamation of history, thriller, mystery & science fiction. Rusch lays out the period in meticulous detail, as only she can. She’s perhaps the only living author that could include time travelers and Hitler in a story in a new and refreshing way.”
—Dave Dickinson, Astroguyz
USA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. Under that name, she publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov’s Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award.
To keep up with everything she does, go to kriswrites.com. To track her many pen names and series, see their individual websites (krisnelscott.com, kristinegrayson.com, krisdelake.com, retrievalartist.com, divingintothewreck.com, fictionriver.com). She lives and occasionally sleeps in Oregon.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The theme of this lackluster thriller from Rusch (G-Men) is time travel undertaken here to change history for the better. The book raises the familiar ethical and logical dilemmas involved in altering the past. In 2005, author Sofie Branstadter devotes herself to identifying the so-called Carnival Sniper, a murderer who struck in 1913 in Vienna. Since her parents were also killed by an unknown gunman, she has a personal reason for solving the cold case. When she gets the corpse of one of the victims disinterred, she finds an unusual bullet that she hopes will lead her to the truth. Alternate chapters describe the goings-on in 1913 as a series of men who shaped the course of 20th century history are gunned down one by one. Anton Runge, whose great-grandfather was in charge of the Carnival Sniper case, aids Sofie in her search. While Anton starts out hostile to the writer based on a book she wrote about the murders, few readers will be surprised by how their relationship changes.
